Ferret Sex and Semen Ink: 14 Weird and Wonderful Sex Facts

You’ve probably heard some weird sexual health facts in your time. The school corridors are packed with secret whispers and old wives tales about how to prevent pregnancy or STDs – the large majority of which are complete and utter rubbish. However, there are some crazy facts about sex that indeed are true – although you’ll wish they weren’t. From the good to the bad and the downright ugly – OK, there isn’t a lot of good in there – we’ve assembled some weird and wonderful facts about sexual wellness for your enjoyment, and possible disgust. If anyone spies you reading this article from over your shoulder, it might be a good idea to say you are revising for a pub quiz. Otherwise, your nearest and dearest might be concerned as to why you’re reading up on ferret sex and semen ink – you’ll soon see what we mean. These facts are taken from the book 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts, a collection of difficult to believe yet entirely true miscellanea, assembled by the creators of quiz show QI.

 

1. Babybel: The next time you’re assembling your IKEA bed frame, make sure it’s nice and sturdy; one in ten European babies is conceived in an IKEA bed.

 

2. Waspish Behaviour: While Alfred Kinsey is known as the author of Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male (1948), a lesser-known – and slightly creepier – fact is that he had a collection of five million wasps. If you think that was weird, Kinsey had a pretty strange party trick; he could insert a toothbrush into his penis, bristle-end first.

 

3. James Ponged: British spies actually used to use using semen as invisible ink. However, they had to stop because it began to smell if it wasn’t fresh.

 

4. IPenis: There is 37.5 MB of DNA information in a single sperm. One ejaculation represents a data transfer of 15,875 GB, which is the equivalent of the combined capacity of 62 MacBook Pro laptops. Moreover, a single human male produces enough sperm in two weeks to impregnate every fertile woman on the planet.

 

5. Barfly: If a male fruitfly is rejected by his lady fruitfly friend, he drinks significantly more alcohol than those that have had a successful encounter.

 

6. Dry Spell: If a female ferret doesn’t have sex for a year, she’ll keel over and die. Talk about needing to get laid.

 

7. Love and Other Drugs: Seven Viagra tablets are sold every second.

 

8. What a Mouthful: In German, the word for “contraceptive” is Schwangerschaftsverhütungsmittel. Not being funny, but by the time you’ve finished saying it, it’s too late.

 

9. Love on the Brain: Until 1973, homosexuality was listed as a mental illness by The American Psychiatric Association.

 

10. Pope Fiction: In the 15^th century, the best-selling work of fiction was erotic novel The Tale of the Two Lovers, the author of which later became Pope Pius II.

 

11. Cyprus Curse: In Cyprus, archaeologists recently found a 7^th century curse inscribed on a lead tablet that said, “May your penis hurt when you make love.” Nobody knows who made the curse, or why, but we don’t want to meet the person who wrote it.

 

12. Backfired: While match.com has helped thousands of couples find love, the creator may be regretting ever setting up the dating site. The founder of match.com, Gary Kremen, lost his girlfriend to a man she met on match.com. Ouch.

 

13. The Sexth Sense: Gymnophoria is the sense that someone is mentally undressing you.

 

14. The Whipple Tickle: The “G-spot” was nearly called the Whipple Tickle. This was in honour of Professor Beverley Whipple, who coined the expression that we know today.

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8 Drugs that Don’t Do What They Were Intended For

These days we take all kinds of drugs and medicines, but where exactly do they come from? Here’s a run down of the different drugs we use today, and their accidental histories:

 

1. Novocain: This drug is used to numb a local area, such as while having a dental procedure, but how did we get this bright idea? According to wellness expert Lauren Gelman, ‘The commonly used anaesthetic is actually named for the drug cocaine. Cocaine was first introduced as a local anaesthetic in 1884, but it caused a number of addictions and deaths. A few years later, German chemist Alfred Einhorn began to look for a safer substitute; in 1905, he discovered the injectable local anaesthetic procaine, which became Novocain.’

 

2. Lithium: We use this drug for managing bipolar disorder and other issues related to mental wellbeing. However, Gelman notes, ‘Before it received FDA approval in 1970, the metal was first used in the 1840s to treat bladder stones and gout. A century later, Australian psychiatrist John Cade observed that guinea pigs injected with a form of lithium became sedated rather than excited; subsequent large-scale clinical studies confirmed lithium’s effectiveness for preventing mania.’

 

3. Cortisone: Gelman details, ‘Cortisone (and subsequent forms, such as hydrocortisone) was created out of a WWII rumour that German pilots were injecting steroid hormones to help counteract high-altitude stress. The myth spurred the US military to research their own comparable drug.’ Now the drug is used for a variety of ailments, including inflammation, pain, allergies, skin disorders, and autoimmune diseases such as lupus and psoriasis.

 

4. Warfarin: This life-saving drug is used to stop blood clotting. Gelman describes, ‘In 1921, veterinarians in Canada and North Dakota observed that when certain cattle had a minor injury or surgery, they bled excessively and sometimes fatally. The doctors concluded that the cows had been eating spoiled clover, which contained a substance that caused the bleeding. In 1940, a University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemist isolated a pure form of the compound, and later it was introduced to the market as Warfarin.’

 

5. Rogaine: Gelman outlines, ‘Minoxidil first appeared on the market in 1979 as a breakthrough drug for high blood pressure. However, it increased body hair growth for 80% of patients who took the drug orally; within three to six weeks, patients would grow dark hair on the face and then on the back, chest, arms, and legs. Upjohn began marketing the drug as a solution to apply to the scalp in 1988.’

 

6. Viagra: This erectile dysfunction drug is also known by the generic name of Sidenafil. Gelman comments, ‘Sidenafil (the generic name) was first tested in the 1980s to treat high blood pressure and improve blood flow in patients with chest pain. In trials, it didn’t have much of an impact on angina, but it did lead to erections. In 1998 Sidenafil became the first oral drug approved to treat impotence, replacing injected medications.’

 

7. Tamoxifen: Gelman points out, ‘Tamoxifen was originally intended as an anti-fertility drug when it was synthesized in 1962, but it turned out that it stimulated ovulation instead of suppressing it.’ Now, we use Tamoxifen to treat oestrogen-positive breast cancer, which accounts for 50 to 70% of cases. Moreover, the drug may also prevent the development of breast cancer in high-risk patients.

 

8. AZT: ‘Jerome Horwitz, of the Karmanos Cancer Institute, first synthesized AZT as a potential anti-leukemia drug in 1964, but it didn’t work,’ says Gelman. ‘In the 1970s, AZT was found to be active against a retrovirus, which led government researchers to consider it as an HIV fighter. The FDA approved the drug in 1987.’

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Viagra To Be Sold Directly To Patients

There are thousands of junk emails that are received every day that offer alternatives to Viagra that will supposedly help men who have trouble with erectile dysfunction. The problem is that most of these products don’t work, and you are simply wasting your money on something that can never do you any good. For many men, the idea of having to go into a pharmacy to buy Viagra is very daunting and in some senses, shameful. So perhaps it is no surprise that so many turn to buying products online that claim to do the same job. It is easy to see how this can balloon into a very major problem for everyone involved.

But now it seems that Pfizer, the company that makes Viagra, is taking steps to fight against this problem. In a first for the drug industry, the company has announced that it will begin selling its popular and well-known erectile dysfunction pill directly to the customer online. This does not mean that we are seeing a deregulation of the drugs industry; it just shows that companies are thinking of new ways to help their customers. To show this, you’ll still need a prescription from your doctor if you want to get Viagra, but there is no need to go to a pharmacist to actually get the drug – it will be sent to you directly from the company’s website.

Viagra is known to be very expensive, so perhaps it is no surprise that so many people tried to find cheap alternatives online. But now that the real deal is available, it’s hoped that many people will stop turning to illegitimate sources in their quest to fight erectile dysfunction. Indeed, as mentioned previously this is the very first time that a drugs company has attempted this model of sales. In the past it has been the norm for drugs producers such as Pfizer to sell their products to wholesalers in bulk, who then distribute it to pharmacies, hospitals and doctors surgeries.

Pfizer has said they are attempting this new form of model as it can help to counter the effects of unscrupulous online pharmacies offering fake versions of Viagra at highly discounted rates. Not only does the effect the sales of real Viagra, it also could be dangerous for the health of the individuals who buy the fake drugs, that may come from companies that don’t go through the safety checks and requirements of those who are legitimate.

It is likely that the other drugs companies will very carefully watch Pfizer to see if this experiment with Viagra works. If it does, it could certainly be the case that some companies may start to roll out their own version of the model and sell their drugs online if a prescription is available. However, due to the unique nature of Viagra in that it is a highly popular, but in some ways, slightly embarrassing drug to buy, it could be that it could be more effective than others in the online sphere.

This is the latest step taken by Pfizer in their attempts to battle a number of the problems of the growing popularity of the internet. The issue is that many people like to use online pharmacies for convenience and perceived confidentiality, but the truth is that many online drugstores do not follow the guidelines that they are supposed to. This can lead to very bad practice within the industry that can see drugs being sold illegally to customers or counterfeit versions of the drugs used in their place to make profit.

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Do We Have a Knuckle-Headed Approach to Using Viagra?

Sexual enhancement drugs, like Viagra, seem like a win-win for husbands and wives across the globe. Men are undoubtedly thrilled to have their sexual health and wellness restored, so surely their respective female counterparts enjoy a healthy boost to their sex lives too. While Viagra increases men’s ability to have sex – and that’s by no means a bad thing for men or women – it enables men to have, and want to have, sex a lot, and therein lies the problem. Drugs for erectile dysfunction (ED) are so readily available, so much a jokey part of the cultural landscape, that we don’t really know how they work and what the potential dangers are. This can lead to misuse — not so much wellbeing-threatening as knuckle-headed.

 

A man gets an erection when the blood vessels in the penis dilate, and blood flows in. However, in ED, an enzyme counteracts the dilation, preventing an erection. Therefore, the purpose of ED drugs is to inhibit that enzyme, allowing easier and longer-lasting dilation. ED drugs also work to diminish a man’s refractory time, meaning that he can get an erection after orgasm more quickly. The one thing the general public seem to know is that Viagra and its cousins are not OK to take if you also take nitroglycerin, which is a common medication for heart patients that also dilates the blood vessels. However, when you ask around, this little knowledge we have has translated into ‘Viagra is bad if you have a heart condition’ – not so, says Arthur S. Agatston, MD.

 

According to Dr Agatston, a cardiologist and associate professor of medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Prevention editorial advisory board member, Viagra actually helps to keep your blood vessels from becoming sticky and enables the blood to flow through them more smoothly. This isn’t just the case in the penis but throughout the body – in men and women. Dr. Agatston even asserts that, for this reason, it’s not just nitroglycerides that men have to avoid when taking Viagra, nor is the little blue pill just bad for you if you have a heart condition. Rather, men have to be careful with anything that dilates the blood vessels, including drinking and lying in the sun. Dr. Agatston explains that taking Viagra with too much alcohol could make a man pass out.

 

However, the more damaging ignorance around Viagra is how it can affect you as a couple. Steven Lamm, MD, an internist in New York City and author of The Hardness Factor, notes, ‘There is something about a hard erection that is extremely important to a man’s identity, and of course most couples would prefer that the man be able to have one. But there are some who may have adjusted to life without sex. Perhaps the woman doesn’t really want it anymore, for one reason or another. And for those couples, the introduction of an ED drug can throw them seriously out of sync.’

 

This can be considerably daunting for older widows or divorcees who are re-entering the field of dating. Marjorie P., a 60-something woman who complained about the drugs on a 50+ Web site, comments, ‘Men have been saved from their middle-age sexual issues by Viagra and Cialis. They can be thirty again, while I have to deal with the sexual issues of being my age. It’s put the world on “tilt.”’ Andrea D., a twice-divorced physician and over-50 dater, adds, ‘Viagra has been liberating for men, but unless a woman is taking hormone therapy, she may have vaginal dryness and really not be that interested in the kind of driving, pounding intercourse he’s now capable of.’

Categories: Blood, blood vessels, Couples, dr agatston, drugs, ed drugs, heart condition, knuckle headed, nitroglycerin, sexual issues, Viagra

Could These Foods be a Natural Substitute for Viagra?

There is a common misconception that when men are suffering from sexual health problems, such as erectile dysfunction, that Viagra is the only way to go. There are, however, other things that you can do to help improve your sexual wellness and wellbeing, without resorting to medication. For example, there are many types of food that can act as a natural substitute to Viagra.

 

If you’re looking for a side-effect free way to boost your sex life, you should try tackling this through your diet. You may be surprised at just how effective it is!

 

Spinach and Leafy Greens are packed full of Vitamin E, and this is known to stimulate the body’s production of sex hormones. Also, the high zinc content in spinach has been known to improve the quality and quantity of sperm in men, which can help with fertility problems. Spinach really is a wonder plant, as the manganese in it can also help the female body to produce increased levels of oestrogen, boosting sex drive and increasing fertility.

 

It may sound like a cliché, but spicing up your sex life could really be the way to go. By ingesting chilies on a regular basis, you boost the blood circulation in your body, and this directly translates to more blood going to your reproductive organs and improved sexual pleasure. Chilies also stimulate your body to release endorphins, which are feel-good hormones and help you to feel aroused.

 

Pomegranates are one of the best kept sex-food secrets. Just one glass of pomegranate juice per day can significantly boost your sex drive, as it is packed with antioxidants which help to free your body of harmful radicals and increase the blood flow around your body. Men who drink pomegranate juice also help to protect themselves against other conditions such as prostate cancer.

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Is Viagra Really the Solution to Your Sexual Problems?

The little blue pill known as Viagra has been the solution to erectile dysfunction since its release in 1998, proving to be incredibly effective at curing this sexual problem. This small but powerful pill has saved many relationships and changed the lives of many men, both in their sexual behaviour as well as their general confidence. Considered a miracle treatment, Viagra has always been exclusively used to treat erectile dysfunction, but new studies suggest that it could be useful in treating other health problems as well, such as pulmonary hypertension. There have previously been concerns surrounding this treatment and cardiovascular disorders, but people with heart problems actually have minimal side effects.

 

The side effects generally consist of hypertension, headache and flushing. People who suffer with migraines usually have triggers, such as light or even chocolates. It’s been discovered, though, that Viagra can actually trigger migraines in people who are predisposed to the condition – the enzyme PDE5 which helps to prolong an erection can actually be found in the brain tissues. Viagra targets this to boost erectile issues, but in turn also affects the migraine symptoms. Researchers are still unclear how the treatment knows to only target certain areas of the body and not others – this is something which they are sill investigating.

 

There are also risks when Viagra is taken with nitrates, as organic nitrates are usually used to alleviate symptoms of chest pain, discomfort during stressful situations and angina pectoris. These are due to poor blood flow through the blood vessels in the heart, but the cardiovascular effects of Viagra can be dangerous to people who take nitrates, particularly in people who have congestive heart failure with low blood pressure. Your dietary intake of foods which are high in nitrates won’t affect your risk of this though, as these aren’t active in the blood circulatory system. Studies show that most people taking antibiotics, though, should be OK. Antibiotics are generally prescribed for the treatment of bacterial infections, and whilst most are fine to take with Viagra there are a couple to watch out for. Those used for upper respiratory infections and gastric infections should not be combined with Viagra, and people who use anti-hypertensive medications should also be cautious. If you’re taking any form of medication already, you should check with your GP that it’s safe for your to take Viagra as well, to ensure it won’t damage your health.

 

It is worth speaking to your GP beforehand if you’re unsure of the risks. Viagra has been publicized far and wide for the effect it has on the male sex organ, but this trend has also meant that it can be used increasingly in unprotected sex – this has increased the risk of STDs. Studies have shown that it is often used alongside cocaine or ecstasy as a recreational drug. The most worrying aspect of the study was that researchers found this recreational use of was common amongst people who were HIV positive as well as people who didn’t have HIV. Viagra has changed many people’s lives, and is one of the biggest breakthroughs in sexual health medicine in history. It should be used with caution though – it isn’t the miracle drug that many people claim that it is. It depends what it is being used for as to whether you get the results that you’re looking for. Without any doubt, though, you should consult your GP before you begin taking Viagra – while it may appear miniscule, it packs a punch and could be damaging to your health if not used correctly.

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“All Natural” Sex Supplements Found to Contain Viagra

If you want a bit of a boost in the bedroom department, you may be tempted to turn to herbal supplements – but where is the line? Maybe you’re ok with natural ingredients, but consider Viagra to probably be one step too far. However, a new study has found that herbal supplements aimed at improving men’s sexual abilities often contain the active ingredients in erectile dysfunction pills such as Viagra.

Moreover, the study, which was published online in the May edition of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, found that some of these over-the-counter herbal remedies contained more of the ingredient than is allowed in prescription-only pharmaceuticals. According to Neil Campbell, the lead author of the study and a researcher at Pfizer, which sells Viagra, ‘It’s pretty scary stuff. These products are not herbal at all, they’re adulterated.’

Campbell and his colleagues analysed 91 samples from 58 products, 57 of which claimed to be “all natural”. However, 81% of them contained the tadalafil or sildenafil (marketed as Cialis and Viagra, respectively) or similar ingredients that are not approved by the FDA. There were also problems with labelling, such as missing expiration dates or lot numbers, unidentifiable manufacturers, or samples of the same product having different appearances.

Campbell said, ‘There’s so little effort to do something the right way to produce a legitimate product. This is an all time low.’ He added that men could be ‘risking their lives’ simply by taking herbal sex enhancement drugs, as prescription erectile dysfunction drugs – which sometimes contain less of the active ingredient – come with potential side effects and health risks. ‘Unfortunately, to an unwitting patient they think they’re taking an herbal product, it really poses a really scary threat for patient health and safety,’ he noted.

Dr. Gregory Lowe, an assistant professor of urology at Ohio State University who was not part of this study, commented, ‘Almost one patient a day says they’ve tried Mojo or one of these over-the-counter products. One of the big concerns is that we don’t know what the patient’s getting.’ He added, ‘Commonly, I hear patients say, “it worked one time and it didn’t work other times.” And that fits in well with what they found here,’ namely, that quality control is lacking.

“All Natural” Sex Supplements Found to Contain Viagra

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