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Cristina Kirchner describes 'impressive' pork-fueled weekend

(NEWSER) - Pork is no longer just the other white meat, but also the other blue pill, according to Argentina's president. That’s right: porcine meat is good for your libido. “Pork consumption improves sexual activity,” Cristina Kirchner said as she announced lower meat prices. “Some nicely grilled pork is much more gratifying than taking Viagra.” And she said she has personal experience. More»

Not in the mood? Maybe one of these new drugs will help

(NEWSER) - Good news for women with lagging libidos: The market for drugs and devices that stoke a woman’s desire is set to explode in the coming years. Vogue looks at some of the pills, shots, and jolts in development:

• Orgasmatron: The decidedly unsexy combination of electrodes in your lower spine and a battery in your hip may be fully implantable in a few years (right now, paralysis, infection, and incontinence could occur if things go haywire)—for $12,000.

But doctors worry they'll be dangerously overused

(NEWSER) - New drugs designed in part to save the sex lives of aging men could become the biggest thing since Viagra, reports Bloomberg . The problem is that the testosterone boosters from Eli Lilly and Abbott are becoming so popular that doctors worry men who don't need them for strictly medical reasons will take them and suffer potentially deadly side effects. Since 2006, prescriptions for testosterone replacement treatments—offered in shots, patches, and even underarm gels—have doubled to 5.6 million. Sales are expected to triple to $5 billion by 2017. More»

Testosterone levels drop without enough shut-eye

(NEWSER) - It's important to get a good night's sleep for lots of reasons: mood, proper cognitive functioning, and, this just in, sex. A study from the University of Chicago suggests that men who don't routinely grab quality shut-eye have less of a desire to do other things in the bedroom, the Telegraph reports. Specifically, men who get less than 5 hours' sleep a night for a week suffer a significant drop in testosterone: A sleep-deprived 25-year-old might have levels more common in a 40-year-old. More»

Potential market huge for new drug that unleashes libido

(NEWSER) - Drug makers think sex is all in a woman's head—and they'll bet money on it. A German pharmaceutical company is putting the final touches on a pill designed to unleash a woman's desire by altering her brain chemistry. The pill, which the company says works by triggering the production of dopamine, has the potential to revolutionize sexual medicine as much as Viagra did. Still, some are wary of a drug essentially designed to block sexual inhibitions, and others hesitate to label disinterest in sex a medical condition. More»