'Women's Viagra' Targets Her ... Brain

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.

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»

Libido-boosting ice cream cocktail hits London

(NEWSER) - The Viagra of ice cream is hitting a London department store, and as long as you’re over 18, you can try a cool scoop of the hot stuff yourself: The Sex Pistol packs in libido-boosting ingredients like arginine and guarana and comes with a shot of absinthe on the side, the London Paper reports. 'Vice cream' eaters will have to fork over nearly $20 for a serving—limited to one per person. More»

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»