11828 Good News Boys???

It seems that Italian hot springs can cure impotence and other ailments. From ANSA online. -

(ANSA) - Rome, March 3 - Italian scientists say they may have discovered a 'natural Viagra' in a pungent gas emitted by hot springs.

Hydrogen sulphide (H2S), sometimes called stink damp or rotten-egg gas, is found at many hot spas in Italy and elsewhere.

Despite its unpleasant smell, it has been commonly believed, especially in Italy since Roman times, to have medicinal properties.

This belief has been bolstered by recent studies which found that it was able to widen blood vessels. The new, two-year Italian study found that these same 'vasodilatory' effects can be achieved to combat impotence just like Viagra.

The tests were performed by researcher Roberta d'Emmanuele di Villa Bianca under the guidance of Naples University pharmacology chief Giuseppe Cirino, Naples clinical urology researcher Vincenzo Mirone, and a Nobel prizewinning American pharmacologist, Louis Ignarro of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).

First, they identified two enzymes in the human penis, CBS and CSE, which turn a common amino-acid (L-Cys) into the gas.

Second, they found that the gas caused blood vessels to expand in human penis tissue in test tubes.

Third, it caused erections in lab rats.

''The discovery could lead to the development of a new therapeutic target against impotence,'' said the study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

UCLA's Ignarro won his Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1998 for discovering the importance of another naturally occurring gas, nitric oxide, for the human cardiovascular system.

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General chat about Italy

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 03/05/2009 - 16:52

Better be careful, I seem to remember that pure hydrogen sulphide doesn't smell as bad as the impure stuff and what's more it is really rather poisonous!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 03/05/2009 - 18:27

[quote=elliven;112775]Better be careful, I seem to remember that pure hydrogen sulphide doesn't smell as bad as the impure stuff and what's more it is really rather poisonous![/quote]

Don’t tell me, we’ve done the crap threads now it’s the fart thread! What is the world coming to?:eeeek:

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 04:05

We used to go to the Terme Di Papi in Viterbo occasionally. After while, it became apparent that a significant number of the clients were silver-haired men with attractive young women half their age. Make what you will of that, but clearly there's more than one natural cure for impotence!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 04:41

Sally,

Sure the thread title is wrong!

Surely, it should be ....Good News Girls???

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 06:50

No, no Alan. It's of little interest to us girls. It's men who get upset when they cannot "perform"

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 07:09

:no:I beg to differ Sally, IMHO - if this problem exists it affects both 'members' of a partnership. But moving...... on this is not a 'problem page' blog.:winki:

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 07:18

The thread is Italy related and yes Aretina, generally many women in marriages have children to look after, jobs and have to maintain the running of the house. They are, on the whole, too exhausted at the end of the day to have canoodling. However, yes it is a problem to both partner if they are recently "married" or with the need to have a child.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 07:26

Dear Sally

I am married but having trouble getting it up. Every time I try, I get back ache and also the thing just what get going properly. I'd rather watch the telly.

Please can you offer any advice on getting my Dyson upstairs and working again:laughs:

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 12:08

Sally, I can hardly believe your last post - this is the 21st century - women's rights, expectations (no pun intended here:winki:) equality etc etc etc but as I said this is not a problem page.

If its good for the boys then its also good for the girls!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 12:12

[quote]Second, they found that the gas caused blood vessels to expand in human penis tissue in test tubes.[/quote]
Sounds painful. Not to mention the risk of cuts when the test tube breaks.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 12:26

[quote=Sally Donaldson;112771]
First, they identified two enzymes in the human penis, CBS and CSE, which turn a common amino-acid (L-Cys) into the gas.

Second, they found that the gas caused blood vessels to expand in human penis tissue in test tubes.

Third, it caused erections in lab rats.

''The discovery could lead to the development of a new therapeutic target against impotence,'' said the study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [B][U](PNAS).[/U][/B]
.[/quote]

Taking a step back to review the source of this post I have started to have my doubts over its validity. :laughs:

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 13:06

If Acorns had faces, mine wouldn't just be pretty.:veryconfused:

Have been known to do accurate calculations too (ogni tanto).

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 03/07/2009 - 03:32

[quote=Ghianda;112868]Taking a step back to review the source of this post I have started to have my doubts over its validity. :laughs:[/quote]

You mean - it doesn't stand up?

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 03/07/2009 - 03:33

[quote=Ghianda;112868]Taking a step back to review the source of this post I have started to have my doubts over its validity. :laughs:[/quote]
Alas, it is valid
[url=http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/02/27/0807974105.abstract]Hydrogen sulfide as a mediator of human corpus cavernosum smooth-muscle relaxation ? PNAS[/url]