Good news everyone, having better sex can actually be beneficial for your brain, according to a study conducted at St. George's Hospital in the UK and published in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia.
And it all has to do with that little blue pill.
Pills like Viagra or Cialis actually increase blood flow by opening the arteries, a function that allows ED patients to achieve erection.
The study revealed that these same mechanisms can also slow cognitive decline in older patients, resulting in their minds (and their mojos) staying sharp!
Dr. Jeremy Isaacs, a consulting neurologist at St. George's Hospital in the UK, who worked on the study, said in a news release via the NY Post, "This was a landmark study in which we attempted to reverse the reduction in brain blood flow characteristic of this condition. Although we did not find a significant effect following a single dose of tadalafil, we can't rule out the possibility of benefits from longer-term use, for which further research is needed."
Dr. Atticus Hainsworth, the study's lead investigator, also urged for more research to see how old drugs could help new problems.
He said, "Repurposed drugs have the increased benefits of a shorter development time, a known safety profile and low cost, once their original patent has expired. We hope that further investigations will prove fruitful and provide new options for clinicians treating dementia."
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