Levitra Vs Sildenafil

A Swedish court has ordered local authorities to subsidize a 30-year-old man’s prescription for Viagra, according to UPI .

The man argued that having sex is essential to a reasonable quality of life, and the County Administrative Court in Majorna, Sweden, agreed.

A Swedish medical assistance program had denied the man’s original request because Viagra was not included on a list of subsidized medicines.

The court did not decide how often a person is entitled to receive the sexual potency pills, instead leaving that up to the local support unit of the program.

“This is clearly difficult to assess. How often should someone have Viagra? Is it once a week? Does that amount to a reasonable quality of life?” said Henrietta Nyberg, a spokesperson for the program.

Last year, British doctors treated a newborn boy with Viagra to open narrowed blood vessels around his lungs. The treatment was successful and the boy still takes Viagra six times a day in liquid form.

Workplace wellness programs are an effective way to reduce major risk factors for heart disease, such as smoking, obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes, says a new American Heart Association policy statement.

Each year, heart disease costs the United States about $304.6 billion, the association says. Companies spend 25 to 30 percent of their annual medical costs on employees with significant health risks, mainly because of their increased likelihood of experiencing heart disease and stroke, it says.

But the financial burden also falls on workers, it says, in the form of higher premiums, co-pays and deductibles, reduction or elimination of coverage and trade-offs between insurance benefits and wage or salary increases.

“Research shows that companies can save anywhere from $3 to $15 for every $1 spent on health and wellness within 12 to 18 months of implementing a [workplace wellness] program,” the statement’s lead author, Mercedes Carnethon, an assistant professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, said in a news release from the heart association.

“Beyond cost savings and increased productivity, visionary employers are realizing the value of an employee’s total health,” she said. “An effective worksite wellness program can attract exceptional employees, enhance morale and reduce organizational conflict.”

More than 130 million Americans are employed, according to the association, which means that workplace wellness programs have the potential to reach a sizable population.

“We are making great strides in workplace wellness, but we also know that half of employees don’t have access to these programs, mainly because they work in small companies or for employers that have a small number of employees at multiple sites,” Carnethon said. “We are hoping this paper shows employers large and small the benefits these programs may provide to both their employees and their bottom line.”

Keys to a successful program, according to the policy statement, include:
Smoking/tobacco cessation and prevention
Regular physical activity
Stress management/reduction
Early detection/screening
Nutrition education and promotion
Weight management
Disease management
Cardiovascular disease education, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) training
Work environment changes that encourage healthy behaviors and promote occupational health and safety

The policy statement was published Sept 30 in Circulation.