The Senate race in Nevada is getting dirty. Real dirty.

In a new commercial slamming her opponent Harry Reid, Republican Sharron Angle claims that the Senate Majority Leader voted on a bill that would, “pay for Viagra for convicted child molesters and sex offenders.”

Both candidates have done a bit of smearing in what has proved to be a hotly contested race, but perhaps Angle has strayed a bit farther from the truth than she should have.
Various news agencies, including the Associated Press, have analyzed the commercial and all have said that Angle is being more than unfair. She’s being untruthful.

The law she is referring to was actually just a proposed amendment to the federal health care bill. In an effort to delay the bill’s passing in the Senate, Republican Senator Tom Coburn introduced an amendment that would explicitly prohibit any federal money from funding the purchase of erectile dysfunction drugs by registered sex offenders.

The general consensus was and is that Mr Coburn and the Republicans were perpetrating a political stunt. The Democrats stuck together and the amendment promptly died.

While there is no doubt that Democrats were not trying to subsidize ED drugs for child molesters and rapists, it is distinctly possible that some federal money will end up doing just that. But this already happens. Had they voted for the amendment, the political process would have been gummed up and the bill might have, through the magic of Washington, never been passed.

It is worth noting that the law does not take effect until 2014, so there is a lot of room to introduce a provision that explicitly prohibits ED meds for sex offenders.

Mr. Coburn also tried to introduce amendments that would have done the following:

• Revoke the powers of the Secretary of Health and Human Services
• Make it impossible to hire a government health care worker without first firing one
• Require the President and Cabinet Members to buy healthcare through the new government act
• Issue a public referendum on gay marriage in Washington, D.C.

Those are just some of the purely politically motivated and sometimes unrelated amendments introduced to sabotage the bill.

But many are now asking the question, will Viagra for non-predators be covered?

That question is very much up in the air.

Many of the problems Republicans seemed to have with the bill focused on the wasteful spending, or non-medically essential procedures, that might be covered under the plan that President Obama campaigned for. While the protests have begun with a focus on prohibiting ED drug coverage for “sex predators”, some in the media have been speculating that it will not stop there.

Experts say that, as the public will still be able to choose their healthcare plan, it will likely depend on the policy whether you are covered or not. Others have said that the loophole of blood pressure treatment might be another way to get the medications with federal plans.

And the success of Sharron Angle’s ad? Well, we won’t know until the polls close. But, historically, fewer voters read the fact-check than see the commercials. On the other hand, mud slinging and negative campaigning can backfire. Angle may have undermined her credibility on this one, and that’s one dysfunction that Viagra can’t fix.

Osteoporosis is the disease of bones and is found most commonly in menopausal women and in men in some of the cases. The word osteoporosis is made up of two words, the word osteo’ refers to bones and ‘porosis’ means porous. The density of bone is decreased in this disease and the bone becomes very fragile due to this.

Although it is a part of the natural aging process, but in some individuals this process is very fast. The main factors responsible for this are calcium deficiency and hormonal changes in the body. The best way to stay away with this disease is to have a balanced diet, consumption of diets rich in calcium and Vitamin D and to practice proper muscle strengthening exercises daily.

Regular practicing of Yogic exercises is very good for improving the strength of muscles and it also helps the bones to retain their density. In some of the cases it is seen that yoga is beneficial in bringing back the lost bone density due to osteoporosis. Many patients suffering with osteoporosis have joined yoga training institutes so that they can get enjoy the same health as before. Yoga teachers guide their patients in doing the series of yoga poses which helps to buildup strong muscles around the bones which are more weak and porous.

In addition to that, yoga also helps in maintaining a balance between organs and glands so that a steady supply of hormones is maintained which are helpful in providing density to the bones. Yoga also helps in toning of skeletal system and overall bodily processes. Most of the yoga trainers guide their students with muscles loosening poses and basic stretches in the beginning. Then they move to yogic breathing techniques or yogasanas.

Yoga is the natural and unique way to combat with many ailments of the body. There are no side effects of yoga if it is performed properly or under the supervision of the yoga trainer. There can be no remedy as economic as yoga as there is no investment in it.

Using natural progesterone and osteoporosis was successfully treated? Is it possible? After all, natural progesterone is safe to use with virtually no side effects when used correctly. It is one of the two primary hormones produced in a healthy woman during the menstrual cycle, the other hormone being estrogen. In perhaps the only study of natural progesterone and osteoporosis treatment of its kind, the success obtained by a leading Harvard-trained physician for reversing osteoporosis in women is explained.

What is osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is a progressive disease where the bones become more porous and weaker over time. Untreated, osteoporosis will weaken, disable and kill both women and men. Almost half of the women in the United States will fracture a hip, forearm or spine sometime in their lifetime. 20% of women who fracture their hip will die within one year. And it is not just a disease of the elderly. Osteoporosis regularly begins its destructive process for women in their 30′s. Becoming slightly shorter in height is the most noticeable of the osteoporosis symptoms. Osteoporosis causes postural changes, and it makes one more likely to have a bone fracture as one ages.

There are two kinds of bone cells that one should understand. Osteoclasts are the cells that travel through bone tissue, finding bone tissue that needs replacing, removing old bone by dissolving it and leaving small cavities or pores where there once was bone. Osteoblasts are the cells that form new bone cells in the cavities left by the dissolving tissue. This continuous process of bone resorption and new bone formation is how bones are kept strong in the healthy body. Bone strength is the result of the balance of these two processes. Osteoporosis happens when more bone tissue is being dissolved than is being rebuilt.

When are the bones the strongest in women? Bone strength is greatest at around age 30 for women. Bone loss typically begins in women 5-20 years before menopause. Osteoporosis occurs regularly in both women and men. Even though a man begins to lose bone mass considerably later in life than a woman, bone loss happens in men. Women often begin losing bone mass as early as in their 30′s, whereas bone loss begins in the 50′s for a man. By the time men reach their 70′s, their bone weakness equals that of women.

Harvard-trained Dr. John R. Lee is the author of the best-selling womens health book What Your Doctor May NOT Tell You About Menopause. Dr. Lee studied 100 of his women patients that were in various stages of osteoporosis. The women in his study ranged in ages from 38 to 83 with 62.5 being the average age. By adding supplementation with natural progesterone to an existing natural osteoporosis treatment program, Dr. Lee found that bone density was increased every year by 3-5% until it stabilized at the bone density levels expected for a 35-year old woman! All 100 women using the natural progesterone and osteoporosis treatment reversed their bone loss and grew new bone cells. These results are astounding!

Dr. Lee also observed that the women who had experienced the most bone loss were the ones that increased bone density the fastest when using this natural progesterone and osteoporosis reversal treatment! Dr. Lee makes it very clear that natural progesterone and osteoporosis treatment must include the osteoporosis treatment elements of proper diet, nutrients and exercise. And for women approaching the age of menopause (late 40′s to early 50′s) and older, he felt that natural progesterone supplementation would greatly benefit women that had already experienced considerable bone loss, and that natural progesterone would rebuild new bone cells.

Anyone can easily make lifestyle changes that will include weight-bearing exercise, proper diet, nutritional supplements and natural progesterone and osteoporosis treatment. Stopping bone loss, rebuilding and strengthening your bones is entirely possible, according to Dr. Lee. If you or someone you know is at risk for osteoporosis, learn more and benefit from the successes of Dr. Lee and other physicians in safely and effectively treating osteoporosis, a debilitating disease.