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The erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey is arousing more than book sales. Women are discovering their appetite for pleasure with or without a partner, and sex aids are playing a bigger role. Indeed, a new poll by ICR Survey of women ages 18 to 60 years shows that nearly 1 in 4 American women want a bigger "thrill" in bed. To give women the increased pleasure they've been craving, the makers of the We-Vibe(R) are launching the revolutionary Thrill by We-Vibe(TM), a new sex aid for solo play that stimulates both the C-& G-spot simultaneously for the ultimate "me time." The unique "c-shape" design fits all the right places and has a sleek handle to allow women to control the sensation like never before. With the Thrill, women can stimulate the C-spot and reach the elusive G-spot (alone!). Not only does the Thrill by We-Vibe make for a lot more fun between the sheets, it also offers some very real health benefits, like improving the immune system, ...

Men in New Zealand had been warned against self-prescribing drugs for erectile dysfunction and purchasing them from online sources to avoid serious health consequences. According to Dr Stephen Ruthven, President of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand, recent research indicates versions of Viagra found on the internet are fake and contain far less of the active ingredient than the real thing. In an analysis of pills from 22 different websites claiming to sell the drug, 77% of samples were counterfeit and contained only between 30% and 50% of the levels of active ingredient advertised on its label. The analysis was conducted by Irwin Goldstein, MD of San Diego Sexual Medicine and Editor in Chief of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, and reported at the World Meeting on Sexual Medicine. "Even more concerning, is the fact that many of these counterfeit drugs contain other undeclared ingredients such as gypsum which is found in fertiliser, commercial paint and prin...