A friend of mine brought the following to my attention earlier today. Thanks DS.
Viagra (aka "sildenafil") may be *a treatment* for Jetlag apparently.
Where did this stem from?
Evidence based medicine?
Of course not - that's not where most *discoveries* are made in reality.
Dr Patricia Agostino discusses her Hamster work here:-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6676585.stm
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Like any minded regular (geek) flight orientated person, I conducted a small controlled *experiment* when folks were not looking.
5 minutes later, I managed to (quickly) convince my "n" of 1 that "further research is required".
Becky (or was it Vicky?) & I are doing further long haul mid-Atlantic *in-vivo* work next Summer and once "Peer Reviewed", will be publishing our data via the most commonly used *Publisher* these days of such material - YouTube or was it SciVee ?
Carbon Footprint? Dunno, but I will re-trace my mid-air steps for the common good of science - but of course.
It's a hard life.
McDawg
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