First aired Thursday 13 February 2002, RT 48:32. The drug Viagra revolutionized the treatment of sexual dysfunction in men on its launch ten years ago. An accidental discovery, the tablet that gave impotent men the chance once more to have natural erections became the fastest selling pill in history and has earned its manufacturer, Pfizer, over $12 billion. The search is now on for a similar drug that could help women. Research is revealing that female sexuality ...

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The study of sexual physiology -- what happens, and why, and how to make it happen better -- has been a paying career or a diverting sideline for scientists as far-ranging as Leonardo da Vinci and James Watson. The research has taken place behind the closed doors of laboratories, brothels, MRI centers, pig farms, sex-toy R&D, labs, and Alfred Kinsey's attic. Mary Roach, 'the funniest science writer in the country,' devoted the past two years ...

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