A court in Canada has ruled in favour of drugs giant Pfizer as it sought to protect the patent on ED treatment Viagra.The court found that Apotex will not be able to sell a generic form of the patented product until 2014, as it would be an infringement of Pfizer's rights, reports Bloomberg.

ED could be a sign of diabetic nerve damage, it has been revealed.According to US publication Enid News, ED could present as one of the autonomic neuropathy symptoms from the damage which diabetes can cause to one's nerves.

A 20-year-old man has been charged with breaking into a pharmacy and stealing drugs and cash worth $25,000 (about £13,000).Vlowski Hampton of Fayetteville, North Carolina, US, is alleged to have broken into and entered the Medicap Pharmac in the town.

In an effort to better education people in England about sex and relationships, Terrence Higgins Trust is launching a new promotional campaign.The charity's Young Leaders Project is looking for young people to participate in its You Know You campaign to develop sex and relationship educational projects.

A balanced diet can help prevent depression, according to an expert from a mental health charity.Mark Lowndes, area manager of Changes, said that his organisation takes a "holistic view", highlighting that lifestyle can be an important factor in depression.

Most commonly associated with men aged 40 and over, erectile dysfunction (ED) can affect men from the adolescent age, an expert has said.Urologist Professor Lawson Douglas has commented to the Jamaica Gleaner website on the causes and treatments associated with ED.

Pfizer has announced it will collaborate with the European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD) on a research programme into cardiovascular risk in patients with diabetes.The news came out at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.

Pharmaceutical giant Ely Lilly has said its sales figures for China demonstrate that the company is on track to make the market its tenth largest by 2010.Sales for Lilly, which manufactures erectile dysfunction drug Calais (tadafil), announced that its China sales were increasing by 26 per cent a year, according to Reuters.

A healthy sex life fosters a strong family relationships and protects against the stresses of life.However problems in the bedroom can impact on all other areas of a relationship, according to sex therapists.

Following recent reports of criminals trafficking fake versions of drugs, the chief executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulator Agency has warned the authorities will be cracking down on such activities.

Using Viagra to combat the symptoms of erectile dysfunction should not be the only treatment considered by men, it has been suggested.Dr Karen Boyle of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine explained that treatments such as Viagra are only part of the answer, WebMD reports.

Questions of individual benefits of aggressive treatments early on in the diagnosis of prostate cancer have been raised at an international study.Researchers from the Canadian Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group are set to launch a study into which patients do best from aggressive treatments.

Men with erectile dysfunction will only be able to get medicines on prescription from now on, the Vietnamese ministry of health has announced.The market has been flooded with fake and sub-standard impotence drugs and the move by the ministry aims to eradicate this problem, thanhnienews.

A UK-based GP has offered advice to other doctors treating men experiencing erectile dysfunction (ED).Writing for Pulse, Dr Geoff Hackett, a consultant in sexual dysfunction at the Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield, urged doctors to ensure they thoroughly check patients for cardiovascular disease - a problem commonly associated with ED.

Erectile dysfunction drug Cialis has been shown to work even in men who have suffered spinal cord injuries.Reuters reports that researchers from the Raymond Poincare Hospital in Garches, France, led by Dr Francois Giuliano found that the drug increased the number times men with such injuries were successfully able to have sex.