http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/Priapism-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2012. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 25 May 2012 07:01:19 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/Ex-Inmate-Sues-Jail-Nurse-For-Painful-Erection-52703-1.htm An ex-convict has filed a lawsuit against an upstate prison nurse for allegedly sending him back to his cell after medication side effects resulted in a painful erection that wouldn't go away. Dawud Yaduallah has claimed that he suffered for 55 hours before finally getting hospital treatment to relieve the problem in his pants. The 43-year-old former prisoner has said that nurse Judith Lovelace's diagnostic bungle left him "irreparably injured" with "severe damage to his penis, including ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Ex-Inmate-Sues-Jail-Nurse-For-Painful-Erection-52703-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Study-Could-Offer-Relief-to-Priapism-Sufferers-34176-1.htm Scientists have provided relief to thousands of men who suffer from priapism, or the condition that causes prolonged erection even without an arousal, by identifying the biochemical basis of the disorder. In a study on male mice, researchers at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston found that raised levels of the biochemical adenosine, which can cause blood vessels to dilate and has the potential to influence blood flow into the penis, was the cause behind priapism. To test the idea, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Study-Could-Offer-Relief-to-Priapism-Sufferers-34176-1.htm