偉哥有奇效 男性服用偉哥可降低心臟病發作

Patients taking Viagra are less likely to suffer a heart attack new research claims.

一項新的研究表明，服用偉哥的患者更不易心臟病發作。

Men taking the impotence drug were found to have a lower risk of having a heart attack or dying from heart failure than those not on the medication.

與不服用偉哥的人相比，服用這種治療陽痿藥物的男性患心臟病或死於心臟病的風險較低。

The findings mean Viagra could soon be used to treat hundreds of thousands of heart failure patients and even prevent fatal heart attacks scientists say.

科學家們表示，研究結果意味着偉哥可能很快被用來治療成百上千的心臟衰竭患者，甚至可以預防致命的心臟病發作。

Experts from the University of Manchester studied 6000 diabetic patients who had been given Viagra to treat erectile dysfunction.

來自曼徹斯特大學的專家研究了6000名服用偉哥治療勃起功能障礙的糖尿病患者。

The drug relaxes muscle cells in the blood vessels supplying the penis allowing more blood to flow there.

這種藥物讓供應陰莖血管中的肌細胞鬆弛，使得更多血液流向那裏。

Despite diabetics being prone to heart problems the study participants did not suffer as many incidents as similar patients not on the drug.

儘管糖尿病患者容易出現心臟問題，參與研究的患者心臟病發作次數並沒有像未服用該藥物的類似患者那樣多。