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Argentinian reseachers have rather unaccountably discovered that Viagra helps ameliorate the effects of "jet lag" in hamsters, and might do the same for humans. According to New Scientist, hamsters who were favoured with small doses of sildenafil, punted as Viagra, coped better with a simulated six-hour time-zone shift than …

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  1. JP

    Wrong way around

    Surely an east-west traveller would be going to New York from Paris?

    And does this mean that I can go to my doc now, and ask for some (very small) blue pills 'cause I'm going to Bangkok? For the jet-lag, of course...

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  2. David Harper

    Apposite choice of journal

    I was amused to learn that the results of the hamster+Viagra experiments were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

    This august journal is known to science librarians by its initials, PNAS. Spoken aloud, it rhymes with Venus.

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  3. Cavan

    Go West

    Why don't we just always travel West? past the international date line, then back home .... makes so much sense to me... /<fan flames>

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  4. Steve Evans

    David harper, Don't be silly.

    Spoken aloud by librarians?! Oxymoron!

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  5. Chris Matchett

    Genitals

    Have you seen the size of hamster packages? I bet they'd be up and running on the wheel sooner than 8 days if the Viagra didn't cause manoeuvrability issues.

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  6. daniel

    Re: Genitals

    Arggh, my eyes!

    I now have visions of Viagra enhanced hammies spinning helplessly around in circles due to the fact that they got their furry bits stuck between the spokes....

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  7. Anonymous Coward
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    Helps you to stay up all night

    Sorry, had to make the obvious joke..

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  8. Burton

    Viagra reduces jet lag...

    but occupies toilets!

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  9. Doug Manning

    Great news

    Thanks. Great news. How often do Hamsters fly anyway.

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  10. Anonymous Coward
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    Title

    "[In humans] each hour in time difference between the origin and destination of a flight causes an extra day of jet lag"

    Really? 'cause I've traveled over 5 time zones several times and been fine the next day every time. Is that equation based on actual science, one person's individual experience, or just a wild guess on some hack's part?

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