'Irish Viagra,' and the law about Irish jokes
12.03.10
Irish news is the meat and potatoes of IrishCentral.com. And we don't just find Irish news from Ireland, but from all the homes of the global Irish in the United States and around the Irish world. In the U.S., we crawl websites and blogs in New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Miami, Washington D.C., and more than 30 other Irish-American strongholds. The same happens with sites in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Europe, Australia, Argentina and throughout Asia. If there's Irish news out there, we'll find it! And the IrishCentral.com staff will make sure it is written, edited and designed with our very special audience of global Irish in mind. We'll look for the best photos and videos — many of which will be supplied by you, our readers - and lace our coverage with other helpful Irish news links and our own blogs. We define Irish news very simply: It is news that will inform, entertain, amuse, bewilder, enrage or excite the global Irish community. It may bring a curse or a laugh, a tear or a smile — and often, it will simply let you know everything Irish from everywhere Irish. And we make this promise to you: Every reader will have a chance — in every single article — to comment on what they have read and seen. Tell us, and your fellow readers across the Irish world, what you liked and what you didn't. That's Irish news the way it should be: a two-way street where you hear from us and we hear from you.
Source: Irish Central
Capsule reviews: `Green Zone' and others
11.03.10
"Green Zone" — All the war-zone authenticity in the Arab world cannot salvage the silly Hollywood plot at the heart of Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass' first collaboration outside the Jason Bourne realm. Their thriller about the futile search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq is a visual and visceral knockout utterly deflated by a story as unappetizing as Army field rations. Damon's an Army guy hurled into a simple-minded conspiracy concocted by the filmmakers to explain why the WMD hunt keeps coming up empty. The cast, including Greg Kinnear, Amy Ryan, Brendan Gleeson and Jason Isaacs, generally delivers serviceable performances in roles that do not call for much more. As Damon's translator and tipster, Khalid Abdalla does capture a sense of Iraqis' conflicted emotions over the U.S. occupation. For pure ambiance, the movie is a marvel. Greengrass, who directed Damon in "The Bourne Ultimatum" and "The Bourne Supremacy," applies a similar docudrama style to create a you-are-there sense of Bagdhad in chaos. R for violence and language. Running time: 114 minutes. Two stars out of four.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Man Likely To Be Impotent After Failing To Treat His Erection
04.03.10
The report says that the 55 year-old businessman actually endured an erection that lasted for a whopping 21 days! This is almost unbelievable and it is reckoned that it was brought on by a neurological condition. The man who has not been named claims that he had not used erectile dysfunction medication and the doctors confirmed this saying that his Priapism was caused by a peripheral nervous system disorder.
Because the man took so long to get professional help the doctors believe that he may have done permanent damage to his penis. Erections which last for more than four hours without subsiding need to be dealt with immediately because the blood supply inside the penis needs to be changed to ensure fresh oxygenated blood is present. The lack of fresh oxygenated blood can cause the two cylinders called the corpora and cavernosa inside the penis to become damaged.
In extreme cases of Priapism the blood is drained out and fresh blood is therefore allowed to circulate again. Some people say that Priapism can be caused by the use of the erectile dysfunction meds Viagra , Cialis and Levitra but there is no clinically relevant evidence to support this.
Source: UKMedix Health News