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...Forget the aphrodisiacs. A report in New Scientist magazine says two Israeli scientists, Mati Fridkin and Illan Gozes, have developed a lotion that may help men who are impotent because of physical problems -- for instance, some men suffering complications from diabetes. Called Stearyl-VIP, the lotion, which would be rubbed onto the penis, is a combination of stearic acid and vasoactive intestinal peptide, a natural agent involved in producing an erection. Israeli officials have yet to approve clinical trials on humans...
...People paid a lot more attention to this than to the first two orientation meetings I gave," said Proctor-Michael K. Fridkin '81 who said he signed up to host an outreach session because "these are the questions that people want to start asking now, but they're afraid to Sexuality becomes more relevant when people are separate from their families" He adds. "I doubt very many people have been given the opportunity to learn about contraception in at atmosphere where they feel comfortable asking the questions they most want...
...points that the counselors stressed was that contraception is not a concern solely for women. In illustrating how men can be actively involved in the use of such methods as the diaphragm, they called on Fridkin for help...
With a minimum of help from Orza and Rusnak, Fridkin showed, using Patty Pelvis, that men too can insert diaphragms...
Everyone asks Michael Fridkin '81, who teaches QRA, the same two questions about the job. To the first--"Isn't it weird teaching people your age?"--he says the problem disappeared after a few lectures: "Pretty soon I fit into my role as someone who knows something they want to learn." The second--"Don't you think it's terrible that we pay Harvard so much tuition just to be taught by other students?"--worried him more, but he reasons, "It would be nice if professors taught everything, but a professor would be horribly bored teaching...