And Perhaps They Will End Up With More Little Fighter Pilots, Too

And Perhaps They Will End Up With More Little Fighter Pilots, Too

From one of the Australian news services:

A recent study conducted by Israeli doctors among mountain climbers in Africa found a link between erectile dysfunction drugs and improved performance in high altitudes, the mass-selling Yediot Aharonot reported.

The active ingredient in the drugs was found to make climbers perform better in an environment with less oxygen, which causes fatigue and dizziness.

This has led army doctors to consider giving jet fighter pilots - who can fly at altitudes of up to 50,000 feet - the same drug.

"The Viagra family of drugs is considered effective in these conditions because when there is a long shortage in oxygen it leads to high blood pressure in the lungs, and the drugs help fight that," the report quoted military medical sources as saying.

I'm not sure that I believe it. Note that this is categorized as humor.

UPDATE: Here's an older news story from June 24, 2006 Science Daily confirming this.