The researchers at University College London and the University of Oxford revealed that Viagra, a drug widely used for erectile dysfunction, could also reduce the risk of dementia.

If the majority of us enjoy anything, it's the whole "buy one, get one free" gimmick. What if we told you that for the price of a single little miraculous blue pill, you could potentially improve your sex life and lower your risk of developing dementia, two health disorders that plague a significant portion of modern society? We present to you, gentlemen principally, the incredibly well-liked medication known as Viagra.

A brief history of the wonder drug

Unbelievably, US pharmaceutical behemoth Pfizer, which invented sildenafil citrate under the brand name Viagra, never intended for it to become the sex icon it is today. It was developed in the late 1980s for a more benign purpose: to treat hypertension and heart disease-related chest discomfort.

Though one can only imagine the confusion a...