Enjoy sex lose weight

IT could be the answer to many women's prayers - not to mention men's.
A wonder pill has been developed that not only boosts a female's sex drive, but helps her lose weight at the same time.

So far it has been tested only on shrews and monkeys, but scientists believe humans could be taking it within a decade.

British professor Robert Millar discovered the double benefit while developing a hormone to treat loss of libido, a problem that affects millions of women.

During tests on animals, he found that as well as displaying a greater keenness for sex, they also seemed less interested in food.

Female musk shrews -- a mouse-like mammal -- and marmosets were injected with the hormone and displayed classic mating behaviour.

In the shrews, this was shown by "rump presentation and tail wagging", while the monkeys began "tongue flicking and eyebrow raising", said the professor.

But the laboratory animals also ate significantly less than usual. In some cases their daily intake was cut by a third.

Prof Millar is working on reproducing the hormone in pill form, which could prove extremely profitable given the interest pharmaceutical companies have shown in enhancing libido.