Dr. Alfred Newman, a Montgomery, Alabama urologist and a leading expert on the treatment of sexual problems, has published Beyond Viagra: Plain Talk About Treating Male and Female Sexual Dysfunction. Sexual dysfunction affects an estimated twenty million men and a similarly large number of women in the United States today. Rapid advances have been made in methods of treatment over the past three decades, and in 1998 the "wonder drug" Viagra appeared.

Newman said he wrote his book to answer questions not only about Viagra but also about the many causes of sexual dysfunction and the range of treatments that are now available, including implants, injections, herbal medicine, and more. The book is written in language that can be easily understood by laypersons but has enough depth to make it a useful reference to general practitioners, psychologists, psychiatrists, and others involved in the treatment of sexual problems.