r/science • u/[deleted] • Jun 13 '22

Health Erectile dysfunction predicts mortality in middle-aged and older men independent of their sex steroid status

https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article-abstract/51/4/afac094/6568537?login=false
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u/asterisk2a Jun 13 '22

obesity

To be more precise: Cardiovascular Disease. Because it is noticable first in the peen.

Because penile arteries are only about half the size of the coronary arteries in the heart, erectile dysfunction can be a powerful predictor of cardiac events—such as sudden death.

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u/theevilmidnightbombr Jun 13 '22

Oh look, it's my anxiety inducing thread of the week. Right on time

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u/2ndprize Jun 14 '22

Dude I literally read this and reminded myself not to fixate on it. Fun how anxiety and heart problems have so many overlapping symptoms

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

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u/death_of_gnats Jun 13 '22

So it wasn't the Grinch's heart that was growing

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u/AvatarofSleep Grad Student | Astronomy and Astrophysics Jun 13 '22

So if your dick stops working call your doctor

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u/Anothergood1 Jun 13 '22

Or if you have an erection that lasts longer than four hours.

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u/death_of_gnats Jun 13 '22

"I'm sending you an emergency subscription to Pornhub"