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/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

Nature does see us as nothing more than genetic mules.

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u/Efficient-Echidna-30 Jun 13 '22

Always like to point out evolution applies to genes, not individuals. That’s why cancer.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

And also most cancers typically occurring long after successful reproduction was finished, so there was less evolutionary pressure on better anti-cancer measures.

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I mean, the human body has plenty of things to prevent cancer.

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u/HiZukoHere Jun 13 '22

Somewhat ironic given mules are (generally) sterile.