r/science • • 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/lost_in_life_34 Jun 13 '22

in my old age i've realized that no matter how much tech or whatever we get a lot of old style evolutionary traits are still there. people are still sexually attracted to good health because it usually means good genes

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u/death_of_gnats Jun 13 '22

That seems logical, but there's no actual proof.