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Sex Life and Long Life

By Christopher Wanjek
LiveScience
Sex Life and Long Life

Men, take note: Your penis might be telling you something.

Two studies published last week reveal such a correlation between erectile dysfunction and chronic diseases that doctors think the diagnosis of poor sexual health should warrant screening for a serious, underlying or emerging illness.

The studies might very well raise the profile of erectile dysfunction, or ED, from a trivial disease of inconvenience treatable with a little blue pill to a warning sign from below that can save your life.

Researchers also confirmed that ED is less about old age and more about poor health, with men as young as age 20 reporting erection problems attributed to obesity or inactivity.

Get up, exercise

One study, led by Elizabeth Selvin of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, published in the American Journal of Medicine, found that nearly 20 percent of the 2,100 men participating in a health and nutrition survey had ED, often as a result of poor physical health or inactivity. That would translate to 18 million American men nationwide.

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    Sex Life and Long Life

    By Christopher Wanjek
    LiveScience
    Sex Life and Long Life

    Men, take note: Your penis might be telling you something.

    Two studies published last week reveal such a correlation between erectile dysfunction and chronic diseases that doctors think the diagnosis of poor sexual health should warrant screening for a serious, underlying or emerging illness.

    The studies might very well raise the profile of erectile dysfunction, or ED, from a trivial disease of inconvenience treatable with a little blue pill to a warning sign from below that can save your life.

    Researchers also confirmed that ED is less about old age and more about poor health, with men as young as age 20 reporting erection problems attributed to obesity or inactivity.

    Get up, exercise

    One study, led by Elizabeth Selvin of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, published in the American Journal of Medicine, found that nearly 20 percent of the 2,100 men participating in a health and nutrition survey had ED, often as a result of poor physical health or inactivity. That would translate to 18 million American men nationwide.

    Continue reading “Sex Life and Long Life”

    Original post by nospam@example.com (Wit`Alis)

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  • Thought for the Day: How long until you’re cured?
  • Prostate Cancer Treatments Impact On Quality Of Life
  • Meat, neutrons and a longer life
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