"Erectile dysfunction is always a matter of the heart, but new research suggests more than romance is at stake. Two new studies of men with type 2 diabetes found that erectile dysfunction was a powerful early warning sign for serious heart disease, including heart attack and death.
One of the studies also suggested cholesterol-lowering medications could cut the risk of heart problems by about a third, and that Viagra and related compounds might offer similar protection.
Researchers said the findings underscore that men should report erectile dysfunction to their doctors, and that treatment should focus not only on the sexual problem but also on cardiovascular health. The research is published in the May 27 issue of the Journal of the American College of Card iology."
"In a Hong Kong-based study, Tong and colleagues recruited 2,306 men with type 2 diabetes, a fourth of whom had ED and none of whom had any signs or history of heart disease, vascular disease or stroke. The researchers followed up the patients for an average of four years. During that time, 123 men died from or developed signs of coronary heart disease.
An ensuing analysis found that ED signaled a 58 percent increase in the risk of coronary heart disease. Just one other warning sign was stronger, the researchers said: spillage of abundant protein in the urine, which doubles heart disease risk and signals extensive kidney damage"From "Erectile woes may portend heart disease"
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