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Public release date: 22 November 2008
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Active men do not lose erection with age
According to a leading expert, men should forget pills and creams, the secret to maintaining a healthy sex life well into old age is as simple as fighting the extra flab.
Gary Wittert, endocrinologist and Professor of Medicine at the University of Adelaide, Australia, said erectile dysfunction is often a warning sign of underlying lifestyle-related diseases, which include heart disease, diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Speaking at the Australian Health and Medical Research Congress in
Brisbane he added that for men, the penis is the window to the heart.
"The blood vessels in the penis are exactly the same as the blood vessels in the heart. If they have some erectile dysfunction then they've probably got subclinical coronary artery disease," the expert added.
A study conducted in 2005 by Dr Ian Thompson of the Texas Health Science Center and colleagues, targeting more than 19,000 men, found that those
who reported erectile dysfunction were just as likely to have a heart attack or stroke as smokers.
Much coverage has been given to the age-related decline in testosterone and it effect on sexuality, however Professor Wittert says there is plenty of evidence that healthy, active men are able to maintain a healthy, active sex life well into their later years.
"What I truly believe is it's not just age. It is not inevitable that you lose your erections with age," the expert added.
He says, as obesity becomes more prevalent in younger men, they too are experiencing erectile problems as a result of their weight and associated health problems.
"You're starting to see with obesity a very high prevalence of erectile dysfunction in younger men and it's a warning sign," the researcher said.
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