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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study reveals 18 million men in the United States suffer from erectile dysfunction. While there are medications to treat this problem, researchers also report many of these men suffer from other health problems, such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Making lifestyle changes, like increasing exercise level, may be an effective treatment for erectile dysfunction.
Investigators from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore led the study, which included data from 2,126 men who were part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Researchers report the overall prevalence of erectile dysfunction among men in the United States was 18 percent. However, nearly half of men with diabetes had erectile dysfunction, and almost 90 percent of all men with erectile dysfunction had at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
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"Physicians should be aggressive in screening and managing middle-aged and older patients for erectile dysfunction, especially among patients with diabetes or hypertension," reports Elizabeth Selvin, Ph.D., M.P.H., lead author of the study. "The associations of erectile dysfunction with diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors may serve as powerful motivators for men who need to make changes in their diet and lifestyle."
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SOURCE: The American Journal of Medicine, 2007;120:151-157
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