Erectile Dysfunction a Harbinger of Heart Disease in Diabetes

"Dick or No Dick?,"to paraphrase the name of the TV show.

Fat guys, are you bummed because you ate your way to type 2 diabetes and now your penis doesn't work?

"Erectile dysfunction may be a strong independent marker of early heart disease among men with diabetes, researchers found.

Such men had twice the coronary heart disease incidence as those without erectile dysfunction (19.7 versus 9.5 per 1,000 person-years), reported Peter C.Y. Tong, Ph.D., of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and colleagues in the May 27 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology."

You think you're bummed now?

Wait until the heart disease hits.

Or lose weight.

Your choice.