FRIDAY, Aug. 15 (Health Day News) — Statins might help to prevent erectile dysfunction (ED) among those men who have metabolic syndrome, according to the new animal research.

A threat to cardiovascular health, metabolic syndrome, also raises the risk of ED. The recent finding mentioned that statins may reduce specific protein known as Rho-kinase level that contributes to ED.

“Each condition of metabolic syndrome phenomenon — high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and obesity — independently raises the risk for erectile dysfunction just on their own,” explained study author Christopher J. Wingard,

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