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New Study Ties COVID-19 To Erectile Dysfunction New Study Ties COVID-19 To Erectile Dysfunction
New Study Ties Covid-19 To Erectile Dysfunction Those having a hard time masking up might take note of a new study that draws a connection between COVID-19 and erectile dysfunction, researchers say. The University of Florida Health study found that men who’ve had the coronavirus are more than three times more likely to be diagnosed with erectile dysfunction than those who haven’t. The researchers said they arrived at that figure after adjusting for other factors -- among them, diabetes, obesity, smoking and cardiovascular or respiratory disease. “The receptor that the coronavirus binds to is abundant on the penis and testes,” said Josep…

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