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Viagra Is Linked to Almost 70% Lower Risk of Alzheimer's

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Re: Viagra Is Linked to Almost 70% Lower Risk of Alzheimer's

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Post by pas »

oliwarner wrote: post #37

Correlation not [necessarily] causation! Lots of people suggesting having sex might be a prophylactic but also consider that a lower "sex drive" might also be a factor here. We don't know because we're looking at insurance claim data. You only see links. And only in people with insurance! You have to go much further to show causation.

do people who use viagra have a lower sex drive or simply erectile disfunction? after all they go and buy viagra and then do have sex. it's not like they pop viagra to have the urge to have sex, right?

Re: Viagra Is Linked to Almost 70% Lower Risk of Alzheimer's

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Post by amelius »

perth wrote: post #14

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6036338/ Viagra increases testosterone? I wonder if this relates to other things that increase late-life testosterone like red meat (unprocessed)? https://www.alzdiscovery.org/cognitive-vitality/blog/does-ea... I've always thought about how big of a role testosterone plays in later-life health and I wonder why doctors don't prescribe it to restore testosterone levels to a…

More T is not necessarily a good thing as it might mean that the body has more trouble converting it and make it do its job.

Re: Viagra Is Linked to Almost 70% Lower Risk of Alzheimer's

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Post by threevox »

cblconfederate wrote: post #54

Exciting news but that 69% does sound a bit suspicious ("almost 70%" haha)! The link here between vasodilation and neurodegeneration isn't obvious though and it s going to take a lot of searching, but it is an interesting research direction

I don't know if 69% seems suspicious as much as it seems...nice

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Post by jinpa_zangpo »

amelius wrote: post #52
perth wrote: post #14

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6036338/ Viagra increases testosterone? I wonder if this relates to other things that increase late-life testosterone like red meat (unprocessed)? https://www.alzdiscovery.org/cognitive-vitality/blog/does-ea... I've always thought about how big of a role testosterone plays in later-life health and I wonder why doctors don't prescribe it to restore testosterone levels to a…

More T is not necessarily a good thing as it might mean that the body has more trouble converting it and make it do its job.

A generation of steroid using bodybuilders shows that the body has no trouble utilizing even very large amounts of testosterone.

Re: Viagra Is Linked to Almost 70% Lower Risk of Alzheimer's

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Post by smackeyacky »

conductr wrote: post #22
d--b wrote: post #19

Is it just me or is there a sub text here that says: “maybe it’s not the drug, maybe a good shag every now and then does it, and viagra consumption is a good proxy for knowing that”?

That’s the first thing that came to my mind, immediately followed by “I should tell my wife that it’s her fault if my semen turns to brain plaque” the next time she has a “headache”

Amazing! How are you posting from the 1950s?

Re: Viagra Is Linked to Almost 70% Lower Risk of Alzheimer's

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Post by pennaMan »

yosito wrote: post #38
yellow_lead wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well it does get your heart rate up

According to my Garmin watch, sex with my girlfriend only gets my heart rate into the mid 90s, the same as a walk around the block. The significance of that data is up for interpretation, but I'm skeptical that sex is really a significant cardio activity.

>sex with my girlfriend only gets my heart rate into the mid 90s

Either you're an elite athlete with a low resting heart rate or your girlfriends heart rate gets signifincally higher than yours :)

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