Is Erectile Dysfunction a Heart Attack in the Penis? | Discoblog

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heart diseaseMen diagnosed with erectile dysfunction probably wouldn’t be too keen to hear that they might have bigger problems, but a new study in the journal Circulation reinforces that unfortunate idea. Given that both ED and heart attacks can result from restricted arteries that prevent blood from flowing freely, doctors have long suspected that they might be connected. Now, the study says, there’s evidence that one precedes the other. From The Los Angeles Times:

The results are probably not too surprising, added Dr. Robert Kloner, a cardiologist at USC’s Keck School of Medicine, “because arteries in the penis are smaller, so atherosclerosis shows up there sooner,” perhaps three to four years before the onset of cardiovascular disease.

The take-home message, both experts said, is that when a patient seeks treatment for ED, typically from a general practitioner, he should be given a full physical work-up to look for heart disease and referred to a cardiologist.

The guidelines for treating men with ED already state that they should be examined for cardiac problems. Kloner says updated guidelines in a few years could make that recommendation more forceful, so doctors can make sure a penis attack doesn’t become a heart attack.

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The Fastest Hands at SXSW

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Kevin HazardForty-seven South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Trade Show attendees took The Planet Server Challenge, but only one could walk away with the ASUS Eee PC netbook and the title of “The Fastest Hands at SXSW.” When we designed the competition, we had three goals in mind:

  1. Give participants a the chance to show off their technical expertise
  2. Appeal to as broad an audience as possible
  3. Take less than two minutes to complete

We anticipated strong performances, and we were as surprised as everyone else to see Tagged Director of Engineering Mark Jen masterfully rebuild the server in a blistering 30.7 seconds. His first attempt was slowed by a stray cable, yet it was still fast enough to take the lead from Idea’s Quang Tran. We flicked on our camera to document Mark’s second attempt in hopes we’d catch a faster time on film. Thankfully, he did not disappoint:

If you made it by our booth to try your hand in the competition, we thank you. Whether your time was thirty seconds or two minutes and thirty seconds, we enjoyed meeting you and sharing a little of what we do. To the team of folks that put together the Iron Geek Triathlon, thanks for inviting us to be a part of the fun!

To Mark: Keep those fingers nimble … now the Internet is going to see your tricks of the trade, and next time, it might not be as easy to walk away victorious. :-)

-Kevin

P.S. For more Server Challenge goodness, check out the coverage on Data Center Knowledge and Keith Shaw’s hands-on test at Network World.

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Variable Speed Drive for Krebs Pump

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I would like to know what are the benefits of installing the VSD on the coal correct medium pumps.how can I justify the savings

centrifugal pump model 250/200krebs726 , 10/8/24

motor rating 275 kW

Actual motor output average 245kW at sg 1.73

flow 7

Weld Crack in SS 316L Sheet

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Dear,

I made a potable water tank with S.S 316L 3mm sheet.In that some are getting crack on its belly position exactly on its heat zone(Just above the welding)I used 316l electrode and I feel that my procedure is correct and same as earlier.How it si happening?.Any material problem or w

Engine Simulation with Lotus Freeware

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i want to do simulation on the IC engine to improve the performance of the engine for that i need mathematical model of the engine...and i read thousands of papers regarding this but i am confuse in some details so i need some help of the some masters in simulation...by the way i want to add one mor

ISO Welding Symbol Chart

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Does anybody know where I can get an ISO Welding Symbol Chart, preferbly A3 size? It must contain all the symbols with their meaning/ explanation. I want to laminate it and put it up in the workshop as a reference. Thank you.

Blaming the Messengers on Climate Change

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The anti-science minority continues to make a lot of noise.  They are growing increasingly ignorant and loud, but I really don’t think they are growing in number.  They seem to revel in the fact that they obviously don’t care to even understand what global warming is, or what causes it. Other people in other countries are not like this, willfully ignorant and proud of it. Are Americans divorced from logic?  Most of us are not.  The denier movement gets more press than the rest of us only because their antics make interesting press.  Meanwhile, a  new government panel that represents people who live in the real world will urge climate change measures.  What are they up against?  This video, the Climate Crock of the Week by Peter Sinclair, is on this week’s topic, Flogging the Scientists, and describes some of the claims made against the facts and science of climate change.

And in a recent article they write about a new panel that has come out with a report showing the U.S. is not ready to deal with climate change.

Climate change has already wrought “pervasive, wide ranging” effects on the United States, and the federal government has “significant gaps” in its strategy to cope with those effects as they accelerate in the future, a White House task force will warn in a report today.

The report will call for better risk assessments, more thorough scientific research and improved coordination of federal and local governments to handle the impacts of warming temperature, according to a draft obtained by the Tribune Washington Bureau.

Adapting to warming temperature, the report concludes, “will require a set of thoughtful, preventative actions, measures and investments to reduce the vulnerability of our natural and human systems to climate change impacts.”

The report urges federal agencies to fundamentally change how they plan for the future, by factoring the potential risks and opportunities of a changing climate into their decision-making. It also advises agencies to rely less on historical climate data when making plans for transportation, energy, infrastructure and natural resource use.

The task force that produced the report includes the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the Office of Science and Technology Policy and representatives from nearly every corner of the federal government.

The report comes at a time when global warming skeptics are increasingly criticizing the science of climate change, fueled by a string of controversies surrounding leading climate scientists.

President Barack Obama has asked the task force to lay the groundwork, by this fall, for an explicit federal strategy to adapt to climate change.

The draft report is a first step in that process and light on specific recommendations.

It concludes that climate change “is affecting, and will continue to affect, nearly every aspect of our society and the environment” — through increasingly severe floods, droughts, wildfires and heat waves, along with rising sea levels — and that those impacts are already “affecting the ability of federal agencies [...]

AC Electric Generator Project

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im making a wind turbine for my final year project.i want configuration of ac generator /alternator to match my wind turbine output.so anyone suggest me the configuration or the site to which il get it...pls guys help me out