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Old 04-11-2014, 09:55 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Wink Oh my! Impotence or Melanoma?

This study suggests that men have a choice to make - impotence or melanoma? - and I "strongly suspect" which choice most men will make.

Study: Viagra Can Increase Risk Of Developing Skin Cancer
April 9, 2014 8:53 PM

ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) – According to a recent study, men who take Viagra to treat erectile dysfunction could have an increased risk of developing melanoma.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States; and melanoma is the deadliest kind of skin cancer.

Researchers from various institutions, such as Harvard and Brown Universities, analyzed data from a study of over 26,000 men to see how cancer rates compared to those who took Viagra to those who didn’t.

They found that 6 percent of the men had taken Viagra, which suggested they had double the risk of developing melanoma that the men who didn’t take the drug.

“This is an observational population study – it’s an association not a demonstration,” Professor Robert McLachlan, director of Andrology Australia, toldninemsn. “The drug may also tickle up those early melanoma cancer cells to go feral.”

McLachlan said further research is needed in order to determine a link.

“The message is that we know a lot about melanoma and how not to get them and it all boils down to lifestyle from an early age and onwards,” he added. “Whilst this is an interesting observation, the real issue is that it’s a disease that starts way back in childhood. Sunsmart approaches are the most important thing to consider.

The study was published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.

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Skin cancer here I come!!!!
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Re: Oh my! Impotence or Melanoma?

Interesting that they don't want you t read too much into this study? Why not? They sure have read a lot into the lame study that they refer to over and over about people laying tanning beds being 75% more likely to get skin cancer. Wasn't that an observational study?
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