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What Your ED Is Really Telling You About Your Heart, Blood Sugar & Hormones - Urology Roundtable
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- The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show
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- Jun 16, 2026
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Summary
Most men think erectile dysfunction is a bedroom problem and low testosterone is just a fact of getting older. This roundtable makes the case that both are early warning lights for your heart, your metabolism, and your long-term health and that ignoring them can cost you a decade. In this episode, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon sits down with urologists and men's health specialists Dr. Mohit Khera, Dr. Larry Lipshultz, and Dr. Tobias Köhler to discuss: Why a 35-year-old with ED carries a ~15% risk of heart attack or stroke within 7 years, ~3.5x the risk of depression, and ~30% odds of diabetes or prediabetes and why a prescription alone misses all of it Why "age-related" testosterone decline is largely a misnomer: a healthy man shouldn't drop significantly with age, so falling T usually signals something reversible underneath How testosterone became the single best blood marker of a man's overall health, and the case for annual screening that almost no man gets What the TRAVERSE trial changed when the FDA removed testosterone's cardiovascular warning in 2025, debunking the prostate-cancer and heart-attack fears The 2-minute monthly self-exam every man should do to catch testicular cancer early, when it's ~99% curable If you've been told your symptoms are "just aging" or you love a man who refuses to see a doctor. This conversation shows you how to read the signals your body gives long before a crisis hits. Thank you to our sponsors: Body Health - Use the code LYON20 to get 20% off your first order https://bit.ly/4efgBuM Timeline - Get 20% off your Mitopure order at https://bit.ly/49LSbYz Branch Basics - Save 15% at https://bit.ly/4uuw4x3 with code DRLYON Explore More from Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Premium Podcast Subscription: Ad-free episodes, key takeaway summaries, exclusive Q&A,…