{
  "id": 6426442,
  "title": "National Cardiothoracic Centre warns men against stopping hypertension drugs over erectile dysfunction fears",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/national-cardiothoracic-centre-warns-men-against-stopping",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-09T13:23:23.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/national-cardiothoracic-centre-warns-men-against-stopping-hypertension-drugs-over-erectile-dysfunction-fears/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The National Cardiothoracic Centre has cautioned men with hypertension against discontinuing their medication due to fears that the drugs could affect their sexual performance. Head of Cardiology at the Centre, Prof Alfred Doku, said concerns about erectile dysfunction were prompting some patients to avoid or stop taking their prescribed hypertension medication, potentially exposing themselves to…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}