Dr. Meldrum Has assembled a powerpoint presentation based on the strong correlation of erectile dysfunction with cardiovascular disease. He is making it available for download by health care professionals who may wish to give a talk to their colleagues on this topic to make them more fully aware of this very important association. In the talk Dr. Meldrum makes the point that waning erectile function is an important early warning sign of impending cardiovascular disease. He has called it “The canary in the coal mine”. We all must make men aware that that intervention should occur when the canary is wobbling rather than when it is falling off its perch and at risk of dying. The hope is that men who have not been sufficiently concerned about the organ in the middle of their chest will modify their poor lifestyle choices because they do not want to lose their canary!