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Top Expert On Male Reproductive Health Launches New Website To Help Men Understand And Overcome Fertility And Sexual Health Issues
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 4:00am CDT
The Turek Clinic, founded by men's reproductive health pioneer, Paul Turek, MD, unveiled a new website dedicated to educating men on sexual health and male fertility problems. The site is designed to be an educational tool on topics ranging from vasectomy and reversal to sperm retrieval and testicular mapping, a minimally invasive procedure pioneered by Dr... -
Well-Being In Adolescent Boys Increased By Mindfulness Meditation
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 3:00am CDT
'Mindfulness', the process of learning to become more aware of our ongoing experiences, increases well-being in adolescent boys, a new study reports. Researchers from the University of Cambridge analyzed 155 boys from two independent UK schools, Tonbridge and Hampton, before and after a four-week crash course in mindfulness... -
Short Sleep And Chronic Insomnia Linked To Four-Fold Risk Of Early Death In Men
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 11:00am CDT
US researchers found that short sleep and insomnia was linked to a four times higher risk of early death in men; they urged public health policy makers to emphasize earlier diagnosis and treament of chronic insomnia... -
Chronic Insomnia With Objectively Measured Short Sleep Duration Is Associated With Increased Mortality In Men
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 2:00am CDT
A study in the Sept. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP found an elevated risk of death in men with a complaint of chronic insomnia and an objectively measured short sleep duration. The results suggest that public health policy should emphasize the diagnosis and appropriate treatment of chronic insomnia... -
InSightec Treats First Prostate Cancer Patients In Clinical Trials
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 4:00am CDT
nSightec Ltd., the global leader in MR guided focused ultrasound technology and the only company to receive FDA approval for its ExAblate(R) system for treating uterine fibroids, announced that its ExAblate(R) system has been used for the first time for the treatment of prostate cancer patients. Seven patients with localized low-risk prostate cancer were treated worldwide so far... -
Elbit Imaging Announces Insightec Treats First Prostate Cancer Patients In Clinical Trials
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 4:00am CDT
Elbit Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ: EMITF) ("Elbit" "Company") that it's subsidiary, InSightec Ltd., the global leader in MR guided focused ultrasound technology and the only company to receive FDA approval for its ExAblate(R) system for treating uterine fibroids, announced that its ExAblate(R) system has been used for the first time for the treatment of prostate cancer patients... -
Oesophageal Cancer Rates In Men Up 50 Per Cent In A Generation, UK
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
Oesophageal cancer rates in men have risen by 50 per cent over the last 25 years, according to new figures published by Cancer Research UK today. In 1983 around 2,600 men were diagnosed with oesophageal cancer - cancer of the food pipe - and according to the latest figures around 5,100 men were diagnosed with the disease... -
To Reduce HIV Risk Among Men Who Have Sex With Men, Better Interventions Are Needed
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 2:00am CDT
Although a cognitive-behavioral intervention to encourage men who have sex with men to reduce their substance use and sexual risk behavior (as both are linked) was partially successful, a similar reduction was achieved in comparison groups who did not receive the intervention suggesting that better methods for changing behaviors are needed... -
Molecular Approaches To Better Understand Male Infertility
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 2:00am CDT
Male infertility is a common medical problem, affecting millions of men in the United States annually. Its causes include an inability to make productive sperm. Now, using yeast as a model organism, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are beginning to identify the molecular signals that could in part underlie that problem. Shelley Berger PhD, the Daniel S... -
BPA And Testosterone Levels: First Evidence For Small Changes In Men
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 7:00am CDT
An international group of researchers led by the Peninsula Medical School and the University of Exeter have for the first time identified changes in sex hormones associated with BPA exposure in men, in a large population study. The study results are published in the latest issue of Environmental Health Perspectives... -
Prostate Cancer Treatment Expert Dr. David Samadi, MD Discusses Preventive Medicine Versus Treatment Or Outcome-Based Medicine
Posted: August 26th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
Starting in September, President Obama's Affordable Care Act will go into effect. The act mandates free preventative services such as cholesterol or breast cancer screenings and tetanus shots... -
New ACOG Recommendations On HPV Vaccination Mirror Government Guidelines
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 7:00am CDT
On Monday, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists released recommendations that girls should be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus at ages 11 or 12, Reuters reports. The recommendations, published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, back government guidelines on HPV vaccination... -
Familial Prostate Cancer Risk Could Be Inflated By Increased Diagnosis Seeking
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 4:00am CDT
A new study from Sweden suggests that the of risk of prostate cancer in men with a known family history of the disease could be inflated because such men are more likely to seek a diagnosis, further intensifying the controversial debate on whether PSA testing does more harm than good... -
Study Identifies Genetic Variation Linked To Lupus In Asian Men
Posted: August 25th, 2010, 2:00am CDT
Genes reside along long chains of DNA called chromosomes. UCLA researchers have found that a variation in a gene on the sex chromosome X may enhance an immune response that leads to lupus in men. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that predominantly affects women... -
Cost Of Prostate Cancer Care Varies With Initial Treatment Choice
Posted: August 24th, 2010, 3:00am CDT
A new analysis has found that short-term and long-term costs of prostate cancer care vary considerably based on which treatment strategy a man initially receives. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study finds that treatments that may be less expensive in the short-term may have higher long-term costs... -
Genital Piercings Common Among Middle-Age, Middle-Class Men
Posted: August 24th, 2010, 3:00am CDT
A new study by researchers at Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center found that the average man with a genital piercing is 31, white, heterosexual, college-educated and earns more than $36,000 a year... -
Bonding By Oxytocin In The Transition To Fatherhood
Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 2:00am CDT
The hormone oxytocin has come under intensive study in light of emerging evidence that its release contributes to the social bonding that occurs between lovers, friends, and colleagues. Oxytocin also plays an important role in birth and maternal behavior, but until now, research had never addressed the involvement of oxytocin in the transition to fatherhood... -
NPR Examines Debate Over HPV Vaccination For Boys
Posted: August 23rd, 2010, 2:00am CDT
On Friday, NPR's "Morning Edition" examined arguments from both sides over whether boys should receive the human papillomavirus vaccine, which is FDA-approved to protect against strains of the sexually transmitted virus that can lead to cervical cancer in women and genital warts in both sexes (Wilson, "Morning Edition," NPR, 8/20)... -
Male Menopause Affects More Than Five Million Men
Posted: August 21st, 2010, 3:00am CDT
While most frequently associated with women's health, age-related hormone changes, often dubbed menopause, can occur in men as well, causing symptoms of fatigue, mood swings, decreased desire for sex, hair loss, lack of concentration and weight gain. Experts estimate that more than 5 million men are affected, yet worry the number may be considerably higher since symptoms are frequently ignored... -
Brothers Of Prostate Cancer Patients Undergo More Diagnostic Activities
Posted: August 21st, 2010, 2:00am CDT
The brothers of men with prostate cancer are at an increased risk of prostate cancer diagnosis because of increased diagnostic activity and not necessarily because they carry a genetic mutation that increases risk of the disease, according to a study published online August 19 in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute... -
Repros Requests Type B Meeting With FDA To Discuss Phase III Protocols For Androxal(R)
Posted: August 20th, 2010, 4:00am CDT
Repros Therapeutics Inc. (NasdaqCM:RPRX) announced that the Company has requested a Type B Meeting in order to review the Company's Phase III protocols for Androxal® in the treatment of secondary hypogonadism. Androxal is an oral drug that normalizes both testosterone and sperm levels. Larry I... -
Prostate Cancer Non-Profit Recognized For 20 Years Of Service
Posted: August 19th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
The prostate cancer community joins together in congratulating Us TOO International Prostate Cancer Education & Support Network in their 20th anniversary of continued prostate cancer support, education and advocacy... -
Loyola To Offer Free Exams As Part Of National Prostate Awareness Month In September
Posted: August 18th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
More than 55 million American men are at risk for developing prostate cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. This year more than 27,000 men are expected to die of the disease, which is the second-leading cause of cancer death in men. "Fortunately, caught early enough prostate cancer is highly treatable," said urologist Dr. Robert C... -
Studying Yeast To Better Understand Male Infertility
Posted: August 18th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
Men and yeast have something in common: they use the same molecular process to ensure the integrity of their gene pool during reproduction. This is a recent finding by researchers from CNRS, Inserm and the Université Joseph Fourier in Grenoble... -
Researchers Say Today's Superheroes Send Wrong Image To Boys
Posted: August 16th, 2010, 4:00am CDT
Watching superheroes beat up villains may not be the best image for boys to see if society wants to promote kinder, less stereotypical male behaviors, according to psychologists who spoke Sunday at the 118th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association... -
Childhood Memories Of Father Have Lasting Impact On Men's Ability To Handle Stress
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 2:00am CDT
Sons who have fond childhood memories of their fathers are more likely to be emotionally stable in the face of day-to-day stresses, according to psychologists who studied hundreds of adults of all ages. Psychology professor Melanie Mallers, PhD, of California State University-Fullerton presented the findings at the 118th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association... -
Columbia University Study Reports Breakthrough In The Fight Against Prostate Cancer
Posted: August 5th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
Researchers at Columbia University have published the dramatic effects of a natural 33-ingredient compound against prostate cancer cell lines. The impressive results are found in the most recent publication of Integrative Cancer Therapies. Lead researcher Dr... -
Study Suggests Sperm May Be Harmed By Exposure To BPA
Posted: August 5th, 2010, 3:00am CDT
In one of the first human studies of its kind, researchers have found that urinary concentrations of the controversial chemical Bisphenol A, or BPA, may be related to decreased sperm quality and sperm concentration. However, the researchers are quick to point out that these results are preliminary and more study is needed... -
Mental Retardation Research Published In Nature
Posted: August 5th, 2010, 3:00am CDT
Malfunction of a protein has been linked to a form of mental retardation that affects up to one out of every 500 males, says Nasser K. Yaghi, a Texas A&M University magna cum laude biology graduate who was selected to participate in a medical research project at Harvard that has been published in the journal Nature... -
The First Model For Investigating The Origins Of Testicular Cancer In Humans
Posted: August 4th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
Scientists have developed a model that will enable them to investigate, for the first time, how human testes develop in baby boys while they are in the womb...