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Patients With Anemia May Be At More Than Triple The Risk Of Dying After A Stroke
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 2:00am CST
Being anemic could more than triple your risk of dying within a year after having a stroke, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012. "Among stroke patients, severe anemia is a potent predictor of dying throughout the first year after a stroke," said Jason Sico, M.D... -
Men With Reduced Fertility At Reduced Risk For Prostate Cancer
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:00am CST
Involuntary childlessness owing to reduced fertility is a concern for many men. However, these men do have one advantage - they run a significantly lower risk of suffering from prostate cancer. Researchers are interested in whether this phenomenon could be used in the fight against cancer. There is a clear link between male subfertility and a lower risk of prostate cancer... -
Recommendations For HPV And Hepatitis B Vaccinations Broadened By 2012 Adult Immunization Schedule
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 3:00am CST
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) now recommends routine HPV vaccination for males aged 11 to 12 years and catch-up vaccination for males aged 13 to 21. These are just two of the changes to the 2012 Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule published February 1 in Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians (ACP)... -
Men More Likely To Have An Accurate Memory Of Unpleasant Experiences
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 2:00am CST
A woman's memory of an experience is less likely to be accurate than a man's if it was unpleasant and emotionally provocative, according to research undertaken by University of Montreal researchers at Louis-H Lafontaine Hospital... -
Ultrasound Male Contraceptive, Overlooked For Decades, Confirmed To Work
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 3:00am CST
Imagine a contraceptive that could, with one or two painless 15-minute non-surgical treatments, provide months of protection from pregnancy. And imagine that the equipment needed were already in physical therapists' offices around the world. Sound too good to be true? For years, scientists thought so too. But new research headed by Dr... -
Giving Birth More Than Once Lead To Weight Gain And Other Problems For Mouse Moms And Male Offspring
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 2:00am CST
Women have long bemoaned the fact that as they have more children, their weight gain from pregnancy becomes more difficult to lose. A new study using a mouse model that mimics the human effects of multiparity (giving birth more than once) has found that mouse moms who gave birth four times accrued significantly more fat compared to primiparous females (those giving birth once) of similar age... -
Male Tummy Tucks Up 15% In UK
Posted: January 30th, 2012, 8:00am CST
Britons appear to be tightening their belts in more ways than one: 2011 audit figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) revealed on Monday that the number of men undergoing tummy tucks (abdominoplasty) was 15% higher than in 2010... -
Potential For Male Contraception By Sonicating Sperm
Posted: January 30th, 2012, 3:00am CST
The ideal male contraceptive would be inexpensive, reliable, and reversible. It would need to be long acting but have few side effects. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology used commercially available therapeutic ultrasound equipment to reduce sperm counts of male rats to levels which would result in infertility in humans... -
Men At Greater Risk For Oral HPV Infection, HPV-Related Cancers
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 6:00am CST
Oral HPV infection is more common among men than women, explaining why men are more prone than women to develop an HPV related head and neck cancer, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM... -
Link Between Prenatal Testosterone And An Increased Risk Of Language Delay For Male Infants
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 2:00am CST
New research by Australian scientists reveals that males who are exposed to high levels of testosterone before birth are twice as likely to experience delays in language development compared to females... -
Does The Military Make The Man Or Does The Man Make The Military?
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 2:00am CST
"Be all you can be," the Army tells potential recruits. The military promises personal reinvention... -
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Jan. 24, 2012
Posted: January 25th, 2012, 3:00am CST
NEPHROLOGY: Understanding acute kidney injury to identify potential therapeutics Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a life-threatening condition that frequently complicates the care of hospitalized patients. There are no specific therapies to treat AKI other than kidney replacement therapies such as dialysis... -
Narcissistic Men May Pay With Their Health
Posted: January 24th, 2012, 10:00am CST
Men with an inflated view of their importance, who are incapable of putting themselves in other people's shoes and who see themselves as "special" and superior to others, some of the traits of a narcissistic personality, may pay for this with their health... -
Small Changes In The Genome Account For Gender Differences In Liver Cancer Risk
Posted: January 21st, 2012, 2:00am CST
Men are four times more likely to develop liver cancer compared to women, a difference attributed to the sex hormones androgen and estrogen. Although this gender difference has been known for a long time, the molecular mechanisms by which estrogens prevent - and androgens promote - liver cancer remain unclear... -
In Cardiovascular Disease, Is It The Alcohol Or Polyphenols In Red Wine That Benefits Patients?
Posted: January 19th, 2012, 3:00am CST
Observational epidemiologic studies relating wine and alcohol to health all suffer from the fact that they, of necessity, compare people who prefer certain beverages, but not the beverages themselves. While there have been many intervention trials in animals, randomized trials in humans are less common... -
Nearly Three Quarters Of Injuries To Headphone-Wearing Pedestrians Are Fatal - Teens, Young Adult Males Predominantly Affected
Posted: January 19th, 2012, 3:00am CST
Listen up, pedestrians wearing headphones. Can you hear the trains or cars around you? Many probably can't, especially young adult males. Serious injuries to pedestrians listening to headphones have more than tripled in six years, according to new research from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore... -
Atrial Fibrillation A Risk Factor In Later Life For Middle-Aged Men With Upper-Normal Blood Pressure
Posted: January 19th, 2012, 2:00am CST
Middle-aged men at the upper end of normal blood pressure had an elevated risk for atrial fibrillation later in life, according to new research in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common heart rhythm disorder in which irregular heartbeats can lead to stroke and other heart-related complications; it affects over 2.7 million Americans... -
Marathon Running Not Linked To Higher Risk Of Cardiac Arrest
Posted: January 16th, 2012, 7:00am CST
A new study that analyzes 10 years of data finds that contrary to what many people may believe, taking part in marathons and half-marathons is not linked to higher risk of cardiac arrest compared to other forms of athletics... -
No Increased Risk Of Cardiac Arrest By Participating In Marathons, Half-Marathons
Posted: January 13th, 2012, 2:00am CST
Participation in marathon and half-marathon races is at an all-time high, but numerous reports of race-related cardiac arrests have called the safety of this activity into question. A new study finds that participating in these races actually is associated with a relatively low risk of cardiac arrest, compared to other forms of athletics... -
Dietary DHA Linked To Male Fertility
Posted: January 11th, 2012, 4:00am CST
Who knew that male fertility depends on sperm-cell architecture? A University of Illinois study reports that a certain omega-3 fatty acid is necessary to construct the arch that turns a round, immature sperm cell into a pointy-headed super swimmer with an extra long tail... -
Association Between Marijuana Use And Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome In Young Males
Posted: January 11th, 2012, 3:00am CST
Researchers have found clear associations between marijuana use in young males and cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS), where patients experience episodes of vomiting separated by symptom free intervals. The study, published in the January issue of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, looked at 226 patients seen at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, New York, USA, over a 13-year period... -
Male Reproduction May Be Adversely Affected By Environmental Exposure To Organochlorines
Posted: January 11th, 2012, 3:00am CST
Melissa Perry, Sc.D., M.H.S... -
Same-Sex Marriage Laws Reduce Doctor Visits And Health Care Costs For Gay Men
Posted: December 28th, 2011, 2:00am CST
Gay men are able to lead healthier, less stress-filled lives when states offer legal protections to same-sex couples, according to a new study examining the effects of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts... -
Exploring Men's Ability To Manage Fear In Ways That Allow Them To Exhibit Confidence
Posted: December 25th, 2011, 2:00am CST
An Indiana University of Pennsylvania sociologist's study of mixed martial arts competitors found that these men have unique ways of managing fear that actually allow them to exhibit confidence. This ability, which Dr. Christian A... -
Phthalates Identifed In Numeruous Medicines And Supplements
Posted: December 19th, 2011, 2:00am CST
Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC), in collaboration with Harvard School of Public Health, have found numerous prescription and over-the-counter drugs and supplements use certain chemicals called phthalates as inactive ingredients in their products. The findings appear on-line in Environmental Health Perspectives... -
Gay Married Men Enjoy Better Health Than Single Gay Men
Posted: December 18th, 2011, 2:00pm CST
Men in same-sex marriages enjoy better health, have fewer doctor visits and lower health care costs compared to other gay or bisexual men, researchers from the Mailman School of Public Health wrote in the American Journal of Public Health... -
The Mental Health Of Widowers Improves With New Relationship
Posted: December 16th, 2011, 2:00am CST
Men who have lost their partner to cancer and who are still single four to five years after their loss run a far greater risk of developing mental illness than those who have managed to find a new partner, reveals a unique study of 691 Swedish widowers carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy. More than 22,000 people die of cancer in Sweden each year... -
Unpleasant Smell Linked To Gonorrhea In Men
Posted: December 9th, 2011, 8:00pm CST
A much higher percentage of men with an unpleasant smell were found to have gonorrhea compared to other men, researchers from the Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Novosibirsk, Russia revealed in the Journal of Sexual Medicine. The authors explained that adult males with gonorrhea had a putrid smell, as far as many adult females were concerned... -
Rwanda Begins Non-Surgical Circumcision Drive Against HIV
Posted: December 8th, 2011, 10:00am CST
Circumcision has been shown to lower the risk of HIV transmission and infection in Africa. Now, a new device known as the PrePex enables circumcision to be performed without surgery or any blood loss, by nurses, who don't need extensive training to use the apparatus... -
American Presidents Live A Long Life, Usually
Posted: December 7th, 2011, 3:00pm CST
Although US Presidents appear to be aging rapidly before our very eyes year after year, they tend to have longer life spans than their peers, a researcher from the University of Illinois, Chicago, reported in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association)... -
Gender Disparity In Skin-Cancer Rate May Be Explained By Antioxidant Levels
Posted: December 5th, 2011, 3:00am CST
Men are three times more likely than women to develop a common form of skin cancer but medical science doesn't know why. A new study may provide part of the answer. Researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J... -
Working Mothers Multitask More Than Fathers, And Don't Like It
Posted: December 4th, 2011, 2:00am CST
American mothers are multitasking for 48.3 hours each week, compared to 38.9 hours working fathers put in, researchers from Michigan State University reported in American Sociological Review. They add that women find multitasking a negative experience, compared to fathers who say that for them the experience is a positive one... -
Lower Antioxidant Level Might Explain Higher Skin-Cancer Rate In Males
Posted: December 3rd, 2011, 2:00am CST
Men are three times more likely than women to develop a common form of skin cancer but medical science doesn't know why. A new study may provide part of the answer. Researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J... -
New Study Says Men Are Not Sex Crazed After All
Posted: December 1st, 2011, 11:00am CST
Everyone knows the old urban legend that men think about sex every minute of the day, but now that appears to have been debunked. Men are not so sex crazed after all, say researchers from Ohio State University. Their research appears to discredit the persistent stereotype that men think about sex every seven seconds, which would amount to more than 8,000 thoughts about sex in 16 waking hours... -
Male Health In Europe In Urgent Need Of Improvement
Posted: November 30th, 2011, 11:00am CST
Experts have stated on bmj.com that policies targeted specifically at men's health in Europe must urgently be improved... -
Wi-Fi Laptops Harm Sperm Motility And Increase Sperm DNA Fragmentation
Posted: November 30th, 2011, 10:00am CST
Males who place a laptop on their laps with the WI-FI on might have a greater risk of reduced sperm motility and more sperm DNA fragmentation, which could, in theory, undermine their chances of becoming fathers, researchers from Nascentis Medicina Reproductiva, Argentina, and the Eastern Virginia Medical School, USA, reported in the journal Fertility and Sterility this week... -
Cost-Effective HIV Prevention In S. And E. Africa By Scaling-Up Voluntary Male Circumcision
Posted: November 30th, 2011, 3:00am CST
A collection of nine new articles to be published in PLoS Medicine and PLoS ONE, in conjunction with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), highlights how scaling up voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention in eastern and southern Africa can help prevent HIV not only... -
Well-Done Red Meat May Increase Risk For Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Posted: November 28th, 2011, 4:00am CST
New research led by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), offers further evidence of a link between aggressive prostate cancer and meat consumption, and suggests it is driven largely by consumption of grilled or barbecued red meat, especially when it is well-done... -
The Dangers Of Snow Shoveling
Posted: November 28th, 2011, 2:00am CST
Urban legend warns shoveling snow causes heart attacks, and the legend seems all too accurate, especially for male wintery excavators with a family history of premature cardiovascular disease. However, until recently this warning was based on anecdotal reports... -
L-arginine: Supplement Tested On Fit, Athletic Men Shows No Advantage
Posted: November 27th, 2011, 2:00am CST
One of the most recent, popular supplements for athletes looking to boost performance comes in the form of a naturally-occurring amino acid called L-arginine. The reason for its popularity is twofold says Scott Forbes, a doctoral student in exercise physiology... -
Researchers Find Men Less Willing To Be Screened For Cancer
Posted: November 26th, 2011, 2:00am CST
Although men have higher cancer mortality rates than women, they are less willing to be screened for cancer, according to a study conducted by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and colleagues at Sanoa Consulting LLC, Muscle Shoals, Ala., and the New York University College of Dentistry... -
Researchers Find Men Less Willing To Be Screened For Cancer
Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 3:00am CST
Although men have higher cancer mortality rates than women, they are less willing to be screened for cancer, according to a study conducted by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and colleagues at Sanoa Consulting LLC, Muscle Shoals, Ala., and the New York University College of Dentistry... -
Discovery Of New Genetic Links To Impulsivity, Alcohol Problems In Men
Posted: November 19th, 2011, 2:00am CST
Being impulsive can lead us to say things we regret, buy things we really don't need, engage in behaviors that are risky and even develop troublesome addictions. But are different kinds of hastiness and rashness embedded in our DNA? A new study suggests the answer is yes - especially if you're a man... -
Prostate Cancer Screening Carried Out On 20% Of Males Aged Over 75 Years, Australia
Posted: November 17th, 2011, 7:00am CST
The Cancer Council NSW will present evidence of research at the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA) Annual Scientific Meeting that GPs were prescribing tests to screen men above the age of 75 years for prostate cancer, despite the fact that there is likely to be no benefit... -
Male Fertility Breakthrough Achieved By Researchers
Posted: November 17th, 2011, 3:00am CST
A Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researcher has achieved a significant breakthrough in male fertility, producing normal sperm from mouse cells... -
Drug-Related Side Effects A Problem For Male Breast Cancer Patients Taking Tamoxifen
Posted: November 17th, 2011, 2:00am CST
The largest study to investigate the tolerability of the breast cancer drug tamoxifen in male breast cancer patients has shown that men stop taking their prescribed therapy early because of problems with side effects caused by the drug... -
Becoming A Father Can Have A Positive Impact On Men
Posted: November 9th, 2011, 2:00am CST
After men become fathers for the first time, they show significant decreases in crime, tobacco and alcohol use, according to a new, 19-year study. Researchers assessed more than 200 at-risk boys annually from the age of 12 to 31, and examined how men's crime, tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use changed over time... -
More Young American Adults Living With Parents
Posted: November 4th, 2011, 5:00am CDT
A new report from the US Census Bureau reveals that more young American adults are living with their parents, especially men, a trend that does not appear to be linked to the recession. The new data comes from America's Families and Living Arrangements: 2011, a series of tables from the 2011 Current Population Survey, details of which were released on Thursday... -
Researchers Design A Viral Vector To Treat A Genetic Form Of Blindness
Posted: November 4th, 2011, 3:00am CDT
Researchers at Ohio State University Medical Center and Nationwide Children's Hospital have developed a viral vector designed to deliver a gene into the eyes of people born with an inherited, progressive form of blindness that affects mainly males... -
Metabolic Shifts Shown In First Clinical Trial Of Red Wine Ingredient
Posted: November 3rd, 2011, 2:00am CDT
When obese men take a relatively small dose of resveratrol in purified form every day for a month, their metabolisms change for the better. In fact, the effects appear to be as good for us as severe calorie restriction. Resveratrol is a natural compound best known as an ingredient in red wine...