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Association Between Father's Incarceration And Elevated Risks Of Marijuana And Other Illegal Drug Use
Posted: September 30th, 2010, 2:00am CDT
In a recently published study in the journal Addiction, researchers from Bowling Green State University report evidence of an association between father's incarceration and substantially elevated risks for illegal drug use in adolescence and early adulthood... -
HIV Detection: The Cost-effectiveness Of Routine Use Of Pooled Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing
Posted: September 29th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
Detection of acute HIV infection (the stage of disease immediately after HIV acquisition but before HIV antibodies are detectable) with pooled nucleic acid amplification testing (that detects the presence of HIV genetic material in the blood before antibodies are detectable) is feasible but not cost-effective in all settings... -
CDC: One In Five Gay Men HIV-Positive
Posted: September 27th, 2010, 3:00am CDT
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a report Thursday that found one in five gay men is HIV-positive. The Associated Press: "One in five sexually active gay and bisexual men has the [HIV] virus, and nearly half of those don't know they are infected, a federal study of 21 U.S. cities shows. ... -
Comic Books Featuring 'Super Heroes' Educate Young Men About Testicular Cancer
Posted: September 24th, 2010, 7:00am CDT
Comic books may help to educate young men and their partners about testicular cancer and its early symptoms and encourage them to do more self-screening, according to Ryerson University School of Fashion professor and comic book artist David Brame. Brame is the lead author of the study, Ain't Nothing Comic About It! Educating Young Men about Testicular Cancer: A Resource Development Project... -
AMTA Consumer Survey Shows Men Neglecting Massage Therapy In Past Year
Posted: September 24th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
Results from the 14th annual consumer survey conducted by the American Massage Therapy Association® (AMTA®) indicate the use of massage among men has dropped from 18 percent in 2009 to 10 percent in 2010, a drop that is attributed to the lagging economy these past two years. The survey results were announced at the AMTA National Convention in Minneapolis, September 22-25, 2010... -
Men Battling The Skinny Jean, And Eating Disorders, UK
Posted: September 23rd, 2010, 2:00am CDT
Despite the number of men with eating disorders continuing to rise, men with eating disorders feel invisible and unable to seek professional help, according to research by the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM)... -
September Is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Posted: September 22nd, 2010, 6:00am CDT
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Each year over 32,000 men will die from prostate cancer and about 1 in 6 men will be diagnosed during their lifetime with the disease -- the second most common type of cancer in men... -
What Is The Relationship Of Depression And Inability To Express Emotions In Middle-aged Men?
Posted: September 22nd, 2010, 5:00am CDT
Alexithymia, a difficulty in recognizing and expressing thoughts and emotions, is more common among men. In this study, a group of Finnish investigators examined whether long-term alexithymia is associated with male aging per se, or to aging-related psychological and somatic symptoms. In addition, they examined whether gonadal hormone levels affect these associations... -
Also In Global Health News: Dengue Vaccine Development; Vaginal Gel Trial; Dengue In Asia; Male Circumcision In Malawi
Posted: September 21st, 2010, 6:00am CDT
Experimental Dengue Vaccine Enters Final Trials, Could Be Commercially Available In 5 Years A dengue vaccine 10 years in the making could be on the market within five years, according to Australian researchers, the country's ABC News reports... -
Hybrigenics Unveils Positive Final Results Of Inecalcitol Phase IIa Clinical Study In Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer
Posted: September 21st, 2010, 2:00am CDT
Hybrigenics (ALHYG), a bio-pharmaceutical company listed on Alternext (NYSE-Euronext) in Paris, with a focus on research and development of new cancer treatments, today announces the positive outcomes of clinical tolerance Phase IIa study of daily oral inecalcitol in combination with gold standard Taxotere(R) chemotherapy in hormone-refractory prostate cancer patients... -
Circumcision Of Infant Males Prevents Heterosexual HIV Transmission, Australia
Posted: September 20th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
Male circumcision is one of the most powerful interventions that is currently available in the fight against HIV, according to an article published in the Medical Journal of Australia... -
Progress Against Child Deaths Will Lag Until Family, Community Care Prioritized
Posted: September 20th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
Global efforts to tackle millions of preventable child and maternal deaths will fail to extend gains unless world leaders act now to pour more healthcare resources directly into families and communities, according to a new World Vision report launched recently... -
Prostate Cancer Community Calls For Better Early Detection And Treatment
Posted: September 18th, 2010, 4:00am CDT
In a presentation at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference Health Braintrust meeting, Faina Shtern, M.D., president and CEO of AdMeTech Foundation, unveiled overwhelming support from Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members and patient advocacy organizations for the Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men's Education Act of 2010 (PRIME Act)... -
Genetic Finding Identifies Male-Linked Mutation Associated With Autism Spectrum Disorders
Posted: September 17th, 2010, 3:00am CDT
Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization, and an international consortium of researchers, along with participating families, joined together to announce additional new autism genetic discoveries. The results were published in Science Translational Medicine... -
The Karmanos Cancer Center One Of The First In Michigan To Use PROVENGE, The New FDA-Approved Drug For Advanced Prostate Cancer
Posted: September 16th, 2010, 8:00am CDT
The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit was recently selected to be one of 50 sites in the United States to offer the new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drug PROVENGE® (sipuleucel-T) to treat patients with advanced metastatic prostate cancer... -
'Know Your Stats About Prostate Cancer®' Kicks Off Second Year With More Than 500 Local Events And Support
Posted: September 16th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
The American Urological Association (AUA) Foundation and the National Football League (NFL) have teamed up for a second year of educating men about prostate cancer and encouraging them to join the "Know Your Stats" campaign... -
LIFESPAN Labs Research Reveals Men's Beliefs And Behavior Surrounding Erectile Dysfunction
Posted: September 16th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
A new poll of men and women over 50 years old reveals that, while most men report some level of erectile dysfunction (ED), women generally aren't aware of the problem in their partners. The problem extends beyond simple communication since ED can often be a symptom of overall health and well-being in men... -
Routine Population Prostate Screening Not Recommended, Single Test At 60 Perhaps
Posted: September 15th, 2010, 9:00am CDT
Researchers have found that according to existing evidence from randomized controlled trials, routinely screening large populations of men for prostate cancer is not recommended. Their report appears in today's issue of the BMJ (British Medical Journal)... -
Early Nutrition Shapes Male Maturity
Posted: September 15th, 2010, 3:00am CDT
It seems the old nature versus nurture debate can't be won. But a new Northwestern University study of men in the Philippines makes a strong case for nurture's role in male to female differences -- suggesting that rapid weight gain in the first six months of life predicts earlier puberty for boys... -
Sowing The Seeds Of Male Fertility
Posted: September 14th, 2010, 8:00am CDT
Australian scientists have discovered the chemical signals that ensure men produce sperm instead of eggs. Dr Josephine Bowles and Professor Peter Koopman from UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience led a team that found that a protein called FGF9 promotes the production of sperm in males while suppressing the development of eggs... -
Hospital Circumcises Baby After Parents Repeatedly Tell Them Not To
Posted: September 13th, 2010, 1:00pm CDT
Despite telling hospital staff repeatedly that they did not want their baby boy circumcised, the circumcision was done. According to Vera Delgado, the baby's mother, she had told staff at South Miami Hospital on a number of occasions that she did not want Mario to be circumcised... -
Low Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Value And Aggressive Screening, Negligible Benefit For Older Men, Bad For Quality Of Life
Posted: September 13th, 2010, 11:00am CDT
If a man aged 55 to 74 has a low PSA (prostate-specific antigen) and receives aggressive prostate cancer screening, evaluation and treatment, his chances of receiving any benefit are negligible, according to a study published in the medical journal Cancer. Pim J... -
Prostate Cancer Patients Go To School
Posted: September 11th, 2010, 3:00am CDT
Dean Ornish MD, recognized for establishing the impact of diet on prostate cancer (and heart disease), along with over a dozen internationally recognized prostate cancer experts will meet with over 800 prostate cancer survivors and their significant others at the Los Angeles Marriott near LAX on September 11th and 12th to discuss the latest thinking on prostate cancer treatment... -
Tracking Your PSA: Be Proactive To Find Trends
Posted: September 10th, 2010, 4:00am CDT
Experts at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center advise men to keep a record of their prostate specific antigen (PSA) test results to help determine if they are at increased risk for prostate cancer. "Recent reports have debated the usefulness of the PSA test, but men should not write off this exam," says John W. Davis, M.D... -
Male Breast Reduction
Posted: September 9th, 2010, 6:00am CDT
A popular cosmetic surgery for men may also be a surprising one-male breast reduction. This procedure is typically performed to treat a condition known as gynecomastia (enlarged breast tissue in men) or breasts enlarged as a result of fatty deposits from obesity. Gynecomastia can affect men of any age... -
Depression Affects A Fifth Of All Fathers
Posted: September 9th, 2010, 5:00am CDT
A fifth of fathers and more than a third of mothers experience depression before their child turns 12 years old, with the highest rates in the first year after birth, according to a new study from the Medical Research Council (MRC)... -
Mild Cognitive Impairment Is More Common In Men
Posted: September 8th, 2010, 3:00am CDT
A new Mayo Clinic study found that the prevalence of mild cognitive impairment was 1.5 times higher in men than in women. The research, part of the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, also showed a prevalence rate of 16 percent in the population-based study of individuals aged 70-89 without dementia who live in Olmsted County, Minn. The study will be published in the September issue of Neurology... -
Are White Homosexual Men Still Taking Too Many HIV Risks?
Posted: September 7th, 2010, 2:00am CDT
Risky sexual behavior among members of a subset of the gay community is still adding to the spread of HIV. Research published in the open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases has found that young white homosexual men have an important contribution in the local spread of HIV... -
Light The White House Blue For Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Posted: September 4th, 2010, 4:00am CDT
Members of the Prostate Cancer Roundtable, consisting of America's Leading Prostate Cancer Organizations, are asking President Obama to place a blue ribbon on the White House and light the White House blue in the evenings in recognition of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in September. This visible show of support for prostate cancer awareness by the White House will be a major tribute to the 2... -
Lupus Research Institute-Funded Study Points To Increased Risk For Lupus In Men
Posted: September 4th, 2010, 3:00am CDT
Lupus Research Institute-funded researcher Betty Tsao, PhD, at the University of California Los Angeles has discovered that humans - males in particular - with a variant form of the immune receptor gene "Toll Like Receptor 7 (TLR7)" are at increased risk of developing the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus)... -
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...