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A man’s height is a modest marker for risk of prostate cancer development, but is more strongly linked to progression of the cancer, say Bristol researchers who conducted their own study on the connection and also reviewed 58 published studies.
In the September issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Continue Reading »

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Men with a family history of prostate cancer and African-American men are particularly susceptible to the disease, with a twofold to sevenfold increased risk. Assessing risk in these populations has been difficult.
"There have been years of effort to try to identify genes and genetic mutations associated with prostate cancer as there are for breast cancer," said Veda N. Giri, M.D., director of the Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment Program (PRAP) Continue Reading »

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Young and healthy African-American men have higher central blood pressure and their blood vessels are stiffer compared to their white counterparts, signs that the African American men are developing hypertension early and with little outward sign, Continue Reading »

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Many studies have shown that media images of female models have had a negative impact on how woman view their own bodies, but does this same effect hold true when men view male models?
A leading researcher of media effects on body image at the University of Missouri looked at the effect of male magazines on college-age men. Completing three different studies, Jennifer Aubrey, assistant professor of communication in the College of Arts and Continue Reading »

The UK’s ten million Smokers may see pictures of rotting teeth, throat cancer, and indications of male impotence (erectile dysfunction) on cigarette packets they buy at the beginning of October. The Department of Health (DoH) says "The warnings illustrate the devastating effects that tobacco can have on health."
Written warnings were introduced in January 2003. The DoH says they have been a great success. It says over 90,000 smokers have been moved by written warnings Continue Reading »

Advanced Medical Institute Inc. (OTCBB:AVMD)(AMI), a leading provider of treatment for Erectile Dysfunction and Premature Ejaculation in Australia and New Zealand, will expand its operations into the United Kingdom on September 15, 2008, it was announced today by Dr. Jack Vaisman, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Founder and President of AVMD and its chief operating subsidiary, AMI Australia Continue Reading »

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Men with signs of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) can be helped with a daily dose of erectile dysfunction drug tadalafil (Cialis) to relieve associated lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), according to a new study published in the October 2008 issue of The Journal of Urology. Continue Reading »

BERLIN, GERMANY (UroToday.com) - After reviewing the prevalence of erectile dysfunction (ED), Dr. Matthews emphasized the importance of a detailed history, physical examination and laboratory testing in the man complaining Continue Reading »

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According to the latest research more men who have never smoked die of lung cancer than women who have never smoked.
generishe cialis online kaufen mastercard The research by an international team of scientists analysed data from 13 large studies, Continue Reading »

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Some of the drugs given to many men during their fight against prostate cancer can actually spur some cancer cells to grow, researchers have found. The findings were published online this week in a pair of papers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The results may help explain a phenomenon that has bedeviled patients for decades. Hormone therapy, a common treatment for men with advanced prostate cancer, generally keeps the Continue Reading »

UroToday.com - When performing nerve sparing radical prostatectomy, how high up on the lateral prostatic fascia do urologists need to go to release the neurovascular bundle (NVB)? Are there even functional nerve fibers higher than the main bundle located at the 5 o’clock position? This question is answered by Dr. Yasuhiro Kaiho and colleagues at Tohoku University Continue Reading »

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In the December issue of European Urology Dr. Curtis Nickel and associates report on the evidence of a relationship between prostate inflammation and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men enrolled in the REDUCE trial.
The REDUCE (Reduction by DUtasteride of Continue Reading »

UroToday.com - In 1999, Kim et al. from Baylor College of Medicine reported promising potency results from bilateral interposition of sural nerve grafts after bilateral non nerve sparing radical prostatectomy (RP). Our institution was able to duplicate these findings in the bilateral graft model as well. However, we were not sure how to properly analyze the efficacy of a unilateral nerve sparing plus unilateral non-nerve sparing Continue Reading »

For sufferers of sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction (ED) is often part of the package. New research indicates that ED in cases of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) may be linked to the chronic intermittent hypoxia-oxygen deprivation- (CIH) that patients with OSAS experience during episodes of obstructed breathing.
In the first model to address this possibility experimentally, researchers from the Continue Reading »

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The rapidity of ejaculation in men is genetically determined. This is the result of research by Utrecht University. Neuropsychiatrist Dr Marcel Waldinger and Pharmacological Researcher Paddy Janssen studied 89 Dutch men with premature ejaculation and will publish the results this week in the renowned International scientific journal the Journal of Sexual Continue Reading »

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Researchers in the United States have linked commonly used antidepressants to a reduction in some men’s fertility.
The researchers from the Cornell Medical Center in New York say the drugs, selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), taken by millions of men to alleviate depression, damage Continue Reading »

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In addition to dealing with the day-to-day aspects of diabetes management that involve blood glucose, nutrition and lifestyle management, men in the United States with diabetes are also grappling with other physical, emotional and sexual health issues according to survey findings released today by the American Diabetes Association.
According to the research, only 30% of men surveyed claimed Continue Reading »

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Young men with type 2 diabetes have significantly low levels of testosterone, endocrinologists at the University at Buffalo have found — a condition that could have a critical effect on their quality of life and on their ability to father children.
This study follows research published earlier by these scientists reporting that one-third of middle-aged men with type Continue Reading »

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Men are more prone to - and likely to die of - heart disease compared with women of a similar age - and sex hormones are to blame, according to a new University of Leicester led study.
The findings of a study by Dr Maciej Tomaszewski, New Blood Lecturer Continue Reading »

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In the December issue of European Urology Dr. Curtis Nickel and associates report on the evidence of a relationship between prostate inflammation and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men enrolled in the REDUCE trial.
The REDUCE (Reduction by DUtasteride of prostate Cancer Events) trial Continue Reading »

An expert has written an article on bmj.com
that suggests a link between heart attacks and erectile
dysfunction. Dr Geoffrey Hackett (Good Hope Hospital,
Birmingham, UK) says that erectile dysfunction gives a two to three
year early warning of a heart attack, but doctors are largely ignoring
the relationship.
Hackett writes that Continue Reading »

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A major study on whether vitamin E and selenium prevent prostate cancer has been stopped because the supplements are not effective and also because there is a suspicion of a risk.
The study, the ‘SELECT’ trial, conducted by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), has been stopped by government health experts after an early review of the data showed neither supplement, taken alone or together, prevents Continue Reading »

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A groundbreaking study by two University of Rochester psychologists to be published online Oct. 28 by the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology adds color - literally and figuratively - to the age-old question of what attracts men to women.
Through five psychological experiments, Andrew Elliot, professor of psychology, and Daniela Niesta, post-doctoral researcher, demonstrate that the color red makes Continue Reading »

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Men who visit the University of Hertfordshire’s Health and Human Sciences Research Institute Showcase next week can have their ears and fingers measured and dance moves scrutinised to get a rating on their expected attractiveness to women.
Dr Peter Lovatt from the University’s School of Psychology will host Continue Reading »

BERLIN, GERMANY (UroToday.com) - Arnold Melman, MD, Professor and Chair, Albert Einstein College of Medicine presented "Gene Therapy" for erectile dysfunction. In this fascinating discussion, Dr. Melman explained the rationale for this approach.
He discussed the fact that K+ channels are ubiquitous and important in the contraction and vasodilatation that Continue Reading »