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| Male Breast Reduction | Thu, 09 Sep 2010 |
| 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 | Thu, 09 Sep 2010 |
| 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 | Wed, 08 Sep 2010 |
| 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? | Tue, 07 Sep 2010 |
| 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 | Sat, 04 Sep 2010 |
| 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 | Sat, 04 Sep 2010 |
| 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)... | |
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| Well-Being In Adolescent Boys Increased By Mindfulness Meditation | Fri, 03 Sep 2010 |
| '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... | |
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| InSightec Treats First Prostate Cancer Patients In Clinical Trials | Wed, 01 Sep 2010 |
| 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 | Wed, 01 Sep 2010 |
| 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 | Mon, 30 Aug 2010 |
| 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 | Fri, 27 Aug 2010 |
| 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 | Fri, 27 Aug 2010 |
| 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 | Thu, 26 Aug 2010 |
| 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... | |
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| New ACOG Recommendations On HPV Vaccination Mirror Government Guidelines | Wed, 25 Aug 2010 |
| 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... | |
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| Study Identifies Genetic Variation Linked To Lupus In Asian Men | Wed, 25 Aug 2010 |
| 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 | Tue, 24 Aug 2010 |
| 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 | Tue, 24 Aug 2010 |
| 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 | Mon, 23 Aug 2010 |
| 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 | Mon, 23 Aug 2010 |
| 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 | Sat, 21 Aug 2010 |
| 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... | |
