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Men With Reduced Fertility At Reduced Risk For Prostate Cancer
3 Feb 2012 at 2:00amInvoluntary 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 ...
2 Feb 2012 at 3:00amThe 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
2 Feb 2012 at 2:00amA 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
1 Feb 2012 at 3:00amImagine 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 ...
31 Jan 2012 at 2:00amWomen 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
30 Jan 2012 at 8:00amBritons 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
30 Jan 2012 at 3:00amThe 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
27 Jan 2012 at 6:00amOral 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 Fo...
27 Jan 2012 at 2:00amNew 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?
27 Jan 2012 at 2:00am"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
25 Jan 2012 at 3:00amNEPHROLOGY: 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
24 Jan 2012 at 10:00amMen 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
21 Jan 2012 at 2:00amMen 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 ...
19 Jan 2012 at 3:00amObservational 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 ...
19 Jan 2012 at 3:00amListen 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 Uppe...
19 Jan 2012 at 2:00amMiddle-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
16 Jan 2012 at 7:00amA 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-Marat...
13 Jan 2012 at 2:00amParticipation 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
11 Jan 2012 at 4:00amWho 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
11 Jan 2012 at 3:00amResearchers 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 Orga...
11 Jan 2012 at 3:00amMelissa Perry, Sc.D., M.H.S...
Same-Sex Marriage Laws Reduce Doctor Visits And Health Care Costs For Gay Men
28 Dec 2011 at 2:00amGay 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 Con...
25 Dec 2011 at 2:00amAn 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
19 Dec 2011 at 2:00amResearchers 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
18 Dec 2011 at 2:00pmMen 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...
