Cook Medical Drives Discussion On Peyronie's Disease With New Resources On MensHealthPD.com

Main Category: Urology / Nephrology
Also Included In: Men's health
Article Date: 14 Aug 2008 - 2:00 PDT

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In its ongoing commitment to remain at the forefront of physician and patient education, Cook Medical announced that new resources are available on MensHealthPD.com including Q&A videos featuring three new expert physicians, updated medical research and multiple links to accredited industry sites. MensHealthPD.com is an educational microsite dedicated to providing physicians, men and their partners with information about the symptoms, treatment options and latest research on Peyronie's disease, a common form of erectile dysfunction affecting more than 1.4 million men in the United States1 .

Featuring world-renowned Peyronie's disease specialists, MensHealthPD.com has added three additional experts to its group of physician contributors who appear in streaming video answering frequently asked questions surrounding Peyronie's disease. Each physician expert answers questions related to the signs, symptoms and treatment of Peyronie's disease. Site visitors have the choice of viewing each physician's individual response in a short streaming video or reading the response in transcript form.

MensHealthPD.com also now features a bibliography of links to "suggested reading" on Peyronie's. Compiled by the site's team of physician experts, the links take patients and clinicians to what are considered to be pivotal, peer-reviewed articles on research and data exploring the causes and treatments of Peyronie's disease. The list is an enhancement to the existing comprehensive list of links to articles on virtually all non-surgical and surgical options for Peyronie's treatment. Visitors to menshealthpd.com also have new options of linking to a variety of web sites related to Peyronie's disease, erectile dysfunction and sexual health.

"There are many unanswered questions about Peyronie's Disease and our goal is to ensure patients and physicians have a one-stop resource providing the information they need. Therefore, we are dedicated to continually providing fresh content and resources to the visitors of MensHealthPD.com," said Jerry French, Senior Vice President and Global Strategic Business Unit Leader for Cook Urology. "The ongoing aggregation of the most recent research and published scientific data around Peyronie's disease enables MensHealthPD.com to serve as a critical resource for patients and physicians seeking thorough, reliable and up-to-date information."

Launched in February 2008, MensHealthPD.com, is owned and maintained by Cook Medical and is designed to provide the latest information on Peyronie's disease. The interactive site offers medical professionals, patients and their partners public and physician forums for discussing Peyronie's disease, posting questions and sharing personal experiences about the condition.

About Peyronie's Disease

The disease is linked to erectile dysfunction in 20 to 40 percent of the sufferers and is characterized by the formation of a plaque or hardened scar tissue beneath the skin of a man's penis. The scarring is non-cancerous and may lead to a painful erection and curvature of the penis during erection.

About MensHealthPD.com

MensHealthPD.com is owned and maintained by Cook Medical. Cook is committed to fostering an ongoing discussion around clinically proven information to promote the continued improvement of patient care and advancement of treatments.

About Cook Medical

Cook Medical was one of the first companies to help popularize interventional medicine, pioneering many of the devices now commonly used worldwide to perform minimally invasive medical procedures. Today, the company integrates minimally invasive medical device design, biopharma, gene and cell therapy, and biotech to enhance patient safety and improve clinical outcomes in the fields of aortic intervention; interventional cardiology; critical care medicine; gastroenterology; radiology, peripheral vascular, bone access and oncology; surgery and soft tissue repair; urology; and assisted reproductive technology, gynecology and high-risk obstetrics. Founded in 1963 and operated as a family-held private corporation, Cook is a past winner of the prestigious Medical Device Manufacturer of the Year Award from Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry magazine. For more information, visit http://www.cookmedical.com

1 http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/p/peyronies_disease/stats-country.htm

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