Copyright 2009 Medical News Today Latest Men's health News From Medical News Today. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/mens_health/ admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin) editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors) en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171596.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171596.php At the annual meeting of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA), Inc. in San Diego, Sciele Pharma, Inc., a Shionogi Company and Plethora Solutions Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Plethora Solutions Holdings PLC ("Plethora" AIM:PLE)., today presented data from its second positive pivotal study of PSD502 for the treatment of premature ejaculation (PE). Results of the double-blind treatment phase of this study, which enrolled patients from the U.S. Erectile Dysfunction / Premature Ejaculation Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171549.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171549.php Scientists in China are reporting discovery of unusual liver proteins, found only in males, that may help explain the long-standing mystery of why the hepatitis B virus (HBV) sexually discriminates -- hitting men harder than women. Their study has been published online in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research, a monthly publication. Liver Disease / Hepatitis Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171471.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171471.php Male infertility and tackling falling birth rates across Europe will be among the topics addressed at this year's British Andrology Society's annual conference at Queen's University in Belfast. World leaders in the field of andrology - the study of male reproduction - will meet at Queen's this week (Thursday and Friday) to discuss the latest developments in the field of fertility including the potential to create artificial sperm from stem cells. Fertility Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171380.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171380.php Males have more pronounced personalities than females across a range of species - from humans to house sparrows - according to new research. Consistent personality traits, such as aggression and daring, are also more important to females when looking for a mate than they are to males. Research from the University of Exeter draws together a range of studies to reveal the role that sexual selection plays in this disparity between males and females. Men's health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171208.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171208.php When modern medicine finds a way to treat a medical condition, people often think that the problem is solved. But we also have to find ways to get that treatment into the hands of those who need it. For example, new research from North Carolina State University shows that much more needs to be done to help get existing treatment to hemophilia patients in the developing world, and that the current lack of treatment there is costing lives. Blood / Hematology Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171054.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171054.php UroToday.com - The present study found that the majority of men with early prostate cancer (PC) included in a protocol-based program for active surveillance (AS) show favorable anxiety and distress scores when compared to reference values and to groups of patients with PC who underwent other treatments. Prostate / Prostate Cancer Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171027.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171027.php A pilot study conducted in the US found that young boys whose mother's urine when they were in the womb contained higher levels of two phthalates, common chemicals present in PVC used in food packaging and storing, were less likely to engage in play fighting and play with masculine toys such as trucks. Pregnancy / Obstetrics Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170925.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170925.php Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) has announced that it will participate in a large national study of the effectiveness of testosterone as a treatment for anemia, cardiovascular disease, decreased vitality, impaired memory and sexual function, loss of muscle mass and other health conditions that affect older men. Men's health Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170628.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170628.php High levels of workplace exposure to Bisphenol-A may increase the risk of reduced sexual function in men, according to a Kaiser Permanente study appearing in the journal Human Reproduction, published by Oxford Journals. [1] The five-year study examined 634 workers in factories in China, comparing workers in BPA manufacturing facilities with a control group of workers in factories where no BPA was present. Erectile Dysfunction / Premature Ejaculation Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170540.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170540.php A new study of over 600 workers in China suggests that workplace exposure to Bisphenol-A (BPA), an organic compound used to make plastics and other products in daily use, is linked to increased risk of erectile dysfunction and other male sexual problems such as difficulty ejaculating and sexual desire. Sexual Health / STDs Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170454.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170454.php The December issue of European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology, features an article entitled 'Are Infertile Men Less Healthy than Fertile Men? Results of a Prospective Case-Control Survey' by Dr. Andrea Salonia et al. The conclusion is that male factor infertility is associated with a number of medical comorbidities, as objectively scored with the hospital-based Charlson Comorbidity Index. Dr. Fertility Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170403.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170403.php TIME examines the Kenyan government's upcoming survey of gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in the country's "three biggest cities" in an effort to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS. HIV / AIDS Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170430.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170430.php In an advance that could one day enable surgeons to reconstruct and restore function to damaged or diseased penile tissue in humans, researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine have used tissue engineering techniques to completely replace penile erectile tissue in animals. In the online early edition (Nov. Men's health Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170339.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170339.php In the November 2009 issue of the Journal of Urology, Stanford Medical School researcher Dr. Rodney Anderson and researchers at the National Center for Pelvic Pain Research, in a new study, demonstrated a high correlation between the location of painful trigger points inside the pelvic floor muscles of men with chronic prostatitis and the location in the body where they routinely complain of pain. Urology / Nephrology Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170209.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170209.php The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. " Women's Health / Gynecology Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170121.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170121.php The Stop ALD Foundation has applauded the investigators who are reporting in the current issue of Science successful results from the pioneering use of gene therapy for adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a potentially crippling and fatal brain disorder in young boys. Neurology / Neuroscience Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169896.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169896.php A new paper to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology outlines a number of ongoing questions and challenges related to HPV vaccination. These include the decision to limit vaccination to adolescent girls, and the importance of continued screening. In 2008, the government launched a nationwide immunisation programme designed to protect British women against the devastating impact of cervical cancer. Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169780.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169780.php Men with lower cholesterol are less likely than those with higher levels to develop high-grade prostate cancer - an aggressive form of the disease with a poorer prognosis, according to results of a Johns Hopkins collaborative study. In a prospective study of more than 5,000 U.S. men, epidemiologists say they now have evidence that having lower levels of heart-clogging fat may cut a man's risk of this form of cancer by nearly 60 percent. Prostate / Prostate Cancer Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169701.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169701.php Penn Medicine will lead a new national $45 million clinical trial to test whether testosterone therapy can favorably affect certain conditions affecting older men. Low serum testosterone may contribute to a number of problems affecting older men, including decreased ability to walk, loss of muscle mass and strength, decreased vitality, decreased sexual function, impaired cognition, cardiovascular disease and anemia. Men's health Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169588.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169588.php The sexual function of male rodents can be impaired by in utero and/or neonatal exposure to external molecules that disrupt normal hormone functioning, giving rise to concerns that low-level exposure to such molecules might cause similar effects in humans. Examples of such molecules include the synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen DES, which was used as a treatment for various diseases until the mid 1990s, and BPA, which is found, among other places, in some plastic containers. Fertility Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169442.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169442.php A new study from a researcher at Harvard University finds that gay men are most attracted to the most masculine-faced men, while straight men prefer the most feminine-faced women. The findings suggest that regardless of sexual orientation, men's brains are wired for attraction to sexually dimorphic faces - those with facial features that are most synonymous with their gender. Sexual Health / STDs Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169103.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169103.php New research from Denmark suggests that where middle-aged men and women carry excess body fat affects their risk of developing blood clots like deep vein thrombosis (DVT) , with apple-shaped men who carry excess fat mainly around the waist and pear-shaped women who carry excess fat mainly around the hips having the highest risk. Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168885.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168885.php For men coping with painful erections lasting for long periods of time, or priapism, new research published online in The FASEB Journal offers hope. That's because researchers from the United States and China show that the enzyme adenosine deaminase may prevent priapism from progressing to penile fibrosis, a condition associated with the build up of scar tissue and eventual impotence. Sexual Health / STDs Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168839.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168839.php Sperm, and not just the fluid it bathes in, can transmit HIV to macrophages, T cells, and dendritic cells (DCs), report a team led by Ana Ceballos at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. By infecting DCs, which carry the virus and potently pass it to T cells, sperm may play a leading role in spreading HIV. The article appears in the November 23, 2009 issue of the Journal of Experimental Medicine (online October 26). HIV / AIDS Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168660.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/168660.php Fragile X tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a recently recognized condition, which is actually one of the most prevalent heritable neurodegenerative diseases. It is assumed that the condition is caused by deficiency for the protein Pur-alpha, which is essential for normal neural function. Structural studies undertaken by a team under the leadership of Dr. Neurology / Neuroscience