Copyright 2008 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 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114286.php Men who take up cycling in an effort to stay fit, do their bit for the environment or avoid spiralling motoring costs, could be harming their health if they don't choose the right bicycle. That's the stark warning from consultant urological surgeon Mr Vinod Nargund from St Bartholomew's and Homerton Hospitals, London, in the urology journal BJU International. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114267.php Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), where a single sperm is injected into an egg to fertilise it, is increasingly used to help infertile men father children. Although the sperm chosen for the procedure may appear quite normal, researchers in the US have found that many of them in fact have DNA damage, which can decrease the chances of pregnancy. Mr. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114023.php An article published in the July 9 issue of JAMA finds that elderly men with localized prostate cancer had no improvement in survival when treated with a therapy that deprives the prostate gland of androgen (a male hormone) compared to conservative management of the disease. Among men, prostate cancer is the most common cancer after skin cancer and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths after lung cancer. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114081.php Men who develop breast cancer are often not treated until the disease has spread to the point that treatment becomes difficult, new results show. Although most breast cancer patients are women, men make up roughly 1% of cases, Dr. Marina Garassino from the Orion Collaborative Group reported at the ESMO Conference Lugano (ECLU), organized by the European Society for Medical Oncology. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113946.php Men are one-quarter less likely than women to know that they have high blood pressure and black men with high blood pressure, are particularly unlikely to know of their condition, according to study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, Reuters Health reports. For the study, lead researcher Ronald Victor of the University of Texas' Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113542.php World Cup legend Sir Geoff Hurst, MBE, backed by leading doctors, MPs and patient groups today appealed for all men with prostate cancer to get access to the best care as it emerged 7 out of 10 with advanced disease do not receive chemotherapy despite being eligible for treatment. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113549.php ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - It has been established that aging has an adverse affect on a woman's reproductive potential by natural or assisted reproductive techniques (ART). These authors attempted to assess the effect of increasing paternal age on ART success. This retrospective analysis included 760 ICSI cycles with fresh spermatozoa. The cycles were divided depending on sperm concentration: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113407.php CDC's recently released HIV/AIDS data, which show an overall increase in new HIV diagnoses among men who have sex with men, is a "reminder that the work of keeping people HIV-negative and getting those who are HIV-positive into treatment is never done," a Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/112671.php About one-third of HIV-positive men who have sex with men in the United Kingdom who are aware of their status are still engaging in risky sexual behavior, according to a study recently released by the Medical Research Council, BBC News reports. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/112427.php A new survey of 1,000 men aged over 40, commissioned by Eli Lilly and Company Limited (Lilly UK) as part of a new erectile dysfunction awareness campaign, 40over40, reveals that just over 10% of men in their early 40s are aware that ED strikes regularly in the fourth decade even though evidence suggests that 40% of men aged 40 or over have some form of ED. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/112046.php New research has shown that 1 in 10 men experience erectile dysfunction (ED) and as many as 1 in 5 men suffer a loss of libido, as a result of work-related stress. These latest figures suggest that 90% of men have shown at least one clinical feature of stress due to work but only 54% of men know that stress from work may be the cause of their ED. Stress, either at work or home, is a known cause of ED and prolonged stress is associated with low testosterone levels. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/111759.php If athletes believe they are using a performance-enhancing drug, they may think their athletic performance improves, and in some men it can, even if they are actually taking a dummy drug, a new study has found. Results of the study were presented at The Endocrine Society's 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/111843.php A new model has been proposed to explain the evolutionary origin and maintenance of male homosexuality in human populations in the context of Darwinian Evolution by invoking the idea of sexually antagonistic selection. This was proposed in an article released on June 17, 2008 in the open access journal PLoS ONE. Homosexuality in males is widely considered to be influenced by factors that are both psychosocial and genetic. The latter is suggested by a few items. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/111755.php Men may not live as long if they have low testosterone, regardless of their age, according to a new study. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. The new study, from Germany, adds to the scientific evidence linking deficiency of this sex hormone with increased death from all causes over time - so-called "all-cause mortality. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/111751.php In older men with low testosterone levels, testosterone replacement therapy improves their risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, according to two new studies. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Testosterone deficiency becomes more common with age, occurring in 18 percent of 70-year-olds, said a coauthor of both studies, Farid Saad, PhD, of Berlin-headquartered Bayer Schering Pharma. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/111663.php Using scanning technology, researchers in Sweden found that the brains of gay men and women were wired differently to the brains of heterosexual people of the same sex, but were similar to the brains of heterosexual people that were of the opposite sex to them. Thus a gay man's brain was in some ways more like the brain of a heterosexual woman than a heterosexual man, and the brain of a gay or lesbian woman was more like that of a heterosexual man than a heterosexual woman. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/110970.php It appears that disrupted rest and activity rhythms are associated with increased mortality rates among older men, according to new University of Minnesota research. A group of about 3,000 men older than 67, were tested for rest and activity biological rhythms via a wrist device called an actigraph. Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/110257.php At the beginning of Men's Health Week, Australian Medical Association President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, called on the Government to honour its promise to develop a national men's health policy. "The men of Australia are at a distinct disadvantage to women when it comes to health, no matter what their background," Dr Capolingua said. "They just do not go and see a doctor often enough or early enough in their lives. Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/110052.php Traditional attitudes of masculinity, such as physical toughness and personal sacrifice, are valued in Mexican culture. A University of Missouri researcher found that Mexican-American men, as a group, are more likely to endorse traditional 'macho man' attitudes than European-American or black men. Certain factors influenced this attitude, including socioeconomic status (SES). Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/110181.php The female hormone oestrogen when applied to the penis boosts a defensive protein that acts as a "living condom" and could reduce a man's risk of contracting HIV, according to a study published online Wednesday in PLoS One, the AAP/New Zealand Herald reports.For the study, Andrew Pask of the Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/110004.php The Globe and Mail on Tuesday examined how "state-sponsored" discrimination and stigma against men who have sex in men in Senegal has "shattered" HIV/AIDS programs aimed at the high-risk group. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/109755.php The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) is encouraging people to visit one of its Museum displays as part of National Men's Health Week (NMHW) which takes place from 9 - 15 June. Part of the Museum's Developing Treatments series, the display explores interesting men's health treatments dating back as far as the 1700s, for conditions such as erectile dysfunction and prostate cancer. Fri, 30 May 2008 09:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/109256.php NPR's "News & Notes" on Tuesday included a discussion with Daniel Halperin, a senior research scientist in the Department of Population and International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, about a recent Fri, 30 May 2008 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/109170.php New research suggests that the form of tomato product one eats could be the key to unlocking its prostate cancer-fighting potential, according to a report in the June 1 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Wed, 28 May 2008 09:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/108952.php The AP/International Herald Tribune on Friday examined male circumcision in Kenya in the wake of the disputed December 2007 presidential election that resulted in political violence. Kenya is rolling out its first no-cost male circumcision