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December 13, 2008

Hispanic Men Face Elevated Risk Of Erectile Dysfunction

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Hispanic men between the ages of 20 and 50 are two and one half times as likely to develop erectile dysfunction (ED) as men of other races and ethnicities, according to a 2005 study of 2126 men published in the American Medical Association’s "Archives of Internal Medicine".(1) Put another way, study results show 12.5% of Hispanic men in this age range are afflicted with this condition, and when the population is expanded to include (more…)

December 7, 2008

Obstructive Sleep Apnea And Erectile Dysfunction: Still A Neglected Risk Factor?

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UroToday.com - Erectile dysfunction (ED) and sleep disordered breathing (SDB) have recently been correlated in a scientific manner. Previous attempts to link these two entities consisted mainly of case reports as well as observations of the impact of hypoxic conditions on erectile function.
The literature on this topic involves the review of early studies by Sir Edmund Hilary (more…)

December 5, 2008

Early detection program for men with a high prostate cancer risk

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Men’s Health News
Men with a family history of prostate cancer and African-American men are particularly susceptible to the disease, with a twofold to sevenfold increased risk. Assessing risk in these populations has been difficult.
"There have been years of effort to try to identify genes and genetic mutations associated with prostate cancer as there are for breast cancer," (more…)

December 3, 2008

Antisocial behaviour in young men linked to low levels of stress hormone

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A British research team have discovered a link between antisocial behaviour in male adolescents and reduced levels of the ’stress hormone’ cortisol.
As a rule levels of cortisol in the body increase when people undergo a stressful experience, such as public speaking, sitting an exam, or having surgery.
Cortisol enhances memory formation (more…)

Link Found Between Obesity And Erectile Dysfunction

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A new study states that obese men with erectile dysfunction (ED) are shown to have low levels of hormones, such as testosterone. The findings also show that certain conditions associated with obesity, particularly hypertension, are the most important determinants of obesity-related ED. The study was published in (more…)

December 2, 2008

Media images of female models have negative effect on men

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Many studies have shown that media images of female models have had a negative impact on how woman view their own bodies, but does this same effect hold true when men view male models?
A leading researcher of media effects on body image at the University of Missouri looked at the effect of male magazines on college-age men. Completing three different studies, Jennifer Aubrey, assistant professor of communication in the College of Arts and (more…)

Vitamin E and selenium do not prevent prostate cancer

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A major study on whether vitamin E and selenium prevent prostate cancer has been stopped because the supplements are not effective and also because there is a suspicion of a risk.
comprare il cialis pillole The study, the ‘SELECT’ trial, conducted by the National Cancer (more…)

December 1, 2008

One dose chemo treatment the best for testicular cancer

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New research from the UK has found that one dose of chemotherapy is the best way to cure testicular cancer in many patients.
If testicular cancer is spotted early enough it is highly curable - it is commonly treated with either the drug carboplatin or radiotherapy - carboplatin is also used to treat ovarian and lung cancer.
In a trial funded by the Medical Research Council it has been found that the drug offered a similar (more…)

Coping and copulation behavior may help calculate diabetes risk

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Discussion
of a man’s background, attitude, and sexual history isn’t just the fodder of Sex and The City episodes - in the future, it could also be a way of evaluating his (more…)

November 30, 2008

Pharmacy Chain Allows Men To Get Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Without Visiting Their GP, UK

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A new service which allows men to get erectile dysfunction drugs legitimately without having to visit their GP for a prescription has been launched.
The new service - a UK first - is being launched by Lloydspharmacy in partnership with sexual health experts Dr Thom, The service offers online diagnosis of erectile problems and the subsequent dispensing of prescriptions (more…)

News From The American Chemical Society, Sept. 24, 2008

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Evidence that inexpensive device boosts fuel economy by up to 20 percent
Amid sticker-shock fuel prices, researchers in Pennsylvania are reporting results of laboratory tests and road tests verifying that a simple, inexpensive device attached to a car engine’s fuel injector can boost gas mileage by up to 20 percent. That translates into several more precious miles per gallon, they say. Their study is scheduled for the November (more…)

November 29, 2008

Study Shows PDE5 Inhibitor More Effective When Used On-Demand In Erectile Dysfunction

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European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology will be featuring the article ‘Effect of nightly versus on-demand vardenafil on recovery of erectile function in men following bilateral nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy’ by F. Montorsi et al.in the (more…)

Common painkillers lower levels of prostate cancer biomarker

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Common painkillers like aspirin and ibuprofen appear to lower a man’s PSA level, the blood biomarker widely used by physicians to help gauge whether a man is at risk of prostate cancer.
But the authors of the study, which appears online Sept. 8 in the journal Cancer, caution that men shouldn’t take the painkillers in an (more…)

November 28, 2008

CHEST 2008: New Pulmonary Hypertension Research Presented

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TADALAFIL PROVES EFFECTIVE THERAPY FOR PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
generishe levitra pillen Ohne Rezept New research shows that the erectile dysfunction drug, tadalafil, may be an effective adjunct therapy for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Italian researchers randomized (more…)

Suicide rate among young male veterans reaches record high in 2006

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The suicide rate among young male veterans who served during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan reached a record high in 2006, the latest year for which records are available, according (more…)

November 27, 2008

Premature Ejaculation - Plethora Solutions Has Completed European Phase III Trial Of PSD502

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Sciele Pharma, Inc. ("Sciele") (NASDAQ:SCRX), a specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that Plethora Solutions Holdings PLC ("Plethora") (AIM:PLE), the specialist developer of products for the treatment and management of urological disorders, has completed its European Phase III study of PSD502 for the treatment of premature ejaculation (PE) in Europe. The study (more…)

Gene responsible for premature ejaculation

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The rapidity of ejaculation in men is genetically determined. This is the result of research by Utrecht University. Neuropsychiatrist Dr Marcel Waldinger and Pharmacological Researcher Paddy Janssen studied 89 Dutch men with premature ejaculation and will publish the results this week in the renowned International scientific journal the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
The participants in the study by Waldinger and Janssen were (more…)

November 26, 2008

Men’s health - the facts

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Buy acomplia without prescription New research from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) could shed light on the reasons behind the poor state of men’s health in Britain.
The (more…)

New genetic test for baldness

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Pharmacogenomics research and development innovator PharmaGenoma, Inc. and its subsidiary generico levitra en linea Comprar mastercard HairDX, LLC, today unveiled the next generation of its genetic screening test for male pattern baldness. The HairDX test is available immediately thru qualified physicians’ offices.
Using (more…)

November 25, 2008

Why men and boys behave badly

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Kaufen levitra pillen mastercard On almost a weekly basis the media reveals, often in excruciating detail, that some male sport star, politician or personality, somewhere, has abused, sexually or in another way, a girlfriend or a woman they have come into contact with.
The trend is a worrying one but a new study from the United States may shed some light on why some men behave (more…)

Is men’s dancing ability dictated in the womb?

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Men who visit the University of Hertfordshire’s Health and Human Sciences Research Institute Showcase next week can have their ears and fingers measured and dance moves scrutinised to get a rating on their expected attractiveness to women.
Dr Peter Lovatt from the University’s School of Psychology will host a stand at the Showcase when he will test his hot-off-the-press research findings into what it is about the way a man dances that attracts a woman.
He (more…)

November 24, 2008

Sunshine could help fix male infertility

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Australian fertility experts say a dose of daily sunshine could help men with fertility problems and they suggest couples struggling to conceive should consider getting out in the sunshine more often.
According to Dr. Anne Clark, the medical director of the Fertility First assisted reproduction clinic in Sydney, blood tests of 794 men who visited the unit found more than a third of them had vitamin D deficiency - (more…)

Erectile Dysfunction May Predict Heart Attacks

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An expert has written an article on bmj.com
that suggests a link between heart attacks and erectile
dysfunction. Dr Geoffrey Hackett (Good Hope Hospital,
Birmingham, UK) says that erectile dysfunction gives a two to three
year early warning of a heart attack, but doctors are largely ignoring
the relationship.
Hackett writes that he noticed (more…)

November 23, 2008

Importance Of Penile Prostheses In The Treatment Of ED

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BERLIN, GERMANY (UroToday.com) - Harris M. Nagler, MD, Chair Sol and Margaret Berger Department of Urology, Chief of GME/Academic Affairs, Beth Israel Medical Center and Professor of Urology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine presented a discussion emphasizing the importance of penile prostheses in the treatment (more…)

Male baldness gene in Caucasians discovered

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Researchers at McGill University, King’s College London and GlaxoSmithKline Inc. have identified two genetic variants in caucasians that together produce an astounding sevenfold increase the risk of male pattern baldness. Their results will be published Oct. 12 in the journal Nature Genetics.
About a third of all men are affected by male pattern baldness by age 45. The condition’s social and economic impact is considerable: expenditures for hair transplantation (more…)

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