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Men's Masculinity Beliefs Are A Barrier To Preventative Health Care
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| Middle-aged men who strongly idealize masculinity are almost 50 percent less likely than other men to seek preventative healthcare services, according to a study - the first population-based analysis of men's masculinity beliefs and preventative healthcare compliance - presented at the 104th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association.
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| 8/11/2009
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Sodium Clodronate Improves Survival In Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer But Not With Localised Disease
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| An article published Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet Oncology reports that oral sodium clodronate improves overall survival in men with advanced prostate cancer. However it does not reduce the risk of death in men with localised disease. These are the final results of the MRC PR05 and MRC PR04 trials. Frequently, prostate cancer spreads to the bone. Bisphosphonates, such as sodium clodronate, is a group of drugs that prevent the loss of bone mass.
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| 8/11/2009
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Association Of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, Prostate Specific Antigen And Prostate Volume
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| UroToday.com - A group of investigators from Vanderbilt University investigated the link between nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), PSA and prostate volume. Their findings appear in the May, 2009 issue of the Journal of Urology. NSAIDs such as aspirin inhibit COX activity, which are rate limiting in the conversion of arachidonic acid to PGE2. PGE2 is known to increase cell proliferation in prostate tissue.
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| 8/10/2009
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Significant Sleep Deprivation And Stress Among College Students, USA
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| Stress about school and life keeps 68 percent of students awake at night - 20 percent of them at least once a week. Stress affects the quality of their sleep far more than alcohol, caffeine or late-night electronics use, a new study shows. Not only that, more than 60 percent of college students have disturbed sleep-wake patterns and many take drugs and alcohol regularly to help them do one or the other.
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| 8/10/2009
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Angina Puts Men At Greater Risk Of Heart Attack And Death
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| Angina puts men at greater risk of heart attack and death than women, says new research from the UK that suggests men with angina have twice the risk of having a heart attack and are three times more likely to die of heart disease or an illness linked to it than women with angina. The study was conducted by researchers in Scotland and Ireland led by Dr Brian Buckley of National University Ireland (NUI), Galway, and is published online on 6 August in BMJ.
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| 8/7/2009
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Angina: Risk Of Heart Attack And Death Doubles In Men
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| A study just published on bmj.com reports that the risk of heart attack is multiplied by two for men who have angina. Also their risk of suffering a heart disease-related death is three times higher than for women with the same condition. It is the first study to associate primary and secondary care data with mortality records in order to evaluate the risks of angina among men and women.
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| 8/7/2009
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The Use Of Immunofluorescence In Microdissection Testicular Sperm Extraction
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| UroToday.com - Microdissection testicular sperm extraction is a procedure used to extract sperm from patients with irreversible non-obstructive azospermia. Sperm extracted are then used for in vitro fertilization (IVF). While this technique has improved the sperm retrieval rate compared to other biopsy techniques, sperm are still often not retrieved. The purpose of our research was to develop a technique for identifying small foci of sperm for retrieval for use in IVF.
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| 8/6/2009
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Preschool Depression May Continue Into Childhood
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| Depression among preschoolers appears to be a continuous, chronic condition rather than a transient developmental stage, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. "The validity of major depressive disorder in childhood has been well established, with the disorder now widely recognized and treated in mental health settings," the authors write as background information in the article.
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| 8/4/2009
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Combination Clomiphene Citrate And Antioxidant Therapy For Idiopathic Male Infertility: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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| UroToday.com - Empirical medical treatment for idiopathic male factor infertility is a controversial issue. Several medications are used empirically for the treatment of idiopathic male factor infertility, including follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), antiestrogen, L-carnitine, and antioxidants. In this study, we attempted to evaluate the effectiveness of the combination of clomiphene citrate and vitamin E in the management of men with idiopathic infertility.
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| 8/3/2009
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New Urine Test Detects Chlamydia In Men
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| A new rapid urine test for chlamydia in men identified 84% of infections, according to a study of 1,200 men published Tuesday in the British Medical Journal, Reuters reports.
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| 7/31/2009
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Also In Global Health News: Uganda Male Circumcision; Malaria Vaccine; Potential Global Fund Grant In Cambodia; PMTCT Of HIV In Botswana
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| Cost Of Male Circumcision Prevents Wider Use In Uganda, Analysis Shows The cost of male circumcision is preventing it from being used more widely adopted in Uganda as a way to help prevent men from contracting HIV, according to analysis of several districts in the country conducted by Makerere University School of Public Health researchers and the Ministry of Health with technical support from Family Health International, the
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| 7/30/2009
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Prostate Cancer Screening And Trust Of Physician Evaluated
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| Trusted health care sources and continuity of care may help reduce the risk of prostate cancer deaths in African-American men, according to a study published in the current issue of the journal Cancer. James Mohler, MD, Chair of the Department of Urology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), and William R. Carpenter, PhD, Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of North Carolina, are lead investigators.
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| 7/30/2009
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Male Germ Cells Can Be Directly Converted Into Other Cell Types
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| Researchers have found a way to directly convert spermatogonial stem cells, the precursors of sperm cells, into tissues of the prostate, skin and uterus. Their approach, described this month in the journal Stem Cells, may prove to be an effective alternative to the medical use of embryonic stem cells. The hunt for alternatives to embryonic stem cells has led to some promising yet problematic approaches, some of which involve spermatagonial stem cells (SSCs).
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| 7/29/2009
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Rapid, Pain-Free Test For Men Offered By New Chlamydia Test
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| A new urine test developed with funding from the Wellcome Trust will allow doctors to diagnose Chlamydia infection in men within the hour, improving the ability to successfully treat the infection on the spot and prevent re-transmission. Chlamydia, caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, is the most common sexually-transmitted bacterial infection in the UK, particularly amongst sexually active men and women aged 16-24 years.
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| 7/29/2009
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Innovative Digital Sperm Analysis To Infertile Couples Worldwide Provided By UB Start-Up
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| Couples struggling with fertility problems have a new option for assessing their ability to have a child with the start-up of a new Buffalo-based company called LifeCell Dx, Inc. (LCDX). The company was founded by Lani J. Burkman, Ph.D.
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| 7/29/2009
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Remarriage Does Not Heal The Health Damage Of Divorce And Widowhood, Study
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| New research from the US suggests that divorce and widowhood damage health in ways that even getting married again doesn't heal. The study was the work of University of Chicago sociologist Linda Waite, who is Lucy Flower Professor in Sociology and Director of the Center on Aging at the National Opinion Research Center at the University, and her colleague Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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| 7/28/2009
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Report Looks At HIV Prevalence Among Chicago Gay Men
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| In Chicago, 17.4 percent of gay men are estimated to be HIV-positive, compared with 1.2 percent of the general male population, according to a new report by the Chicago Public Health Department, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
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| 7/28/2009
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Among Men Living With Early, Untreated Prostate Cancer, Study Finds Acceptable Levels Of Anxiety
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| Men with early stages of prostate cancer who delay radical treatment in favor of an approach of "expectant management" do not have high levels of anxiety and distress. That is the conclusion of a new study published in the September 1, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study's results suggest that living with untreated cancer is not upsetting for many patients with early prostate cancer.
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| 7/28/2009
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Black Men's Notion Of Masculinity Leads To Avoidance Of Health-Related Behaviors
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| African American men could be putting their health at risk by avoiding disease screening, in the belief that the results might threaten their masculinity. Because they prove their masculinity through their sexuality and sexual performance, seeking medical advice including HIV/AIDS testing goes against their notion of masculinity.
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| 7/23/2009
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Young Men Living At Home With Parents Are More Violent
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| Young men who stay at home with their parents are more violent than those who live independently, according to new research at Queen Mary, University of London. The new study* indicates that men still living at home in their early twenties have fewer responsibilities and more disposable income to spend on alcohol. This group makes up only four percent of the UK's male population but they are responsible for 16 per cent of all violent injuries in the last five years.
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| 7/22/2009
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MSM HIV Infection Rates In Some African Countries Significantly Higher Than General Population Rates, Study Says
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| HIV infection rates among gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in "some African countries are 10 times that of the general male population, and stigma, poor access to treatment or testing are to blame," according to a Lancet study published online on Monday,
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| 7/21/2009
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Bulging British Men Want A Slice Of Their Wives' Weight-Loss Pie, UK
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| This country is at war with obesity and now men join their women in the fight, says Exante Diet. As the nation's struggle with obesity continues, there is a battle being won in homes around the UK. Motivated by recent findings that sons with overweight fathers are six times more likely to be obese, more British men than ever are pushing themselves to fight their flab.
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| 7/21/2009
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Randomized Controlled Trial Shows Circumcision Does Not Reduce Male-To-Female HIV Transmission
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| Male circumcision does not reduce the transmission of HIV from men to their female partners, according to a Lancet study conducted in Uganda, Bloomberg reports (Sargent, 7/16).
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| 7/20/2009
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'Delinquent Behavior Among Boys Contagious' New Study Finds
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| Impulsive boys with inadequate supervision, poor families and deviant friends are more likely to commit criminal acts that land them in juvenile court, according to a new study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
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| 7/18/2009
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AMS 700(R) With INHIBIZONE(R) Approved By FDA As The Only Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Proven To Reduce Infection
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| American Medical Systems, Inc. (AMS) (NASDAQ: AMMD) a trusted provider of medical solutions for restoring men's and women's pelvic health, announced that its AMS 700® with INHIBIZONE® has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as the only inflatable penile prosthesis with clinical evidence showing a significant reduction in the rate of revision surgery due to infection.
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| 7/17/2009
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