VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of novel therapeutic products, today announced it has initiated the first of several pivotal phase 3 studies of avanafil, our investigational product for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). Avanafil is a Read more…
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 and his scientific Read more…
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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, Read more…
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Neither vitamin E nor vitamin C supplements reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events in a large, long-term study of male physicians, according Read more…
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 Read more…
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Scientists at Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) are developing and commercializing a promising novel therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer that may offer patients a faster and more precise treatment than existing clinical alternatives, with Read more…
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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 in this manner.
The study by researchers from the University of Read more…
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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 risk of diabetes.
Risk of developing type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome is determined by an individual’s genetic background. Since this background has in turn been influenced by environment and behavior, it’s important to consider Read more…
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Black men living in England are three times more likely to get prostate cancer than White men and tend to be diagnosed five years younger, researchers have found.
kaufen levitra Ohne Rezept The PROCESS study is the first population-based study to compare Read more…
UroToday.com - In 1999, Kim et al. from Baylor College of Medicine reported promising potency results from bilateral interposition of sural nerve grafts after bilateral non nerve sparing radical prostatectomy (RP). Our institution was able to duplicate these findings in the bilateral graft model as well. However, we were not sure how to properly analyze the efficacy of a unilateral nerve sparing plus unilateral non-nerve sparing Read more…
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African health workers performing male circumcision in an effort to curb the spread of HIV need better tools and more training to avoid high rates of complications, according to a World Health Organization study published Monday in the WHO Bulletin, Reuters Read more…
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Plethora Solutions Holdings PLC ("Plethora" or the "Company", AIM: PLE), the specialist developer of products for the treatment and management of urological disorders, announces that its European Phase III double-blind placebo controlled study of PSD502 for the treatment of premature ejaculation (PE) has met its three co-primary Read more…
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In the December issue of European Urology Dr. Curtis Nickel and associates report on the evidence of a relationship between prostate inflammation and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men enrolled in the REDUCE trial.
The REDUCE (Reduction by DUtasteride of prostate Cancer Events) trial is a 4-year, phase-III placebo-controlled study that evaluates whether the drug Read more…
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 The Journal of Sexual Medicine, the official Read more…
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Young men with type 2 diabetes have significantly low levels of testosterone, endocrinologists at the University at Buffalo have found — a condition that could have a critical effect on their quality of life and on their ability to father children.
This study follows research published earlier by these scientists reporting that one-third of middle-aged men with type Read more…
BERLIN, GERMANY (UroToday.com) - Arnold Melman, MD, Professor and Chair, Albert Einstein College of Medicine presented "Gene Therapy" for erectile dysfunction. In this fascinating discussion, Dr. Melman explained the rationale for this approach.
He discussed the fact that K+ channels are ubiquitous and important in the contraction and vasodilatation that is Read more…
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Men with facial scars are more attractive to women seeking short-term relationships, scientists at the University of Liverpool have found.
It was previously assumed that in Western cultures scarring was an unattractive facial feature and in non-Western cultures they were perceived as a sign of maturity and strength. Scientists Read more…
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Men are more prone to - and likely to die of - heart disease compared with women of a similar age - and sex hormones are to blame, according to a new University of Leicester led study.
The findings of a study by Dr Maciej Tomaszewski, Read more…
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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," said Read more…
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Young and healthy African-American men have higher central blood pressure and their blood vessels are stiffer compared to their white counterparts, signs that the African American men are developing hypertension early and with little outward sign, according to a new study.
While the study found that central blood pressure — the pressure in the aorta, near the heart — was Read more…
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A major study by researchers from the Cancer Council Australia has found that even though more men are being diagnosed with prostate cancer, fewer are dying from the disease.
The study looked at the rates of prostate cancer and prostate-specific antigen testing in New Read more…
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Scientists are suggesting that common painkillers such as aspirin and ibuprofen could possibly lower a man’s risk of developing prostate cancer.
It appears that the painkillers lower the PSA level in the blood - PSA levels are biomarker widely used by doctors to determine whether a man is at risk of prostate cancer.
The researchers however do warn men to not jump the gun and start taking such painkillers in an effort to avoid prostate Read more…