The first human study using gene transfer to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) shows promising results and suggests the potential for using the technology to treat overactive bladder, irritable bowel syndrome and asthma, according to the researchers."In the small pilot study, this new therapy was well tolerated and safe," said George Christ, Ph.D., senior researcher and a professor at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University S...Saturday, 2-Dec-2006 / [ Details... ]
British scientists say a male contraceptive pill could be on the market within five years.The scientists at Kings College London have developed a male contraceptive pill which stops the production of sperm.They say they have known for a number of years that some drugs used for schizophrenia and hypertension stop the sperm from reaching the penis by stopping the sperm passing from the testes and out of the penis.They have now isolate...Tuesday, 28-Nov-2006 / [ Details... ]
According to a long-term study which was conducted over a 40 year period, among the most significant factors influencing longevity in men were a strong grip, a wife, not smoking and a good education.Dr. Bradley J. Willcox and colleagues of the Pacific Health Research Institute and Kuakini Medical Center in Honolulu, examined potential biological, lifestyle and sociodemographic risk factors ...Wednesday, 15-Nov-2006 / [ Details... ]
A new study is suggesting that for certain groups of men a high dietary intake of selenium may reduce their risk of prostate cancer.The study has found that the benefit applied only to those men who reported a high vitamin E intake and those who were taking multivitamins.Dr. Ulrike Peters, of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, and colleagues used data from the ...Tuesday, 6-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
Millions of middle-aged and older men experience the symptoms of an enlarged prostate multiple times during the day and night. What they may not know is that the disease known as BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia), marked by urgency and frequent urination, is not one but at least a pair of disorders, and that one of the pair - tied to a newly identified gene - has far more serious implications.In a study published in the February issue of the Jour...Monday, 5-Feb-2007 / [ Details... ]
More than ninety percent of men who receive appropriate radiation dose levels with permanent radiation seed implants to treat their prostate cancer are cured of their cancer eight years after diagnosis, according to a study released in the February 1 issue of the International Journal for Radiation Oncology - Biology - Physics, the official journal of ASTRO. Seed implants have become a widely-accepted treatment option for early stage prostate canc...Wednesday, 31-Jan-2007 / [ Details... ]
During the month of February, Heart Health Month, the Erectile Dysfunction Institute (EDi) is encouraging all men currently experiencing erectile dysfunction (ED) to visit their cardiologist to be examined for cardiovascular disease. In an unprecedented move in the medical field, EDi has begun an initiative to encourage referrals between key urologists and leading cardiology centers across the U.S. to ensure both ED and cardiovascular disease are correctly identified and that appropriate treatme...Wednesday, 31-Jan-2007 / [ Details... ]
A McMaster University researcher is alerting men and their doctors that osteoporosis isn't just a woman's problem but that the bone-wasting disease can severely afflict them, too.To overcome this common perception, Dr. Aliya A. Khan, a professor of clinical medicine, led a group of five Canadian experts in the development of guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and management of osteoporosis in men. Their paper appears in the January 30 issue...Tuesday, 30-Jan-2007 / [ Details... ]
A tablet designed to emulate the healing power of the sun could be available for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer as early as 2009. But it remains to be seen whether the drug will be the revolution in prostate cancer care that its makers claim. The drug, Asentar (DN-101), is based on vitamin D and is given to patients in the advanced stages of prostate cancer along with chemotherapy drugs. Drug makers came up with the idea because vitamin D from sunlight improves the prognosis of...Wednesday, 24-Jan-2007 / [ Details... ]
Patients with premature ejaculation who used a topical anaesthetic spray were able to delay ejaculation for five times as long, according to a study in the February issue of the urology journal BJU International.Researchers from the UK and Netherlands studied 54 men with premature ejaculation, randomly assigning them to a treatment and control group. Both groups reported that without any therapy they normally ejaculated an average of one minute aft...Wednesday, 24-Jan-2007 / [ Details... ]