When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday it was investigating possible relations between generally used hormonal prostrate bane drugs and a scorn growth in option for diabetes and spirit disease, thousands of men who rely on these drugs to lengthen their lives were left wondering what to do next. According to experts, the [...]
Among men with erectile dysfunction, those who also have low testosterone levels face an advanced than normal expose of closing from cardiovascular disease, a new cram has found. In a support research, the same team of researchers also found a relate between tubbiness and impairment of blood current to the penis, which, in shot, is [...]
US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will lose the patent that gives it the exclusive right to manufacture erectile drug Viagra in Brazil on June 20, the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court has ruled. The 5-1 decision, which overturned a lower court ruling that would have given Pfizer exclusivity until June 2011, opens the way for generic versions [...]
At a time of growing debate over prostate cancer treatments, U.S. Medicare officials will take a closer look at radiation therapy and its ability to reduce deaths and side effects in men. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has asked a panel of outside experts meeting on Wednesday to say how confident they [...]
The size of a cancerous prostate tumor is directly proportional to the weight of the patient and the bigger the tumor the more aggressive the cancer, a study published Wednesday has found. “As the patients’ body mass index increased, the tumor volume increased synchronously,” said Dr. Nilesh Patil, who led the six-year study at Henry [...]
A new study finds that circumcised men appear less likely to sustain cuts, abrasions and other minor injuries to the penis during sex — which may help explain why circumcision lowers the risk of HIV transmission from heterosexual sex. For the new study, researchers used data from an HIV clinical trial in Africa, where nearly [...]
Doctors are reporting a key advance in treating men with cancer that has started to spread beyond the prostate: survival is significantly better if radiation is added to standard hormone treatments. Results of the study were given Sunday at a cancer conference, where other research showed that an experimental drug boosted survival for women with [...]
A combination of radiation therapy and hormone treatment can cut by 43 percent the risk of death in men suffering from locally advanced or high-risk prostate cancer, a study unveiled here Sunday showed. The research presented at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology conference showed that adding radiation therapy to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) [...]
Both the ovarian and prostate cancer trials could change clinical practice, with more women taking the drug bevacizumab (Avastin) to combat the disease in its advanced stages and more men getting radiation therapy for locally advanced prostate cancer, according to researchers who presented the findings Sunday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual [...]
Middle-aged men sit around looking forlorn, while their shadows appear to be having all the fun. The men are moody, they have low libido, and they lack energy. The scene is from an ad running during the US National Basketball Association playoffs sponsored by Solvay Pharmaceuticals, which makes AndroGel, a prescription ointment for men with [...]
