Physicians and patients who are concerned about preventing prostate cancer deaths choose to screen with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests because an inconclusive but increasingly compelling body of evidence shows that the screening reduces suffering and death from prostate cancer — the second-leading cause of cancer death among men in the United States.
Numerous studies have shown […]

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Men with depression may be less likely than women to get relief from a commonly used, inexpensive antidepressant drug, a new national study from the University of Michigan Depression Center finds. But many members of both sexes may find that it helps ease their depression symptoms.
The persistence of a gender difference in response to the […]

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Canadian researchers are challenging the widely held belief that flu shots help protect older people from potentially deadly diseases such as pneumonia.
While the researchers say the vaccine does protect against certain strains of influenza, its overall benefit seems to have been exaggerated by so-called observational studies that found a big reduction in “all-cause mortality” among […]

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Nearly 30 percent of U.S. men think sex is better after their football team wins and 10 percent say they have bad sex after a loss, a survey indicates.
The survey says 1-in-4 male sports fans would be willing to give up sex for at least a month if their favorite team were guaranteed a Super […]

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Detecting early enough a prostate cancer helps urologists intervene at a stage where they can make a difference.
Often prostate cancer has no symptoms, so it’s important for men to be tested every year after age 50. African Americans and men with a family history of cancer should start at least a decade earlier, as these […]

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According to a study conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, men who adopt unhealthy lifestyles may be less concerned with health and less aware of preventive measures like the PSA test. Given the associations between smoking, physical inactivity, and obesity with prostate cancer and cardiovascular disease, men with multiple risk behaviors would […]

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Gray hair, wrinkled skin, and stiff joints are common changes that occur in our bodies as we age. Men can factor in another common change associated with getting older — prostate enlargement.
While no definite risk factors exist, an enlarged prostate — also called Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) - is known to occur mainly in older […]

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Survival after cancer is improving significantly in Australia, especially among the better-off groups in the population, according to a report.
The report shows that between mid-1980s and early 2000s, the relative chances of surviving five years after a diagnosis of cancer increased significantly.
The increase was generally greater for men than for women, with all-cancer five-year relative […]

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Contrary to a common recommendation to avoid eating popcorn, nuts and corn to prevent diverticular complications, a large prospective study of men indicates that the consumption of these foods does not increase the risk of diverticulosis or diverticular complications, according to a study in the August 27 issue of JAMA.
Diverticular disease is a common and […]

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New study shows that on-demand use of vardenafil during the treatment period was associated with significantly greater erectile function and sexual intercourse completion rates compared to placebo. The success rates for the vardenafil on-demand group were also higher than for the nightly group. These data indicate that the use of on-demand vardenafil is of greater […]

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