According to an Australian study presented today (Tuesday) to the 25th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Amsterdam, daily sex (or ejaculating daily) for seven days improves men’s sperm quality by reducing the amount of DNA damage.
Until now there has been no evidence-based consensus amongst fertility specialists as to […]

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Don’t automatically blame mom anymore for crying babies. Dutch researchers at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam report that a crying, colicky baby can be just as much the result of dad’s state of mind.
Other studies have found that depression among mothers can be related to excessive crying or colic, a common problem with newborns, […]

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The recent release of two large randomized trials suggests that if there is a benefit of screening, it is, at best, small, says a new report in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. The review says because prostate cancer is virtually ubiquitous in men as they age, it is clear that a goal of “finding […]

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Specific variations or mutations in a particular can gene raise a man’s risk of familial, or inherited, testicular germ-cell cancer, the most common form of this disease, according to new research by scientists at the National Institutes of Health. This is only the second gene to be identified that affects the risk of familial testicular […]

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A recent study at the San Francisco Department of Public Health in the US, looking at social and sexual mixing between ethnic groups in men who have sex with men, concluded that preferences in the race of sexual partners influenced by subtle racism may perpetuate HIV-related health disparities.
Black gay men have less choice when it […]

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The 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology heard today (Monday 29 June) that the high-intensity training undertaken by triathletes has a significant impact on the quality of their sperm. According to professor Diana Vaamonde, from the University of Cordoba Medical School, Cordoba, Spain, the triathletes who did the most […]

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Contrary to predictions, males of high genetic quality are not very successful when it comes to fertilizing eggs. A new study on seed beetles at the Department of Ecology and Evolution, Uppsala University, Sweden, in cooperation with the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark, shows that, contrary to predictions, males of low genetic […]

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Prostate and breast cancer appear to be homologous cancer in males and females respectively. Both cancers share hormone etiologies and are treated with hormonal manipulation. The incidence of these two hormone-dependent cancers has steadily risen throughout the twentieth century. Both cancers have race-based links: there is a higher incidence of prostate cancer in African-American men […]

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Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute the University of California, San Francisco concluded that an intake of selenium could worsen the conditions of people who are already suffering from prostate cancer, and have a variant of a gene called superoxide dismutase (SOD2). Theyhave observed a higher risk of more-aggressive prostate cancer in men with SOD2 genetic […]

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According to a South Korean study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, frequent binge drinking – having 6 or more alcoholic drinks at one occasion, at lease once a week – by Korean men was associated with a dramatic increase in hemorrhagic stroke.
Some of the limitations of the study are that the […]

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