Australian researchers concluded weight loss improves the sexual health of obese men with type 2 diabetes.
A modest weight loss of 5 percent led to an easing of erectile dysfunction and improved sexual desire within eight weeks, and these improvements continued for 12 months, according to the study published Aug. 5 in The Journal of Sexual […]

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A new study was designed to evaluate whether daily use of sildenafil could alter endothelial function and improve penile rigidity in a group of diabetic ED patients
Researcherrs concluded endothelial function in type 2 diabetic men is enhanced with daily sildenafil. Improved erectile rigidity and enhanced vascular circulation can be noted after 10 weeks of daily sildenafil […]

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A fifty five-year-old diabetic man, was close to losing his leg due to gangrene. But a hospital on Delhi’s outskirts has used stem cell transplant to save his leg from being amputated.
The stem cells were generated from Dass’s own bone marrow, harvested from his hip bones.
Patients with critical blocks in leg vessels and impending gangrene of […]

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It has long been recognized that the combination of prostate cancer and diabetes tends to have a notable impact on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of male patients.
A reaearch team studied changes in general and cancer-specific HRQoL with a specific focus on the impact of concomitant diabetes mellitus.
The authors conclude that, “Prostate cancer survivors […]

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Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have been able to prod human cells that normally produce sperm to make insulin instead and, after transplanting them, the cells briefly cured mice with type 1 diabetes.
The researchers used spermatogonial cells, extracted from the testicles of deceased human organ donors. In the testes, the function of these cells […]

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A new study has revealed that type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) among men.
Hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia, which are especially pronounced during the early stages of type 2 diabetes, have been proposed as mediators for the association between CRC and type 2 diabetes.
The study appears in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the […]

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A new study at the School of Medical Sciences at the University of New South Wales, fathers on a high-fat diet are more likely to produce daughters with a higher diabetes risk.According study leader maternal transmission to offspring is studied previously but this is the first study that looks into the contribution from the father
The study […]

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According to a new study at University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, due of rising obesity rates in Latin America and the Caribbean, elderly people there are becoming more likely to suffer from disabilities.
Researchers suggests current trends will produce large numbers of people who are especially vulnerable to chronic medical conditions such as diabetes, […]

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VIVUS, Inc. recently announced positive results from the phase 3 REVIVE-Diabetes (TA-302) study, evaluating the safety and efficacy of the investigational drug avanafil for the treatment of erectile dysfunction in men with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
The above mentioned study met all three primary endpoints across the two doses studied by demonstrating statistically significant improvement […]

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Obesity, a condition linked to heart disease and diabetes, now appears to be associated with another health problem, but one that affects men only — low testosterone levels.
A recent study conducted by University at Buffalo endocrinologists, showed that 40 percent of obese participants involved in the Hypogonadism in Males (HIM) study had lower-than-normal testosterone readings.
Researchers hypothesized […]

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