http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog Recent news and info related to conditions and diseases that could influence men's health. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:08:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en According to US scientists, men who go bald by 30 appear to be less likely to develop prostate cancer. After investigated 2,000 men aged between 40 and 47, researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine were able to link high levels of the male hormone testosterone in those who ... http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/hair-loss/early-balding-cuts-cancer-risk According to a study at University of Michigan Medical School published this week, a potent new inhibitor of HIV, derived from bananas, may open the door to new treatments to prevent sexual transmission of HIV. Scientists have an emerging interest in lectins, naturally occurring chemicals in plants, because of their ability ... http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/hiv/a-new-inhibitor-may-lead-to-potential-new-treatments-for-preventing-sexual-transmission-of-hiv A new study at the University of Chicago Medical CenterThis finds men suffering from both cardiovascular disease and erectile dysfunction are at greater risk for heart attack, stroke, heart failure and death.. Moreover, as treatments for cardiovascular disease had no effect on erectile dysfunction, German researchers concluded that erectile dysfunction ... http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/heart-disease/erectile-dysfunction-plus-heart-disease-raises-death-risk In the current issue of Deutsches -rzteblatt International, a research team describes the consequences for quality of life after operations for carcinoma of the rectum.  Men complained increasingly of sexual dysfunction over time and the effects were more marked than in women. The probability of loss of function increased with the ... http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/sexual-health/impact-of-tumor-surgery-on-sexual-function In a commentary in The New York Times, Richard Ablin of the University of Arizona said the screening tool he discovered four decades ago now costs too much and is ineffective. The American Cancer Society, which does not recommend the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test -- a standard screening for men ... http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/prostate/1960 A new British research suggests that extremely variable blood pressure, and not just high blood pressure, can greatly increase a person's risk of stroke. Researchers found that people with the greatest variation in systolic blood pressure (the higher of the 120/80 readings) over seven visits to their doctor were six times ... http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/heart-disease/variable-blood-pressure-a-new-stroke-risk-factor A new study at Yale School of Medicine, USA, aimed to quantitatively assess the effect of radical prostatectomy on the specific domains that comprise overall sexual function. Researchers focused on the relationships among these domains and overall sexual function in order to identify predictors for recovery of sexual function over ... http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/prostate/changes-in-specific-domains-of-sexual-function-and-sexual-bother-after-radical-prostatectomy A new home test kit developed by University of Virginia Health System cell biologist John C. Herr, PhD, can assist couples in determining if a man's sperm count is normal, low, or very low.  based on a protein in sperm. The new device, called SpermCheck Fertility, works similarly to home pregnancy ... http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/sexual-health/home-test-kit-helps-couples-hoping-to-conceive-better-understand-infertility-issues Researchers at Van Andel Research Institute have developed a new method to better study the cells that line and protect the prostate in relation to the development of cancer. New model allows researchers to find that normal cells and cancer cells depend on different factors to survive. This factors help in discovering how to ... http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/prostate/new-method-to-better-study-prostate-cancer A recent research study has discovered, for the first time, a genetic mutation in African-American men with a family history of prostate cancer who are at increased risk for the disease. Scientific reports linking inheritable androgen receptor mutations to prostate cancer in Caucasians are rare, and this is the first ... http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/prostate/study-has-discovered-a-genetic-mutation-in-african-american-men-with-family-history-of-prostate-cancer