http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog Recent news and info related to conditions and diseases that could influence men's health. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:44:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A team of scientists here, which is conducting research to develop a male contraceptive, has identified and tested on animals a protein that can temporarily suppress male fertility. The research studies and experiments have been carried out with the aim of producing a vaccine which could serve as an option ... http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/sexual-health/scientists-a-step-closer-to-male-contraceptive-vaccine A new study at University Hospital Basel , Switzerland, says women who receive kidneys from males have a higher rate of graft failure than other donor-recipient combinations, and gender should be considered when choosing donor matches. Compared with all other gender combinations, transplantation of male donor kidneys into female patients was ... http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/kidney-disease/gender-should-be-considered-in-kidney-transplant  A new study has revealed that frequent intercourse can cut erectile dysfunction (ED) risk in men. Researchers from Finland have revealed that men who had intercourse more often were less likely to develop ED. Over the period of five years, the team studied 989 men between 55 to 75 years from Pirkanmaa, ... http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/sexual-health/having-sex-thrice-a-week-halves-erectile-dysfunction-risk-in-men According to a new research, eating a broccoli-rich diet can reduce the risk of deadly prostate cancer. What's more, the consumption of one or more portions of the green veggie can lessen the risk of localized cancer becoming more aggressive. In the study, the research group at the Institute of Food Research ... http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/prostate/eating-broccoli-can-reduce-prostate-cancer-risk Researchers at the University of Rhode Island have revealed that eating slowly would allow a feeling of fullness to register before you eat too much. They found that eating slowly led to significant reductions in food consumption even though the meal duration was approximately 21 minutes longer. For the faster eaters, ... http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/weight-loss/eating-slowly-can-help-you-lose-weight According to a study published in the July 2, 2008, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, while men don't typically live as long as women, those who do make it to age 90 appear to be much less likely to have dementia and ... http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/dementia/are-men-or-women-more-likely-to-have-memory-problems-in-very-old-age Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio departments of Radiation Oncology and Urology conducted a study to determine if knowledge of the anatomic relationships of the prostatic base and the prostatic apex along with modern 3-D CT planning, could be used as a substitute for ... http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/prostate/invasive-methods-unnecessary-for-prostate-cancer-treatment In a series of experiments in both the laboratory and animal models, researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson in Philadelphia have shown that by blocking a signaling protein, they can prevent prostate cancer cells from metastatic dissemination. Because metastatic prostate cancer lacks effective therapies, understanding the molecular changes involved ... http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/prostate/blocking-signaling-protein-prevents-prostate-cancer-metastatsis The Department of Health strongly urged members of the public not to consume products for managing male impotence from unknown sources following notification from the Hospital Authority of two patients seriously affected by this kind of products found to have contained undeclared ingredients. A DH spokesman urged the public not to ... http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/sexual-health/donts-use-sexual-dysfunction-products-with-undeclared-ingredients Calling their findings a major step forward in prostate cancer care, Texas researchers report in the June 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, that the presence of seven biomarkers can predict prostate cancer risk with 86.6 percent reliability. They also say ... http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/prostate/elevated-biomarkers-predict-risk-for-prostate-cancer-recurrence