Men's Health
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FDA Approves Tadalafil for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
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BPH: Saw Palmetto No Better Than Placebo
Major Finding: After 72 weeks in which the standard dose of saw palmetto was doubled and then tripled, AUASI score improved by only 2.20 points...
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Factors Predict Erectile Function After Prostate Cancer Therapy
Major Finding: The odds that a man will recover erectile function after prostatectomy vary from 6% to 70%; after external beam radiotherapy, they...
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Reducing Cardiovascular Risks Lessens Erectile Dysfunction
Major Finding: Lifestyle modifications and pharmacotherapy not only reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease; they can lead to improved sexual...
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MSM Sex: Rectal Screenings Catch Gonorrhea
Major Finding: The prevalence of pharyngeal gonorrhea was 4%, the prevalence of rectal gonorrhea was 5%, and the prevalence of gonorrhea in both...
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Homosexual Activity Plus Meth Increases HIV Risk
Major Finding: Among boys and young men who have sex with men, those who also used methamphetamine were more likely than nonusers to have a...
Commentary
PSA screening isn’t “nonsense”—it saved my life
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MSM Can Effectively Self-Test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea
Major Finding: The only time a provider’s test was positive and a patient’s test was negative was a single case of pharyngeal gonorrhea.
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No Increased Bone Risk Seen With HIV Treatments
Major Finding: Neither antiretroviral therapy with tenofovir nor ART with boosted protease inhibitors was significantly associated with an...
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Prostate Cancer More Likely to Recur, Kill Men Who Smoke at Diagnosis
Major Finding: Among never smokers, 89.7% were alive 5 years after diagnosis and 74.8% at 10 years; among former smokers, survival rates were 86.2...
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Depressive Symptoms: Like Father, Like Child
Major Finding: In households where the father had clinically significant depressive symptoms as defined by a PHQ-2 score of 3 or greater, 15.5% of...