According to a study in , men have a considerably higher chance of needing urgent hospital care, including readmission than their female counterparts within a month of being discharged. The findings are based on 367 men and 370 women who had been admit…
Propecia, a drug for treating baldness, and Proscar for treating enlarged prostate, are to carry labels warning about sexual adverse events, including decreased libido, ejaculation problems, and difficulties with orgasm. According to the FDA, in some c…
Do men harbour concerns about aging in good health? Do they confide these concerns to their physicians? Are men’s concerns the same as women’s? The answers to these questions can be found in a large cross-sectional survey of 2325 Canadian men, aged 55 …
Men with an inflated view of their importance, who are incapable of putting themselves in other people’s shoes and who see themselves as “special” and superior to others, some of the traits of a narcissistic personality, may pay for this with their hea…
Gay men are able to lead healthier, less stress-filled lives when states offer legal protections to same-sex couples, according to a new study examining the effects of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts. The study, “Effect of Same-S…
Experts have stated on bmj.com that policies targeted specifically at men’s health in Europe must urgently be improved. Professor Alan White, at Leeds Metropolitan University and his team state that their report demonstrates that action is required thr…
Although men have higher cancer mortality rates than women, they are less willing to be screened for cancer, according to a study conducted by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and colleagues at Sanoa Consulting LLC, Muscle Shoals, A…
Lower-income, urban dads are involved in their children’s health and encourage them to exercise and eat healthy foods, reports a new study from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. But these same dads may also give their kids the wrong …
As soon as a man has a child his testosterone levels drop, preparing him for fatherhood, researchers from Northwestern University reported in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In many species where the male helps out with car…
Male infertility may soon be a thing of the past according to mice. This week new research has been released that Japanese scientists have used laboratory-made sperm, using embryonic cells, to restore fertility in sterile mice. This may open up new a…
