Many Men With Low Testosterone Levels Do Not Receive Treatment
Despitehaving access to care, many men with androgen deficiency may not bereceiving treatment, according to a report released on May 26, 2008 inthe Archives of Internal Medicine, one of theJAMAArchives journals.

Lowerthan normal levels of male hormones, including testosterone, in thebody indicate a deficiency in androgens. Symptoms of androgendeficiency can include low libido, erectile dysfunction andosteoporosis, and victims might also suffer from sleep disturbance,depressed mood and tiredness. Knowledge about and access to care forthis condition have increased in recent years, according to thearticle, but the treatment patterns for...read

Improving AIDS Prevention In Africa By Involving Partners Of Pregnant Women
According to the World Health Organization, nearly three-quarters of the worlds 40 million human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected people are living in Sub-Saharan Africa. Sixty-five per cent of the 4.3 million infected in 2006 caught the virus in this part of the world where women are particularly at risk. Figures for the Ivory Coast show for example that twice as many women than men are likely to be HIV-infected. In contrast to what is observed in other regions of the world, most people in Sub-Saharan Africa who are living with HIV...read

Menstrual Blood Shows Heart Repairing Stem Cell Properties
Scientists in Japan have discovered that cells taken from menstrual blood can be cultivated in the lab and used like stem cells to repair damaged heart tissue.

The initial results of the work were published last week in the journal Stem Cells. The study was the work of corresponding author Dr Shunichiro Miyoshi, a cardiologist at Keio University School of Medicine, in Tokyo, and colleagues, including scientists from the National Research Institute for Child Health and Development in Tokyo, Tokyo Womens Medical University, and Kanazawa University.

Stem...read

Los Angeles Times Examines Male Circumcision In The U.S.
The Los Angeles Times on Monday examined male circumcision in the U.S. and factors that some parents consider when deciding whether to have their infant boys circumcised, including a reduced risk of HIV. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 56% of infant boys in the U.S. were circumcised in 2005, compared with 85% in 1965. Worldwide, about 25% of men are circumcised, the Times reports.

Some experts say factors influencing the decline in male circumcision in the U.S. include immigration from Latin America and other countries...read

Key To Tackling Mens Obesity May Be Their Sexual Performance
Mens pride in sexual performance may help the fight against increasing obesity, according to internationally regarded expert on obesity, mens health and ageing Professor Gary Wittert.

Its becoming well known that there are high levels of obesity in Australian men and that this has significant consequences for chronic diseases, both physical and psychological, Professor Wittert says.

What is less well known is that not only blood vessels to the heart are affected by obesity but similar effects occur with the blood vessels to the penis with resulting erectile...read

Previously Unrecognized Testosterone Deficiency Common In Men With Type 1 Diabetes
Testosterone deficiency, previously recognized as common in men with type 2 diabetes, is also common in men with type 1 diabetes according to a new study accepted for publication in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). These findings suggest that there is a direct link between insulin resistance and reduced testosterone levels in men.

As testosterone deficiency may contribute to impaired performance, mood, and libido, as well as have adverse impact on cardiovascular risk, these findings demonstrate the presence of a significant and unrecognized problem among men...read

Australian researchers are suggesting that older men who have lower levels of the male sex hormone testosterone in their blood, may be more prone to depression.
Depression affects between 2 percent and 5 percent of the population at any given time, with women more likely to be depressed than men until age 65, when sex differences almost disappear; several studies have suggested that sex hormones, that viagra stimulated, might be responsible for this phenomenon.

The researchers believe the hormone may affect levels of key brain chemicals.

Dr. Osvaldo P. Almeida, and colleagues from the University of Western Australia, Perth reached this conclusion after a study of 3,987 men aged 71 to 89 years, between...read

California County Board Of Supervisors Votes To Oppose FDA Policy Barring MSM From Donating Blood
The Santa Clara County, Calif., Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted unanimously to oppose an FDA policy that prohibits men who have sex with men from donating blood, the San Jose Mercury New reports. The board also voted to encourage the boards federal lobbyists to work to overturn the ban, according to the Mercury News (Lohse, San Jose Mercury New, 227).

According to the FDA policy, which has been in effect since the early 1980s, MSM are barred from donating blood regardless of sexual activity, safer-sex practices...read

Its Time To Reassess The Value, Safety Of Multivitamin Use, Says Harvard Mens Health Watch
Although physician-scientists and supplement manufacturers are often at odds, they dont spend much time sparring over multivitamins. In fact, half the physicians on the Harvard Mens Health Watch advisory board report taking a multivitamin themselves. In recent years, Harvard Mens Health Watch has also endorsed these popular supplements, reasoning that even if they dont help, they wont hurt. However, the March 2008 issue of the newsletter states that a reappraisal of that advice is in order.

Harvard Mens Health Watch notes that some recent studies have...read

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