, has discovered the disease, known medically as leptospirosis, was traditionally a concern for males working in the agricultural and livestock industries, as it is contracted from contact with the urine of host animals...

What Is Male Breast Cancer? What Causes Male Breast Cancer? published Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST
Male breast cancer is a rare type of cancer that forms in the breast tissue of men. Breast cancer is often thought of as a condition that only affects women, but men can also develop the condition. Yet, male breast cancer is much less common than female breast cancer. Male breast cancer can occur at any age; however it is most common in older men...

Neonatal And Infant Circumcision: Safe In The Right Hands published Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:00:00 PST
How safe is circumcision? A systematic review, published in the open access journal BMC Urology has found that neonatal and infant circumcision by trained staff rarely results in problems. Risks can be higher among older boys, especially when undertaken by untrained providers with inappropriate equipment...

Male College Students Also Victims Of Violence At Girlfriends' Hands published Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:00:00 PST
Thinking about a typical victim of college dating violence, you're probably imagining her, not him. Researchers often think the same way, according to a Kansas State University expert on intimate partner violence. Sandra Stith, a professor of family studies and human services, said most research has looked at men as offenders and women as victims...

Sperm Discovery Suggests New Target For Male Contraception published Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST
Most of us probably think of sperm as rather active little cells, swimming with quick movements of their "tail" or flagella. But actually sperm's motility is in fact short lived. When in the male reproductive tract they have to rest easy, lest they wear themselves out prematurely and give up any chance of ever finding an egg...

Study Reveals Potential Evolutionary Role For Same-Sex Attraction published Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST
Male homosexuality doesn't make complete sense from an evolutionary point of view...

Play Yourself Healthy published Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:00:00 PST
A just published research experiment on inactive men with high blood pressure shows that just 3 months of soccer practise twice a week causes a significant fall in blood pressure, resting pulse rate, and percentage of body fat, and is more effective than the doctor's usual advice on healthy diet and exercise...

Male Breast Reduction Fastest Growing Area Of Cosmetic Surgery In Britain Last Year published Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:00:00 PST
The economic situation does not appear to have affected the cosmetic surgery business in Britain: new figures from a not-for-profit organisation show that the number of surgical procedures were 6.7 per cent higher in 2009 than 2008, among which the number of male breast reductions went up by 80 per cent...

Grandsons Can Inherit Grandpa's Bone Weakness published Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:00:00 PST
The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, shows that hip fractures in grandfathers are linked to low bone density and reduced bone size in their grandsons. "This is the first time this risk factor for low bone mass has been demonstrated across two generations," says associate professor Mattias Lorentzon, who led the research team at the Sahlgrenska Academy...

The Relationship Between Age At Time Of Surgery And Risk Of Biochemical Failure After Radical Prostatectomy published Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PST
UroToday.com - In the online edition of the British Journal of Urology International, a group from Columbia University Department of Urology report that older men undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer (CaP) do not have an increased risk of disease recurrence in the multivariate context that includes PSA level, Gleason score and clinical stage...

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