News and Features Related to Men's Health
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Impotence Drug Eases Prostate Problems
Aug. 19, 2008 -- An enlarged prostate can cause a host of troublesome problems for men, like constantly waking up to go to the bathroom. But new research, funded by Eli Lilly, the company that owns the rights to the drug tadalafil, shows a daily dose of the drug may help ease some of the urinary sym
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Olympian's Cancer: Treat or Compete?
July 14, 2008 -- Olympic swimmer Eric Shanteau, 24, says he has testicular cancer and is delaying his testicular cancer surgery until after he's done competing in Beijing. According to media reports, Shanteau noticed a testicular abnormality but didn't see a doctor until his girlfriend urged him to
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Driven to Succeed
We all feel like we run in circles sometimes. Jeff Gordon does it for a living. The 36-year-old NASCAR legend races and trains almost every day, clocking speeds of 180+ miles per hour, for hours at a time. Unlike most of us, who can afford a little a daydreaming when our daily routine gets a bit dul
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Hormone Replacement for Men: Pros, Cons
June 18, 2008 -- Testosterone replacement therapy can help older men deficient in the hormone reduce their risks of heart disease, diabetes, and death, according to new research presented this week at ENDO 08, the annual meeting of The Endocrine Society. ''The goal of testosterone treatment is to ke
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Obama in "Excellent Health," Says Doctor
May 29, 2008 -- Sen. Barack Obama is in "excellent health," according to his primary care physician. David T. Scheiner, MD, who has been Obama's doctor since 1987, summarizes Obama's health in a one-page letter released by the Obama campaign. In the letter, Scheiner says that Obama "has been in exce
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Experts Define Premature Ejaculation
May 16, 2008 -- The International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) has written a definition for premature ejaculation. An international panel of 21 premature ejaculation experts wrote the definition after reviewing research on the topic and meeting in Amsterdam in October 2007 to discuss the issue
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Top 10 Fitness Facts
Want to be sharper at work? Feel less tired at home? Spend some quality time with your spouse? How about enjoying a cookie without guilt? If you answered "yes" to all of these questions (and who wouldn't?), exercise is the answer. Being physically active offers benefits far beyond the obvious. (Of c
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The Lonely Disease
By Adam Duritz, Men’s Health Counting Crows front man Adam Duritz reveals how he battled a debilitating mental disorder to record the best music of his career--and reclaim his life It all fell apart within a span of 5 minutes, with one phone call and one text message. Of course there was the long do
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Cancer Risk Lingers for Long-Banned DDT
April 29, 2008 -- Men exposed to the lingering remnants of the once widely used pesticide DDT have an increased risk for the most common form of testicular cancer. Scientists reporting in the April 29 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute have found that men with the highest blood le
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Men vs. Women: Whose Memory Is Worse?
April 16, 2008 -- Men have a reputation for having a bad memory, forgetting birthdays or anniversaries -- or so the stereotype goes. Now, a new study lends some science to the stereotype, at least for older men. Men 70-plus are more likely than women in that age range to have memory problems and oth
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