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Does Saw Palmetto Treat Enlarged Prostate?
Sept. 27, 2011 -- For years, men with enlarged prostate glands have turned to a supplement called saw palmetto to ease their trouble with urination and other symptoms. Exactly how saw palmetto was thought to relieve the symptoms is unclear, but the fruit of saw palmetto dwarf palm tree remains widel
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Childless Men May Have Higher Heart Risk
Sept. 26, 2011 -- Men who remain childless throughout their lives may be more likely to die from heart disease and stroke than men who become fathers, a new study suggests. Researchers followed more than 135,000 older men for a decade in an effort to examine the impact of fatherhood on health. They
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Surprising Turn-Ons for Women
When I casually asked my friend Becky about secret turn-ons for women, she didn't hesitate for a second. "Doing the dishes," she responded, as her husband looked at her in disbelief. "That's hot!" For many women, turn-ons aren't about traditional romantic gestures like getting roses or canoodling du
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Flat Abs for Men: Go-to Exercises
Flat abs symbolize peak physical fitness, and in the celebrity tabloids abs have also become a kind of yardstick for sex appeal. But the craze for buff abs isn’t only about looking good without a shirt. Training the abs is often associated with vanity, but that perception is changing, thanks to the
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Masturbation: 5 Things You Didn't Know
Experts say that just about every man who can masturbate does -- and why not? You don't need an expert to tell you that solo sex feels good, relieves stress, and is a terrific sleep aid. But here are five things you may not know about masturbation: Men often wonder if there's something abnormal abou
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Enlarged Prostate: A Complex Problem
All his life, he slept like a stone. But now, there's an annoying trip to the bathroom every night, sometimes once or twice a night. For most men, these nightly bathroom runs may be the first sign of an enlarged prostate. Other symptoms may include trouble starting a stream of urine, leaking, or dri
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'Women's' Diseases Men Get, Too
If you've never met a guy with breast cancer - and odds are good that you haven't - Terry Mautner is happy to be your first. "I've worn it as kind of a badge of courage, or whatever you want to call it. I like to engage people in conversation about it because they find it so unusual or interesting,"
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Not All Belly Fat Is Bad for the Heart
July 21, 2011 -- A new study shows that where a person stores body fat may be more important for heart disease risk than how big they are. Doctors have long wondered why some obese people appear reasonably healthy, while others seem to be on a path toward heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Fat that’
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Penis Size Linked to Length of Fingers
July 5, 2011 -- The ratio between the length of the index finger and the ring finger of men's hands is associated with penis length, a study shows. Researchers found that men with a lower ratio, or a shorter length of the index finger compared to the ring finger, tended to have a longer penile lengt
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Are Flashy Spenders Looking for a Fling?
June 23, 2011 -- Flashy spending is one way that men signal they want to mate -- but not that they want to mate for life, a study shows. "This research suggests that conspicuous products, such as Porsches, can serve the same function for some men that large and brilliant feathers serve for peacocks,
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