Men’s Health Info Blog

With a rising population of elderly patients and increasing public awareness of prostate disease, the indications for, morbidity and outcome of transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) in the elderly male requires critical review. Although the morbidity and outcome of TURP is well reported, including in the over 80-year-old, the relevance of these studies to [...]

Investigators from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and Johns Hopkins University reported the results of a genome-wide scan on 91 high-risk prostate cancer families in North America and Sweden; two of these families were African American. Of the 91 families studied, approximately one-third showed linkage to an area on Chromosome lq (HPC1), including [...]

People who smoke have characteristic facial changes similar to those seen in premature aging. Grey hair, facial wrinkles, and smoking are also established risk factors for myocardial infarction. Although greying and hair loss are natural phenomena that affect us all, one of us QGM) had often met patients in his clinic aged under 50 who [...]

Sexual desire and activity continue well into later life for both men and women but can be affected in various ways by aging. I begin by discussing these effects in men.
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Although an age-related decline in sexual activity and desire among men has been reported in numerous studies, maintaining a healthy interest in sexual activity is [...]

African-American men are more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer than white men and also more likely to be adversely affected. Although mortality rates are declining among black and white men, rates in black men remain more than twice as high as rates in white men. Epidemiological studies have suggested that several factors may [...]

The Mens Health Concerns Sourcebook is outstanding as a reference text for the knowledgeable clinician. The organization of the volume is spelled out at the beginning as a way of introducing the user to the best ways of accessing the information. The volume, as stated by the author, is a “favorite of librarians” and it [...]