Health News and Information - News Medical :: Men's Health - Jun 12, 2018 Edition

Health News and Information - News Medical

June 12, 2018     Men's Health     The latest men's health news from News Medical

Men's Health Week   With one in every ten men suffering from diabetes, this year’s International Men’s Health Week aims to raise awareness of the condition and the importance of diagnosis.

Diabetes in Men versus Women   Diabetes, especially type 2, is more common in males rather than females. However, females often have more serious complications and a greater risk of death.         Diabetes Risk Factors   Risk factors for type 1 diabetes include infection and autoimmunity, whereas type 2 diabetes is associated with obesity and obesity-related disorders.

Research identifies new genetic variations that could indicate higher prostate cancer risk   As the result of a six-year long research process, Fredrick R. Schumacher, PhD, a cancer epidemiology researcher at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and an international team of more than 100 colleagues have identified 63 new genetic variations that could indicate higher risk of prostate cancer in men of European descent.       Prolonged stress can have adverse impact on sperm quality, study reveals   Prolonged stress, such as that experienced during military conflict, can have an adverse impact on sperm quality, according to a new study by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Soroka University Medical Center in Beer-Sheva, Israel.       Male thyroid cancer survivors face nearly 50% higher CVD risk than women, study suggests   Male thyroid cancer survivors have a nearly 50 percent higher risk of developing heart disease than women within five years of cancer diagnosis, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.       Study finds reciprocal link between emotional distress and treatment side effects of prostate cancer   A new study published in the Journal of Urology® reports that men with prostate cancer who had worse urinary, bowel, and sexual function after surgery or radiotherapy than others experienced more emotional distress. Interestingly, the reverse was also true as experiencing more distress led to worse function.       Study: Few men undergo genetic testing despite high risk of breast cancer   Cancer is one of the leading causes of death among Americans. At least 10 percent of cancers are caused by inherited mutations in genes such as BRCA1 and BRCA2. Parents with the cancer gene mutation have a 50 percent chance of passing it on to a son or daughter.

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