Erectile dysfunction affects an estimated 6 million men in Mexico, but only 15 percent have sought treatment for ED, according to a recent Eli Lilly study.
And, according to the study, sex happens to be even more important for Mexicans, on average, than the rest of the world. Fifty-six percent of Mexicans over age 33 have sex an average of 2.03 times per week. The country ranked second only to Portugal, where the frequency is 2.05 times weekly. The world average is 1.5 times weekly.
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Researchers at the University of Florida in Jacksonville, Fla. studied 211 men with low, intermediate, and high-risk prostate cancer who were treated with proton therapy, a type of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) that delivers high doses of protons to a targeted area, which radiation oncologists can achieve using advanced imaging techniques that allow them to identify the exact location of the tumor. After a two year follow-up, the research team led by Nancy Mendenhall, reported that proton therapy as a treatment for prostate cancer was effective and that the gastrointestinal and genitourinary side effects were generally minimal.
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Results of a recent study show a consistent association of increasing C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and incontinence/overactive bladder (OAB) among both men and women. The results support the hypothesis for the role of inflammation in the development of OAB and a possible role for anti-inflammatory agents in the treatment of incontinence.
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Next time you are scheduled for a prostate biopsy you may want to take some Mozart and noise cancelling headphones. A recent study has shown positive effects of listening to music during the biopsy procedure including reduced anxiety and pain perception.
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Maury’s Story-Three Biopsies Later, How I Reduced My PSA Over 30%
How to Prepare for a Prostate Biopsy
Choosing your Biopsy Procedure
“Watchful Waiting” after your Biopsy. Tips on How to Reduce your Anxiety
Can a Prostate Biopsy Give You Prostatitis?
Can a Prostate Biopsy Cause Erectile Dysfunction?
Can Cipro Before a Prostate Biopsy Increase the Risk of Infection?
What NOT to do Before a PSA Test
Can a Prostate Biopsy Give You an Infection?
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last year issued a safety warning for drugs used to treat enlarged prostate glands saying there is an increased risk of developing high-grade prostate cancer. The agency said the Warnings and Precautions section of labels on the 5-alpha reductase inhibitor (5-ARI) class of drugs is being revised to include the warning, reported the Washington Post.
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A new study led by Johanna E. Torfadottir from the University of Iceland analyzed 8,894 men that were born between 1907 and 1935 and came from different areas of Iceland where regular milk consumption varied based on availability in the area. They followed these men for 24 years. Their study results showed that those men that lived in the capital, where milk was scarce at the time, were 29 percent less likely to be diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. For those men that were born before 1920 and lived in rural areas and consumed regular amounts of milk, the risk was as much as 64 percent higher than those in the capital.
While this study was observational and does not show a direct cause between milk and prostate cancer, other studies have shown there may be a link.
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Colostrum Increases Risk of Prostate Cancer
Eggs may give you Prostate Cancer
Calcium Increases Prostate Cancer Risk in African American Men
Drinking Milk May Cause Prostate Cancer
101 Ways to Love Your Prostate
46 Things to Avoid for Prostate Health
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Research has shown ever since the 1950s that a Mediterranean diet, based on a high consumption of fish and vegetables and a low consumption of animal-based products such as meat and milk, leads to better health. These results are supported by three further as yet unpublished studies into Mediterranean diets and their health effects: one carried out on people in Denmark, the second on people in northern Sweden, and the third on children.
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Pollen extract for chronic prostatitis-chronic pelvic pain syndrome – Abstract
Clinic for Urology, Pediatric Urology and Andrology, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH, Justus Liebig University, Rudolf-Buchheim-Strasse 7, D-35385 Giessen, Germany.
Prostatitis syndrome is a frequent condition in men. It is not known in most patients if the prostate is the only organ involved. Therefore, the disease is characterized as chronic prostatitis-chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP-CPPS). Although many studies have been performed in patients with CP-CPPS, current trial evidence is conflicting and therapeutic options are controversial. Continue Reading »
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A new study from Harvard researchers has found that a group of volunteers who consumed a serving of canned soup each day for five days had a more than 1,000% increase in urinary bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations compared with when the same individuals consumed fresh soup daily for five days.
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A new study has shown that men taking multiple medications for different health conditions may have a higher risk of erectile dysfunction.
Erectile dysfunction causes include high blood pressure, diabetes, treatment for BPH and treatment for prostate cancer as well as injury.
But in the new study, researchers found a link between medication use and ED independently of those medical conditions.
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