Category: Men’s Health

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – An estimated 5 million people in the U.S. have a hernia, yet many struggle to effectively talk with their doctor about symptoms and potential treatment options—but that can be changed.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Prostate cancer, the second-most common cancer in men behind skin cancer with nearly a quarter of a million cases in the U.S. diagnosed annually, plays favorites.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – It’s striking and familiar. A new report finds women physicians across all races and ethnicities earn less than their male counterparts. In fact, women physicians earn between 67 cents and 77 cents on the dollar compared to white men physicians.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Three new studies by University of Miami Miller School of Medicine urologists address how consuming healthy plant-based diets impact a range of men’s health issues — from diabetes to sexual health.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – As Prostate Cancer Awareness Month comes to a close, researchers want to circulate the message that some gene mutations linked to breast and ovarian cancer are also associated with prostate cancer.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania – (September 9, 2021) – According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of children living with a single parent has been steadily rising for decades.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – New Brunswick, N.J., September 8, 2021 –Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer among men in the United States aside from skin cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Most guys know they need to exercise to burn calories and keep weight off to look their best. However, the benefits are more than skin-deep:

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Women have several choices for long-lasting, reversible contraceptives, but most options for men are either single-use, such as condoms, or difficult to reverse, like vasectomies.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Health care providers and medical organizations differ on their recommendations for testicular self-exams.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A group at the University of Illinois Chicago is on a mission to break down stereotypes of who young Black men are and what they’re capable of.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – DETROIT  – Henry Ford Cancer Institute has received a $250,000 grant from Pfizer Global Medical Grants and the American Cancer Society to reduce prostate cancer disparities among Black men.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – April 21, 2021 – Consuming a diet high in pro-inflammatory foods – including foods that contain refined carbohydrates and sugar as well as polyunsaturated fats….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The findings published in eLife show that men with this unstable subtype of the Y chromosome have a significantly increased risk of genomic rearrangements.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Latino undergraduate male college students are involved in many leadership roles, yet how this leadership evolves in higher education has been understudied.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – LOS ANGELES — COVID-19 disproportionately affects men compared with women, raising the possibility that a hormone like progesterone may improve clinical outcomes for certain hospitalized men with the disease.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – WASHINGTON—Illegal use of anabolic steroids not only has dangerous side effects during use but also can harm of men’s testicular function years after they stop abusing steroids

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – WASHINGTON—A potentially dangerous side effect of testosterone therapy for transgender men is an increase in red blood cells that can raise the risk of blood clots, heart attack or stroke

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – When team members were being recruited to test the new cardiac calcium scan procedure at Southern Ocean Medical Center, Kevin Jester, the hospital’s imaging manager, signed up….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – LOS ANGELES — Some 15% of couples struggle with infertility. When couples fail to conceive, guidelines recommend both the man and woman undergo a tandem fertility evaluation.