Men's Health
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RNA-based biopsy test bests NCCN risk stratification for PC prognosis
ORLANDO – Can genomic testing at the diagnostic biopsy stage identify patients most likely to develop metastases from prostate cancer?
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Prostate cancer susceptibility loci identified
“By the end of this year we will have a genetic test with 170 variants, and men at the top of 1% of risk group would have a 5.72% risk over the...
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Model: Quadrivalent vaccine could cost effectively cut MSM’s HPV-related cancers
Use of a quadrivalent HPV vaccine in men who have sex with men would cost effectively provide herd immunity against anogenital warts and HPV-...
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HAART may contribute to profound escalation in syphilis
HAART may be contributing to the profound escalation in syphilis infections worldwide, perhaps by impairing immunity to <i>Treponema...
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Clinicians underusing statins, aspirin in HIV patients
Physicians might not be prescribing enough statins and/or aspirin therapy for the HIV-infected population at highest risk for atherosclerotic...
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Risk tool bests CDC criteria for initiating PrEP
A risk-assessment tool that incorporates behavioral data is more specific than are CDC criteria for initiating PrEP and would allow more targeted...
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High consumption of red meat increases diverticulitis risk in men
Men who consume higher quantities of red meat are at an increased risk of developing diverticulitis, especially if they’re eating unprocessed red...
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VIDEO: HIV PrEP effective, but adoption lags among high-risk patients
NEW ORLEANS – The adoption and use of HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) continues to lag behind studies showing its effectiveness in the high-...
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The Barbershop Study: Hypertension causes nocturia
NEW ORLEANS – Uncontrolled systolic hypertension is an important contributor to nocturia in African American men.
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USPSTF nixes routine genital herpes screening
Asymptomatic adults and adolescents should not undergo routine serologic screening for genital herpes because the harms outweigh the benefits,...
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Pharyngeal reservoir drives gonorrhea epidemic in gay men
VIENNA – A few simple measures might curb the gonorrhea epidemic in men who have sex with men.