Men's Health
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Bariatric surgery cut vascular events in diabetes
Major Finding: Bariatric surgery was linked to a 64% decrease in macro- and microvascular events compared with no surgery in obese type 2 diabetes...
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Rate of visual impairment up 21%; diabetes is likely culprit
Major Finding: The prevalence of nonrefractive visual impairment in the general U.S. adult population rose from 1.4% in 1999-2002 to 1.7% in 2005-...
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Longer antibiotics don't lessen men's UTI recurrence rate
Major Finding: The rates of early and late UTI recurrences were not lower for patients who received longer (more than 7 days) courses of...
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Nongonococcal urethritis: Time to ditch azithromycin?
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Youth Account for Quarter of New HIV Infections
Major Finding: An estimated 12,200 new cases of HIV were reported in youth aged 13-24 years in 2010, which was 26% of the total estimated 45,700...
Conference Coverage
Sildenafil Protects Sexual Function Following Prostate Radiation
Major Finding: Overall total International Index of Erectile Function scores were significantly higher among men who took sildenafil at 6 (P = ....
Conference Coverage
Multivitamins don't prevent cardiovascular events
Major Finding: The rate of cardiovascular events in men who took daily vitamins for 11 years was 11.0/1,000 person-years, compared with 10.8...
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Zoledronic acid cuts vertebral fracture risk 67% in men with osteoporosis
Major Finding: Of the men receiving zoledronic acid, 1.6% developed new vertebral fractures during 2-year follow-up, compared with 4.9% of those...
Conference Coverage
Study Debunks 'Andropause' in Aging Men
Major Finding: Mean serum total testosterone showed no significant decline during 5 years of follow-up in a large group of middle-aged and elderly...
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Men Benefit Most From Combined Weight-Loss Procedure
Major Finding: At 6 months after undergoing BPD-DS surgery, men had a significantly greater reduction in weight (–-30% vs. –26%, respectively),...
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Denosumab Builds Bone in Men With Low BMD
Major Finding: Lumbar spine bone mineral density improved by 5.7% after 12 months of denosumab compared with a 0.9% gain with placebo in men with...