MONDAY, July 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Men with low testosterone levels have a much higher risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19, a new study from Italy finds. The study included nearly 300 symptomatic male COVID-19 patients who arrived at the emergency department and were admitted to SanContinue Reading
FRIDAY, July 9, 2021 (HealthDay News) — One of the big issues in prostate cancer care is overdiagnosis — men who are treated for low-risk, slow-growing tumors that might be better left monitored and untreated. Now, research out of Sweden suggests that having patients undergo MRI screening, along with targetedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Black American military veterans with aggressive prostate cancer who would benefit from surgery or radiation are less likely to get those treatments than men of other races, despite equal access to health care, a new study finds. “Despite great strides in prostate cancerContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Think the sex lives of Americans took a hit during the pandemic? Think again. New research finds there’s been a jump in sales of erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs, especially Cialis (tadalafil), in the United States over the past year. “We saw a hugeContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The new coronavirus infected the testes of hamsters in a study that adds to growing evidence that COVID-19 strikes more than just the lungs. The findings could have important implications for men’s health, the researchers said, although research in animals does not alwaysContinue Reading
SUNDAY, June 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Men tend to put their health care last, but Penn State Health offers some tips this Father’s Day for ensuring guys stay healthy in the future. “Men tend to take care of their cars more frequently than they do themselves. But when menContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Low testosterone levels may increase men’s risk of severe COVID-19, according to a new study. On average, men fare worse with COVID-19 than women. “During the pandemic, there has been a prevailing notion that testosterone is bad. But we found the opposite inContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Men now have one more compelling reason to get a COVID-19 vaccine — doctors suspect the new coronavirus could make it hard to perform in the bedroom. How? Coronavirus infection is already known to damage blood vessels, and vessels that supply blood toContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It’s long been known that COVID-19 is more fatal for men than women, and new research links some of that excess risk to a gene known to cause a form of hair loss in males. A U.S. team of researchers first suspected theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It’s long been known that obesity is a risk factor for severe COVID-19 in infected people. But new research suggests that the connection may be even stronger for men than women. Researchers at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City analyzed data fromContinue Reading