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The Disappearing Male- How plastics are killing our boys

Posted on August 24, 2009 by | Leave a comment

This is a very insightful documentary about environmental toxins and how they affect our boys and men.

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Posted on December 19, 2008 by | 1 Comment

6 Sex Mistakes Men Make

WebMD offers experts’ sex tips for men who have sex with women.
By Martin F. Downs
WebMD Feature
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD

Hey guys, think you know everything there is to know about having sex with women? That erotic encyclopedia you carry around in your head may contain a lot of basic errors and omissions about women’s sexuality — errors that can lead to sex mistakes.

That’s because — after learning the facts of life — most of us are left to figure out sex for ourselves. Guys tend to take a lot of cues from adult movies, and we all know how true-to-life those are. Experience may help, but many women can be shy when talking about what they like.

To help us with some sex tips, WebMD asked two acclaimed sex educators, Tristan Taormino and Lou Paget, to tell us what they think are the most common sex mistakes men make with women.

Taormino is a prolific author, lecturer, and video producer. Her latest project is the Expert Guide educational video series from Vivid Ed.

Paget is author of The Great Lover Playbook and other sex manuals, and she gives seminars nationwide.

Sex Mistake No.1: You Know What She Wants

Men often make assumptions about what a woman wants based upon what they’ve done with other women. But women aren’t all the same.

“You develop a repertoire as you mature sexually, but you should never assume that what worked for the last person is going to work for this person,” Taormino says.

That applies not only to sexual predilections, but also to relationships, she says. “There are women who can have no-strings-attached sex, and women who can get attached very easily, and then everyone in between.”

Sex Mistake No. 2: You Have All She Needs

Some women can’t have an orgasm with less than 3,000 rpm. No human tongue or fingers can generate that kind of vibration. But men typically think something is wrong if a woman needs a vibrator.

“If the only way that a woman can achieve orgasm is with a vibrator, she’s not broken,” Taormino says.

Think of a vibrator as your assistant, not your substitute. Many couples use vibrators together. “While you’re doing one thing, or two things, the vibrator can be doing something else,” Taormino says…..read more here…

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Soy Compound May Stop Prostate Cancer

Posted on March 16, 2008 by | 1 Comment

Soy Compound May Halt Spread Of Prostate Cancer

ScienceDaily (2008-03-17) — A compound found in soybeans almost completely prevented the spread of human prostate cancer in mice, according to a new study in Cancer Research. Researchers say that the amount of the chemical, an antioxidant known as genistein, used in the experiments was no higher than what a human would eat in a soybean-rich diet. … > read full article

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Exercise Makes You Look 9 Years Younger – Study Says

Posted on February 5, 2008 by | Leave a comment

In Study, Exercise Slows Gene Aging

By ROB STEIN Washington Post January 29, 2008

Physically active people have cells that look younger on a molecular level than those of couch potatoes, according to new research that offers a fundamental new clue into how exercise may help stave off aging.

The study, involving more than 2,400 British twins, found for the first time that exercise appears to slow the shriveling of the protective tips on bundles of genes inside cells, perhaps keeping frailty at bay. “These data suggest that the act of exercising may actually protect the body against the aging process,” said Tim Spector, a professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College in London who led the study, published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Previous research has shown that being physically active reduces the risk of heart disease, cancer and other diseases, potentially extending longevity.

In the hopes of helping explain how, Spector and his colleagues examined structures known as telomeres inside cells. Telomeres cap the ends of chromosomes, the structures that carry genes. Every time a cell divides, the telomeres get shorter. When the telomeres get too short, the cell can no longer divide.

Scientists believe that aging occurs as more and more cells reach the end of their telomeres and die — muscles weaken, skin wrinkles, eyesight and hearing fade, organs fail, and thinking clouds. Spector and his colleagues analyzed the telomeres from white blood cells collected from 2,401 twins in a long-term health study, examining whether there was a relationship between the subjects’ telomere length and how much exercise they got in their spare time in a 10-year period.

“We’re using telomere length as a marker of our rate of biological aging,” Spector said. The length of the twins’ telomeres was directly related to their activity levels, the researchers found. People who did a moderate amount of exercise — about 100 minutes a week of activity such as tennis, swimming or running — had telomeres that, on average, looked like those of someone about five or six years younger than those who did the least — about 16 minutes a week.

Those who did the most — doing about three hours a week of moderate to vigorous activity — had telomeres that appeared to be about nine years younger than those who did the least. “There was a gradient,” Spector said. “As the amount of exercise increased, the telomere length increased.”

Other researchers said the findings are intriguing. “It’s another jigsaw piece in trying to understand why exercise is important in longevity,” said Stephen Coles, who studies aging at the University of California at Los Angeles. But Coles and others said much more research is needed to definitively establish a causal relationship between exercise and aging. “It’s a fairly strong association, and a very interesting association,” said Jack Guralnik of the National Institute on Aging, who wrote an editorial accompanying the research. “But we have to interpret this with caution. People who choose to exercise are different in many ways from people who don’t exercise.

It’s always difficult from these observational studies to determine whether it’s the exercise that’s having the effects.”

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Put Your Finger Where? Prostate Exams Critical-

Posted on January 30, 2008 by | Leave a comment

Taking the test: Prostate exams are critical for men over 50

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

01-30-08

Jan. 29–For men over 50 years of age, the unpleasant prospect of prostate cancer is a fact of life.

While some make the decision to regularly undergo screening, others prefer not to worry about a test some experts say can be inaccurate or unnecessary.

But why all the fuss?

The prostate gland is a small organ in men, located behind the pubic bone, beneath the bladder and above the rectum.

According to the Centers for Disease Control: “Among the leading causes of cancer death in men, prostate cancer is second, behind lung cancer. When compared with all causes of death in men over age 45, prostate cancer ranks fifth.”

The CDC says the average man has about a one in six chance of being diagnosed with prostate cancer and a one in 33 chance of dying from the disease.

To combat the risk, approximately three-quarters of U.S. men over 50 undergo regular prostate exams, most commonly, the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test and the digital rectal exam.

But some sources believe the tests are an imprecise method of diagnosing prostate cancer, and a cause for unnecessary concern for many patients.

In a 2006 study conducted at several Veterans Affairs hospitals in New England, out of approximately 72,000 men over 50, patients who had been screened for the disease weren’t any more likely to survive then those who were not.

Some doctors have argued the rectal exams can miss cancerous growths, and blood tests for PSAs may not reflect whether a problem exists or not.

Julie Finney, physicians assistant at NeoHealth Tahlequah, says men are better safe than sorry, and regular physical exams — especially the digital rectal exam — can reduce their risk of dying from prostate cancer.

“It’s the only thing that can tell us there is a problem,” said Finney. “A lot of our patients, especially the cash-paying clients, can’t afford the PSA tests. But a digital rectal exam is low cost and is a look at prevention, because we can feel the size and whether the prostate is enlarged, or if there are nodules.”

While the digital rectal exam is the preferred method, Finney said, both tests are meant to work as safeguards and used in conjunction with one another.

“It’s [digital rectal exam] part of a physical exam, just like looking at your eyes or in your ears,” Finney said. “The PSA is something that should be done in addition to. You would send them [the patient] for a PSA to verify if something was found, and if the PSAs are high, then you should probably send them for a biopsy.

“As far as accuracy, if you do an exam and you find an enlarged prostate or nodules that shouldn’t be there, there is an abnormality,” Finney said. “By finding it early, you have the time to get early treatment. I know it’s not a pleasant thing, but it’s extremely important — especially if there is a family history or if they are over 50.”

The good news for many men may be in the form of research findings recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

According to the study, American and Swiss scientists have identified several genetic markers that indicate risk factors in men with a family history of prostate cancer.

The new research, however, is acknowledged to be only a small step toward more dependable prostate screening, and men are better off being screened by the conventional method.

“I just think it’s such an easy thing to do once a year. It’s simply a measurement,” said Finney. Learn more

For more information on prostate cancer and screening call 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237), or visit the Web site: http://www.healthfinder.gov and search for “prostate cancer.”

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