Men's Health

Shagun Bindlish, MD, discusses the complex interplay between obesity and mental health conditions and how sex is a potential moderating factor.

The shapes, sizes, and content of a US alcoholic drink-equivalent vary widely. Get a quick educational summary of the variety and more data that may help in your daily clinical practice.

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Researchers found sex-specific brain signals that appear to confirm that different drivers lead men and women to develop obesity.

ACC 2023. In an analysis of patients with heart failure, never having been married was associated with worse survival compared with having been married.

Americans are putting off care, even for serious conditions, because of cost. Inflation may have driven the numbers to an all time high, a new survey suggests.

Daily e-cigarette use was associated with more than twice the odds of reporting erectile dysfunction vs never using e-cigarettes, independent of other common ED risk factors.

The impact on sexual function of chronic pain conditions has received little research inquiry and requires much more focused clinical attention.

The patient is a 52-year-old man and he has never had these symptoms before. Review lab results and CT findings. What's your diagnosis?

"Bigorexia" is the male version of anorexia nervosa. Could you spot it in your practice? More about being a man with a "woman's disorder" in these slides.

The answer, and the evidence behind it, are essential knowledge for primary care.

A 69-year-old in an active surveillance program asks what the revised USPSTF position on PSA testing means for guys like him.

Does treatment for older men have beneficial effects for other health issues? Take this quick quiz to test your knowledge.

The primary male sex hormone connects with a variety of health factors, and therapy could have positive effects. A quick look at 6 new studies.

Wanted: Physicians who will interact with patients the way a good financial counselor would.

Take this quiz to test your knowledge of new findings for an age-old problem in men.

More meeting highlights from ASCO in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment--in case your patient asks.

Slide Show: Get top-line results of 10 new studies on the most common non-skin cancer among US men.

Take this quick quiz to test your knowledge of this deadly disease.

Find ASCO meeting highlights here, with an emphasis on primary care’s role in cancer management.

If the answer to the question "Does PSA screening save lives?" is "yes," where do we go from there?

A new review on the topic in the NEJM covers everything you need to know. We preview with a short Q&A for primary care.

A range of options for metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer offer benefits, but impact on survival and sequencing guidance are less than optimal.

As new teaching replaces old, it seems testosterone replacement may have gone from bad to good and even very good. Here’s how.

African American and white men in racially integrated communities with comparable incomes have far fewer differences in behaviors that contribute to poor health, this study showed.

New guidelines recommend that testosterone replacement therapy be restricted to men who have stable disease, only after a discussion of the potential risks and benefits.

Risk does not go up with exposure to testosterone therapy over a 5-year period or according to total testosterone injections.

Contrary to media reports, a new position statement suggested there is no compelling evidence that testosterone therapy increases or decreases cardiovascular risk.

Heart age is higher than actual age in most men and women, so many don’t understand their risk of cardiovascular diseases and are missing opportunities to prevent them.