In a column, the Jackson Clarion Ledger’s Shanderia Posey examines CDC’s decision to

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is drafting a formal recommendation that all male infants born in the U.S. be circumcised as a way to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS, the New York Times reports.

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U.S. health officials “are considering promoting routine circumcision for all baby boys born in the United States to reduce the spread of HIV,” the New York Times reports. The topic will be discussed this week at the CDC’s National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta.

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Research published ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Pathology reports that approximately half of all tumors of the penis, including the malignant ones, are associated to the most ordinary forms of the sexually transmitted infection human papillomavirus (HPV). Spanish researchers have concluded that the HPV vaccines that [...] Read more »

US health officials are considering whether to promote routine circumcision for all baby boys born in the country as a way to reduce the spread of HIV; a topic that is giving rise to considerable debate in anticipation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s official draft [...] Read more »

According to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), life expectancy in the US reached an all time high of nearly 78 years in 2007, while the age-adjusted death rate reached a new all time low of 760.3 deaths per 100,000 population.

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On Tuesday September 1, Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is launching a course of workshops for gay men who feel they are losing control when it comes to drugs and/or alcohol. The group will take place each Tuesday for 8 weeks from 6.30 – 9pm in Central London. The ‘Are you [...] Read more »

Middle-aged men who strongly idealize masculinity are almost 50 percent less likely than other men to seek preventative healthcare services, according to a study – the first population-based analysis of men’s masculinity beliefs and preventative healthcare compliance – presented at the 104th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association.

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An article published Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet Oncology reports that oral sodium clodronate improves overall survival in men with advanced prostate cancer. However it does not reduce the risk of death in men with localised disease. These are the final results of the MRC PR05 and MRC PR04 trials. [...] Read more »

UroToday.com – A group of investigators from Vanderbilt University investigated the link between nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), PSA and prostate volume. Their findings appear in the May, 2009 issue of the Journal of Urology. NSAIDs such as aspirin inhibit COX activity, which are rate limiting in the conversion of arachidonic acid to PGE2. [...] Read more »