Becoming A Male Cryptorchidism, the absence in the scrotum of one or both testes (usually because of the failure of the testis to descend), and hypospadias, the abnormal positioning of the opening of the urethra, are common birth defects of the male genitalia and are risk factors for the adult-onset disorders of low sperm count and testicular cancer.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHigher Syphilis Rates Among Blacks, MSM Propel Increase In Overall National Rate, CDC Says Increases in syphilis rates among blacks and men who have sex with men significantly contribute to the steady climb in the overall number of cases of the disease over the past several years, CDC researchers said on Wednesday, AP/New York Times reports (Tanner, AP/New York Times, 3/12).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSurvey Of 5M People Finds Prescription Costs Rise More Than 6 Times When Patients Reach 65 Prescribing costs increase dramatically when people reach 65, according to a detailed analysis of more than five million patients published in the March issue of the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.Average costs were six-and-a-half times higher than for people under 65 and 16 times higher than for children under four.When researchers from the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Barcelona looked at the primary care records of 5.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew PMI White Paper Provides Insight On Managing Medication Costs PMI, a leading provider of pharmacy benefits management solutions, announced the release of a white paper entitled, "Managing the Challenges of Increasing Medication Costs in Auto No-Fault Insurance." The white paper provides information about rising medication costs and an overview of effectively managing these costs by using a Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSelf-Monitoring Of Health By Australian Men A study of male attitudes to
health and how they use
health services, published in the online open access journal, BMC
Health Services Research, challenges the usual stereotype that men are uninterested in their
health. Rather than procrastinating, men may delay going to the doctor so that they can watch a
health problem to see if it will fix itself.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com
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