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Released: 10-May-2023 12:45 PM EDT
Overweight boys more likely to be infertile men
Oxford University Press

A new paper in the European Journal of Endocrinology, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that overweight boys tend to have lower testicular volume, putting them at risk for infertility in adulthood.

Newswise: Strong link between bone biomarkers and prostate cancer survival
Released: 9-May-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Strong link between bone biomarkers and prostate cancer survival
UC Davis Health

Bone disease in prostate cancer patients can be devastating, but new research led by UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center aims to improve the odds.

Newswise: Desai Sethi Urology Institute Presents, Debates and is Recognized at AUA 2023
Released: 9-May-2023 1:30 PM EDT
Desai Sethi Urology Institute Presents, Debates and is Recognized at AUA 2023
University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine

A banner year for Desai Sethi Urology Institute at urology’s premier meeting, the American Urological Association (AUA) 2023, held April 28-May 1 in Chicago where faculty and researchers led and debated during plenary sessions and presented novel research in topics spanning prostate and bladder cancers to sexual function and robotic surgery.

Released: 8-May-2023 3:50 PM EDT
New York’s fertility rate drops, average age of mothers rises
Cornell University

A decline in New York’s childbirth rate is showing no sign of reversing and many women are waiting longer to have children, according to newly compiled data from the Program in Applied Demographics (PAD) in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy.

Newswise: UTSW endocrinologists find paralysis disorder may be underdiagnosed among Hispanic men
Released: 8-May-2023 10:45 AM EDT
UTSW endocrinologists find paralysis disorder may be underdiagnosed among Hispanic men
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP), a rare neurological condition causing limbs to go limp, may be an underrecognized cause of paralysis in young Hispanic men, a review of data by UT Southwestern Medical Center endocrinologists shows.

Released: 2-May-2023 2:30 PM EDT
Climate change affecting allergies, and other allergy news
Newswise

For millions of Americans that suffer from seasonal allergies (pollen and mold), climate change is exacerbating an earlier, longer, and overall worse allergy season.

Newswise: Clinical Trials by Desai Sethi Urology Institute Researchers Simultaneously Presented at AUA and Published in Journal of Urology
Released: 1-May-2023 5:10 PM EDT
Clinical Trials by Desai Sethi Urology Institute Researchers Simultaneously Presented at AUA and Published in Journal of Urology
University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine

Novel research in sexual health by investigators at the Desai Sethi Urology Institute (DSUI) at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine was presented at the 2023 American Urological Association (AUA), one of the world's most important urology meetings, and simultaneously published in, the Journal of Urology, one of the highest impact journals in the specialty.

   
Released: 28-Apr-2023 3:30 PM EDT
Improving psychosocial function in young adult testicular cancer survivors
University of California, Irvine

Young adults who beat cancer face unique challenges later on in their adult lives. Researchers create an intervention that will improve psychosocial function in an underserved cancer survivor group, young adults who survived testicular cancer.

Newswise: Loyola Medicine Director of Male Reproductive Medicine Available to Discuss National Infertility Awareness Week
Released: 27-Apr-2023 3:35 PM EDT
Loyola Medicine Director of Male Reproductive Medicine Available to Discuss National Infertility Awareness Week
Loyola Medicine

Loyola Medicine Director of Male Reproductive Medicine Denise Asafu-Adjei is available for interviews to discuss male infertility and infertility awareness week.

Released: 27-Apr-2023 2:55 PM EDT
Plastic Particles Themselves, Not Just Chemical Additives, Can Alter Sex Hormones
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers study used a pioneering technique to deliver endocrine-disrupting aerosolized micro-nano-plastics to female lab rats.

   
Released: 27-Apr-2023 1:30 PM EDT
UCLA researchers to present on latest research and clinical advancements at American Urological Association Annual Meeting
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Physicians and scientists from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA will be joining thousands of urology experts on April 28 to May 1 for the American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting.

Newswise: New Prostate Biopsy Procedure Reduces Risk, Improves Accuracy
Released: 25-Apr-2023 12:05 PM EDT
New Prostate Biopsy Procedure Reduces Risk, Improves Accuracy
UC San Diego Health

New UC San Diego Health transperineal prostate biopsy procedure now offered in clinic setting.

Newswise:Video Embedded live-event-for-april-21-sleeping-pill-reduces-levels-of-alzheimer-s-proteins
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Released: 21-Apr-2023 3:10 PM EDT
TRANSCRIPT AND VIDEO AVAILABLE Live Event for April 21: Sleeping pill reduces levels of Alzheimer’s proteins
Newswise

Researcher will discuss the study which involved a sleeping aid known as suvorexant that is already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for insomnia, hints at the potential of sleep medications to slow or stop the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

       
Newswise: Healing after Muscle Injury Depends on Biological Sex
12-Apr-2023 2:45 PM EDT
Healing after Muscle Injury Depends on Biological Sex
American Physiological Society (APS)

The time period in which muscles heal after injury may depend on biological sex, and applying personalized treatment may help optimize recovery, according to a new study.

Newswise: Study: Vitamin D May Play a Role in Prostate Cancer Disparities
Released: 18-Apr-2023 12:00 PM EDT
Study: Vitamin D May Play a Role in Prostate Cancer Disparities
Cedars-Sinai

Vitamin D deficiency could be the reason African American men experience more aggressive prostate cancer at a younger age compared with European American men, new research from Cedars-Sinai Cancer suggests.

Released: 17-Apr-2023 10:55 AM EDT
New genetic target for male contraception identified
Washington State University

Discovery of a gene in multiple mammalian species could pave the way for a highly effective, reversible and non-hormonal male contraceptive for humans and animals.

Released: 14-Apr-2023 12:00 PM EDT
Penn Medicine at the AACR Annual Meeting 2023
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will present data on the latest advances across the full spectrum of cancer research at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2023 from April 14-19 in Orlando, Florida.

Released: 13-Apr-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Cancer Straight Talk Podcast from MSK New Episode: Katie Couric’s Cancer Journey: From Grief to Advocacy to Her Own Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

In this special episode, MSK's Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes sits down with renowned journalist and cancer screening advocate Katie Couric at The Paley Center for Media in New York City. After losing her first husband to colon cancer in 1997, Katie made history when she received her first colonoscopy on-air as host of the Today show, inspiring millions of Americans to do the same in a phenomenon known as the Couric Effect. Her role as the “screen queen” has continued ever since, taking on new meaning last year when she revealed her own breast cancer diagnosis.



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