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Chicago Female Condom Campaign: Educating women about HIV/AIDS and FC2 Female Condom

The Female Health Company is supporting the launch of a social marketing campaign in Chicago that will educate women about HIV/AIDS and boost awareness, availability, and access to the FC2 Female Condom®, the only FDA approved woman-initiated HIV prevention method currently available.

9 Mar 2010

America's Prostate Cancer Organizations release shared perspective on screening and treatment

America's Prostate Cancer Organizations today released the full text of written testimony to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The Committee will be holding a hearing on "Prostate Cancer: New Questions About Screening and Treatment" on March 4, 2010.

5 Mar 2010

Testimony emphasizes that health reform bills eliminate prostate cancer screening

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, chaired by Congressman Edolphus Towns, will hold a hearing entitled: "Prostate Cancer: New Questions About Screening and Treatment."

4 Mar 2010

Prostate cancer screening: Another set of new guidelines adds to the confusion

Members of America's Prostate Cancer Organizations are concerned that the issuance this morning of yet another set of new guidelines on screening for prostate cancer is only adding to the confusion most men already feel about whether they should or shouldn't be tested for the most common form of cancer in American men.

4 Mar 2010

PCF: PSA screening remains valuable tool for identifying potential prostate disease

Responding to continued debate over PSA screening, and today’s American Cancer Society statement, the Prostate Cancer Foundation reiterated its position that PSA screening remains a valuable tool, in combination with other tools, for identifying potential prostate disease, including cancer.

4 Mar 2010

MHN forms Men's Health Caucus to improve health and well-being of men

Men's Health Network is pleased to announce the formation of a Men's Health Caucus in official relations with the American Public Health Association. As an active participant of the APHA Annual Meeting for many years we have seen growing interest and excitement generated around the need and desire to form a Men's Health Caucus and we are happy to see it come to fruition.

25 Feb 2010

SIRIUS XM Radio to broadcast medical breakthroughs and milestones of the last ten years

SIRIUS XM Radio today announced that it will broadcast The Dean's List: A Decade in Medicine, an in-depth special exploring the medical breakthroughs and milestones of the last ten years hosted by Dr. Andrew Brotman, Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs, NYU Langone Medical Center, on Doctor Radio, SIRIUS XM's 24/7 health and medical channel.

9 Jan 2010

Seminar highlights latest treatment options for common medical conditions that affect men

Dr. Y. Mark Hong, with Affiliated Urologists, a specialist in men's health issues, will be leading a free Men's Health Seminar on Thursday, January 21st. The program, to be held at 5:00 pm at the Moon Valley Country Club, will explain the latest treatment options for one of the most common conditions affecting men today: Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (also known as Enlarged Prostate). A question and answer period will follow the program.

8 Jan 2010

Exercise, nutrition and hormone optimization are key to improve men's health issues

Grant Mansell was 46 and frustrated with his 300 pound physique, ensuing back pain, rising cholesterol, dependency on blood pressure medicine but most of all not enjoying life with his wife and children.

8 Jan 2010

Book reveals new evidence of obesity-causing chemicals in American diet

The New American Diet, a groundbreaking new book by Men’s Health Editor-at-Large Stephen Perrine and Heather Hurlock, reveals the powerful new scientific evidence about obesity-causing chemicals lurking in the American diet – chemicals that disrupt our hormonal systems ultimately triggering substantial weight gain.

5 Jan 2010

Ultimate reference guides offers fitness and nutrition tips

The days of needing an overpriced trainer to get the body you have always envisioned are now in the past. Adam Campbell, Fitness Director for Men’s Health and Women’s Health magazines, has developed dozens of fitness plans that he has compiled into two books – The Men’s Health Big Book of Exercises and The Women’s Health Big Book of Exercises.

23 Dec 2009

New iPhone application software on healthy food options

Men’s Health magazine’s latest iPhone Application launch, “Eat This, Not That!” is now the most downloaded app in the Healthcare & Fitness category within the Apple iTunes store.

21 Dec 2009

Prostate cancer tests promised but not delivered

Men's Health Network calls on Congress to ensure that healthcare reform does not override the prostate cancer testing benefit currently required of insurance companies in 37 states.

16 Dec 2009

Majority of Canadians join global charity event to raise awareness on prostate cancer

Movember, the month formerly known as November, is proud to share that 35,068 Canadians across the country joined the movement by growing a Mo (slang for moustache) and supporting men's health issues. This year over $6.3 million has been raised for Prostate Cancer Canada, with funds continuing to pour in.

1 Dec 2009

HHS Secretary commended for her statement on government medical panel

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is to be commended for publicly stating the government panel opposing mammograms is "an outside independent panel of doctors and scientists who ... do not set federal policy and ... don't determine what services are covered by the federal government."

20 Nov 2009

EB Sport announces the availability two branded fitness kits for men and women

EB Sport Group, a market leader in the creation of personal exercise and fitness products, has announced the availability of the Men’s Health “Ultimate Total-Body Workout” and Women’s Health “Lean Body Workout” – two branded fitness kits designed to get people back in shape quickly.

29 Oct 2009

Androgen deficiency linked to diabetes and cardiovascular diseases

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in collaboration with researchers from Lahey Clinic Northshore, Peabody, Mass., believe that androgen deficiency might be the underlying cause for a variety of common clinical conditions, including diabetes, erectile dysfunction, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease (CVD). These findings appear in the September/October issue of the Journal of Andrology.

25 Sep 2009

Proposal renews calls for tax on sugary beverages

A proposal to tax sugary drinks as a way to improve the nation's health had been considered dead. But it was given new life Wednesday by a group of experts who published their idea to tax soft drinks at a rate of 1 cent per ounce.

18 Sep 2009

Men and healthcare professionals urged to take proactive approach to prostate cancer

As prostate cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in European men with more than 300,000 men being diagnosed every year, society needs to commit to changing the way the disease is viewed. Therefore a mini-symposium and lunch meeting are organized on 18 September 2009 in Antwerp on the occasion of the European launch of the Proactive Prostates Initiative, organized as part of Urology Week.

14 Sep 2009

Obama's interview on health and fitness priorities to be published in a health magazine

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama speak candidly about health and fitness priorities for the country and their family in exclusive interviews that will appear in the October 2009 issues of Men’s Health and Women’s Health, respectively. The October issues hit newsstands on Tuesday, September 15.

14 Sep 2009

Men's Health News and Research

Chicago Female Condom Campaign: Educating women about HIV/AIDS and FC2 Female Condom

America's Prostate Cancer Organizations release shared perspective on screening and treatment

Testimony emphasizes that health reform bills eliminate prostate cancer screening

Prostate cancer screening: Another set of new guidelines adds to the confusion

PCF: PSA screening remains valuable tool for identifying potential prostate disease

MHN forms Men's Health Caucus to improve health and well-being of men

SIRIUS XM Radio to broadcast medical breakthroughs and milestones of the last ten years

Seminar highlights latest treatment options for common medical conditions that affect men

Exercise, nutrition and hormone optimization are key to improve men's health issues

Book reveals new evidence of obesity-causing chemicals in American diet

Ultimate reference guides offers fitness and nutrition tips

New iPhone application software on healthy food options

Prostate cancer tests promised but not delivered

Majority of Canadians join global charity event to raise awareness on prostate cancer

HHS Secretary commended for her statement on government medical panel

EB Sport announces the availability two branded fitness kits for men and women

Androgen deficiency linked to diabetes and cardiovascular diseases

Proposal renews calls for tax on sugary beverages

Men and healthcare professionals urged to take proactive approach to prostate cancer

Obama's interview on health and fitness priorities to be published in a health magazine

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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