http://www.mail.com/subjects/12944-mens-health.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/12944-mens-health.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092746-23-dead-initiation-rites-south-africa.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Twenty-three youths have died in the past nine days at initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests, South African police said Friday. Police have opened 22 murder cases in the deaths in the northeastern province of Mpumalanga, according to spokesman Lt. Col. Leonard Hlathi. He said an inquest is being held into ... Fri, 17 May 2013 15:48:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092746-23-dead-initiation-rites-south-africa.html 2013-05-17T15:48:15Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2070334-gene-test-help-guide-prostate-cancer-treatment.html A new genetic test to gauge the aggressiveness of prostate cancer may help tens of thousands of men each year decide whether they need to treat their cancer right away or can safely monitor it. The new test, which goes on sale Wednesday, joins another one that recently came on the market. Both analyze multiple genes in a biopsy sample and give a score for... Wed, 08 May 2013 13:57:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2070334-gene-test-help-guide-prostate-cancer-treatment.html 2013-05-08T13:57:52Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2067040-bashful-men-buy-blue-pill-online.html TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Men who are bashful about needing help in the bedroom no longer have to go to the drugstore to buy that little blue pill. In a first for the drug industry, Pfizer Inc. told The Associated Press that the drugmaker will begin selling its popular erectile dysfunction pill Viagra to patients on its website. Men still will need a prescript... Mon, 06 May 2013 21:09:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2067040-bashful-men-buy-blue-pill-online.html 2013-05-06T21:09:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1982502-scientists-find-gene-markers-cancer-risk.html NEW YORK (AP) — A huge international effort involving more than 100 institutions and genetic tests on 200,000 people has uncovered dozens of signposts in DNA that can help reveal further a person's risk for breast, ovarian or prostate cancer, scientists reported Wednesday. It's the latest mega-collaboration to learn more about the intricate mechanisms tha... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:23:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1982502-scientists-find-gene-markers-cancer-risk.html 2013-03-27T21:23:13Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1974160-fla-marine-vet-fights-cancer-government.html SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Marine veteran Tom Gervasi has spent the last 10 years fighting cancer and the U.S. government. The 76-year-old Sarasota man has a rare form of breast cancer that he believes is due to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, where he trained in the mid-1950s. On Friday, Gervasi went into the hospital so doctors... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:46:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1974160-fla-marine-vet-fights-cancer-government.html 2013-03-22T21:46:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1856886-suspected-doc-killer-was-patient-with-appointment.html NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A retired barber accused of fatally shooting a California urologist was a patient who had an appointment with the victim and brought the gun with him to the exam room, prosecutors said Wednesday. Stanwood Fred Elkus, 75, was charged with murder in the Monday attack that killed Dr. Ronald Gilbert. The 52-year-old doctor was sho... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1856886-suspected-doc-killer-was-patient-with-appointment.html 2013-01-31T01:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1857608-study-sees-prostate-cancer-treatment-side-effects.html A new study shows how important it is for men to carefully consider treatments for early-stage prostate cancer. Fifteen years after surgery or radiation treatment, nearly all of the older men in the study had some problems having sex. About one-fifth had bladder or bowel trouble, researchers found. The study doesn't compare these men — who were 70 to 89 a... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1857608-study-sees-prostate-cancer-treatment-side-effects.html 2013-01-30T21:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1830612-agency-nc-camp-lejeune-water-contaminated-1953.html RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Tens of thousands more Marines and their relatives could be eligible for government health care for their illnesses now that a federal agency determined that the water at North Carolina's Camp Lejeune was contaminated four years earlier than previously thought. In a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Agency for Toxic Su... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1830612-agency-nc-camp-lejeune-water-contaminated-1953.html 2013-01-18T21:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1782158-ky-court-upholds-decision-penis-removal-case.html LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man lost his bid Friday to force a doctor to pay damages for removing a cancer-riddled section of his penis during what was scheduled to be a simple circumcision. The Kentucky Court of Appeals found that a jury correctly concluded that 66-year-old Phillip Seaton of Waddy consented to allow Dr. John Patterson to perform an... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1782158-ky-court-upholds-decision-penis-removal-case.html 2012-12-21T16:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1762600-calif-gov-brown-treated-prostate-cancer.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown is being treated for early stage prostate cancer but will stay on the job throughout his nearly four-week treatment, his office said Wednesday, calling the typically energetic 74-year-old chief executive's prognosis "excellent." Brown's office gave few details about his treatment or how Brown was found to be suff... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1762600-calif-gov-brown-treated-prostate-cancer.html 2012-12-13T01:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1761156-germany-approves-bill-to-protect-male-circumcision.html BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday that explicitly permits male infant circumcision, ending months of legal uncertainty after a court ruling that the practice amounts to bodily harm led to an outcry from Jewish and Muslim groups. Germany's government moved swiftly to draft a law following the Cologne regional court decision in June. ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1761156-germany-approves-bill-to-protect-male-circumcision.html 2012-12-12T15:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1756588-fda-expands-approval-jj-prostate-cancer-drug.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday expanded approval of Johnson & Johnson's prostate cancer pill Zytiga for men with an earlier stage of the disease. The agency says Zytiga is now approved for late-stage prostate cancer patients who have not yet received chemotherapy, based on study results showing it can extend life by up to fiv... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1756588-fda-expands-approval-jj-prostate-cancer-drug.html 2012-12-10T19:08:00Z