Hot flashes, when they happen to women, may be treated as a joke by some men. But, men aren’t immune to hot flashes and when they have them, they learn quite quickly how miserable and disturbing they can be. Men with advanced prostate cancer who are receiving hormone therapy to reduce their androgen levels (androgen deprivation therapy) may begin experiencing hot flashes as a result of the treatment. In fact, it’s so common that it affects up to 80% of men receiving this treatment. In addition to the discomfort that can result in poor quality of life from lack of sleep and so on, the danger to uncomfortable side effects, like hot flashes, lies in people becoming reluctant to take the medication they know is causing it. This could... [Read more]

We have to face it. The length of a man’s penis is frequently a concern among countless men. After all, who wants a short one, although truth be told, most women don’t really care about length; it’s really a case of quality over quantity guys. Anyway, the issue of penile length is important and so is the ability to have sexual relations. As a result, many men are afraid to have surgery that may have anything to do with their penis or their sexuality. When the surgery is to be done for prostate cancer, reluctance to have it can extend the time before treatment can be done, allowing the cancer to take a greater hold. Unfortunately, researchers have found that it can happen that a man’s penis becomes shorter after undergoing... [Read more]

World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler Eki “Umaga” Fatu, also known as Eki “Eddie” Fatu, has died at the age of 36 years resulting from a heart attack. The Samoan wrestler, who was reported to have weighed over 300 pounds on his 6 foot 4 frame, was found unconscious in his living room and was rushed to hospital. He had a second heart attack, which led to his death. Wrestlers are big men – they have to be to weigh in at certain classes. That weight has to be a stress on the body, no matter how fit they are. Much like the defensive linemen in football, their weight may lead to health problems. Eki Fatu isn’t the first professional wrestler to die before the age of 40 years. According to a Yahoo News piece, here are... [Read more]

If you’re a Scottish man with cancer, you have a 17% higher chance of dying than men in other parts of the United Kingdom, say researchers. Scottish men also have a higher risk of developing cancer in the first place. Many things contribute to the development of certain cancers and not taking care of your health is one of the major contributors. We know that smoking causes lung cancer and increases the risk of mouth and throat cancers. We know that high-fat diets contribute to colorectal cancers. Too much sun causes skin cancer, and so on. We also know that many cancers are treatable or manageable when they are caught early enough. But, for a cancer to be detected early, you have to go to the doctor for regular check ups, cancer screening,... [Read more]

Not sure if this is a chicken and egg story: researchers say that men who were physically fit had higher IQs and tended to go on to further studies than men who were not as physically fit. But, if you think about it, could men with higher IQs innately know how important it is to by physically fit and tend to be more so than those with lower IQs? Swedish researchers looked at the records of 1.2 million Swedish men, born between 1950 and 1976, who were in the military. They were looking for the level of physical fitness in the late teens and IQ levels. What they found was that fitness, not strength, did result in higher scores in logical thinking and verbal comprehension on IQ tests. One theory offered by one of the researchers was that oxygen... [Read more]