Health Newspapers — Men's Health https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health Testosterone, prostate, fertility, and the risks men skip. en-us Repairing a varicocele may help a couple conceive — but the evidence is shaky https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/varicocele-repair-for-male-infertility-evidence https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/varicocele-repair-for-male-infertility-evidence A Cochrane review of 48 trials found treatment may lift pregnancy rates from about 21% to 22–48%, but couldn't confirm a live-birth benefit. Microsurgery had the fewest recurrences. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT mens-health Male hypogonadism: the causes behind low testosterone, and the one most missed https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/male-hypogonadism-causes-klinefelter https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/male-hypogonadism-causes-klinefelter Low testosterone is a symptom, not a diagnosis. It splits into testicular and pituitary causes — and Klinefelter syndrome, the commonest genetic cause, is found in only about a quarter of the men who have it. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT mens-health Vasectomy is highly effective, and the prostate-cancer scare doesn't hold up https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/vasectomy-effectiveness-and-prostate-cancer-risk https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/vasectomy-effectiveness-and-prostate-cancer-risk Modern techniques fail less than 1% of the time. The best meta-analysis found no link to aggressive or fatal prostate cancer; a 2-million-man registry still sees a small excess, most likely from extra testing. Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT mens-health Testosterone therapy suppresses sperm — the opposite of a fertility boost https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/testosterone-therapy-and-male-fertility https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/testosterone-therapy-and-male-fertility Exogenous testosterone switches off the body's own signals to the testes. In a male-contraceptive trial, 95.9 per 100 men fell to near-zero sperm counts. The effect is usually, but not always, reversible. Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT mens-health Male breast cancer is rare, hormone-driven, and diagnosed too late https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/male-breast-cancer-epidemiology-outcomes https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/male-breast-cancer-epidemiology-outcomes Men are under 1% of breast-cancer cases, but they present older and at higher stage, and survival has improved more slowly than in women. Care is largely borrowed from female breast cancer. Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT mens-health Chronic prostatitis: the evidence says no single treatment works well https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/chronic-prostatitis-pelvic-pain-evidence https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/chronic-prostatitis-pelvic-pain-evidence For the pelvic-pain syndrome that affects many men, Cochrane reviews find alpha-blockers, antibiotics and anti-inflammatories each help only a little. Acupuncture and shockwave therapy have the firmer support. Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT mens-health An MRI before a prostate biopsy finds more dangerous cancers, fewer harmless ones https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/prostate-mri-before-biopsy-precision-promis https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/prostate-mri-before-biopsy-precision-promis In the 500-man PRECISION trial, MRI-guided biopsy detected clinically significant cancer in 38% of men versus 26% with the old blind biopsy — and spared 28% a biopsy altogether. Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT mens-health Peyronie's disease: what the evidence says the treatments can and can't do https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/peyronies-disease-treatment-evidence https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/peyronies-disease-treatment-evidence The only FDA-approved drug for the penile-curvature disorder straightens the average man's bend only modestly more than placebo. Surgery is more definitive, and most oral remedies are unsupported. Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT mens-health Osteoporosis in men is under-recognised, and the deadliest fractures fall on them https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/osteoporosis-in-men-screening-fracture-risk https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/osteoporosis-in-men-screening-fracture-risk Men break fewer bones than women but die more often after a hip fracture. No major body recommends screening every man, and the US task force says the evidence is simply not there yet. Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT mens-health AAA screening is a men's-health screen: who benefits, and who doesn't https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-men https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-men One ultrasound scan for abdominal aortic aneurysm cuts AAA-related deaths in older men who ever smoked — but not all-cause mortality. The evidence is almost entirely about men, which is why the recommendation is too. Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT mens-health The male suicide gap: what the evidence says, and what it doesn't https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/male-suicide-gap-what-the-evidence-says https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/male-suicide-gap-what-the-evidence-says Men die by suicide two to four times as often as women in most countries. The reasons implicate lower help-seeking and masculine norms — and the interventions tested so far have not been shown to reduce it. Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT mens-health For an enlarged prostate, two drug classes work — and combining them works better https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/bph-treatment-what-the-evidence-shows https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/bph-treatment-what-the-evidence-shows Alpha-blockers ease symptoms within weeks; 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors shrink the gland over months. In a 3,047-man trial, combining them cut progression risk by 66%. Newer office procedures spare sexual function. Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT mens-health Why men die younger: what the evidence says about the male mortality gap https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/why-men-die-younger-mortality-gap https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/why-men-die-younger-mortality-gap US men die at higher rates than women at almost every age. In younger men the gap is driven by injuries, overdose and suicide; in older men by heart disease — with delayed help-seeking a recurring thread. Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT mens-health Gynecomastia: what causes male breast tissue, and what the evidence supports https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/gynecomastia-causes-and-evidence https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/gynecomastia-causes-and-evidence Enlarged male breast gland tissue is common and usually benign. In a study of 19,640 young males, about three-quarters of cases were idiopathic and only 3.4% were linked to underlying disease. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT mens-health Testicular cancer is rising in young men, and remains among the most curable https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/testicular-cancer-young-men-screening-outcomes https://www.healthnewspapers.com/mens-health/testicular-cancer-young-men-screening-outcomes It is the most common cancer in young men and incidence keeps climbing, but deaths are a small fraction of cases — and major guidelines advise against routine screening or self-exam in men without symptoms. 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