Most of us probably think of sperm as rather active little cells, swimming with quick movements of their “tail” or flagella. But actually sperm’s motility is in fact short lived. When in the male reproductive tract they have to rest easy, lest they wear themselves out prematurely and give up any chance of ever finding [...]

Male homosexuality doesn’t make complete sense from an evolutionary point of view. It appears that the trait is heritable, but because homosexual men are much less likely to produce offspring than heterosexual men, shouldn’t the genes for this trait have been extinguished long ago? What value could this sexual orientation have, that it has persisted [...]

shows that just 3 months of soccer practise twice a week causes a significant fall in blood pressure, resting pulse rate, and percentage of body fat, and is more effective than the doctor’s usual advice on healthy diet and exercise. Other parallel experiments on both women and men further demonstrates that a regular game of [...]

The economic situation does not appear to have affected the cosmetic surgery business in Britain: new figures from a not-for-profit organisation
show that the number of surgical procedures were 6.7 per cent higher in 2009 than 2008, among which the number of male breast reductions went up
by 80 per cent.
These figures, released on 1st [...]

The study, published in the
, shows that hip
in grandfathers are linked to low bone density and reduced bone size in their grandsons.
“This is the first time this risk factor for low bone mass has been demonstrated across two generations,” says associate professor Mattias Lorentzon, who led the research team at the Sahlgrenska [...]

UroToday.com – In the online edition of the
, a group from Columbia University Department of Urology report that older men undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP) for
(CaP) do not have an increased risk of disease recurrence in the multivariate context that includes PSA level, Gleason score and clinical stage.
The study is a single institutional [...]

Needs Of Boys In K-12, Higher Education Highlighted By New Studies
issues, in addition to lagging behind girls in academic performance and college attendance, according to two new papers by University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher Judith Kleinfeld.
The studies, recently published in the journal
, note that boys have higher rates of suicide, conduct [...]

In a newly published clinical trial, patients with metastatic
who received a vaccine of harmless poxviruses engineered to spur an immune system attack on prostate tumor cells lived substantially longer than patients who received a placebo vaccine, report researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and affiliated organizations. The findings will be published by the
on its [...]

In a newly published clinical trial, patients with metastatic
who received a vaccine of harmless poxviruses engineered to spur an immune system attack on prostate tumor cells lived substantially longer than patients who received a placebo vaccine, report researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and affiliated organizations. The findings will be published by the
on its [...]

Men And Mental Health Conference, UK
needs of men. The event is free and open to anyone with an interest in this issue.
on how men’s mental health needs can be met.
Mind Week 2009 focused on men and mental health. As a result of our campaigning, the Department of Health has commissioned Mind, [...]