Genitalia in Medical News

JCI online early table of contents: March 13, 2008

... the urethra, are common birth defects of the male genitalia and are risk factors for the adult-onset ... a male during a window of time before the male genitalia develop. During this period of time, blocking the ... decrease in the distance between the anus and the genitalia (AGD). Based on the timing in rats, the authors ...

Men with Low Testosterone See Multiple Doctors Before Being Diagnosed; Many Dissatisfied with Current Treatment Options

... Patients using gels must take care to prevent any transfer of testosterone to partners or children, as they have been associated with inappropriate genitalia enlargement and aggression in children. Short-acting testosterone injections are another, less popular treatment option that must be administered ...

FDA Orders Label Warning for Testosterone Gels

... the eight cases analyzed, Murphy said. In most cases, these side effects subsided after exposure ceased, the FDA said, but in certain instances, genitalia enlargement and bone age did not revert to normal. As well, some children had to undergo invasive diagnostic procedures, while in one of the eight ...

Plastic Surgery Journal Shows New Groundbreaking Genital Cosmetic Procedure for Women to be Successful

... and is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery at UCLA . He is co-editor of Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery of the External genitalia -- the first major medical textbook of its kind in more than 25 years. For additional information on Dr. Gary Alter and his practice, visit: ...

See, men cause allergies in women after sex

... itching and redness of skin associated with burning in their groin and genitalia after sexual// intercourse that has been now confirmed by doctors as a ... seminal fluid causing intense itching burning and swelling locally in the genitalia or elsewhere in the body and rarely are associated with a difficulty in ...

Benoits Son Suffered from Fragile X Syndrome, a Rare Mental Disability

... States. Language delays, behavioral problems, autism or autistic-like behavior (including poor eye contact and hand-flapping), enlarged external genitalia (macroorchidism), large or prominent ears, hyperactivity, delayed motor development and/or poor sensory skills are among the wide range of symptoms ...

Cosmetic Genital Surgery may Be Fuelling Womens Insecurity About Their Bodies

... is increasing and the number of labial reductions in the NHS has doubled in the past five years. But decisions about surgically altering the genitalia may be based on misguided assumptions about normal dimensions, they warn. Surgery carries risk, such as loss of sensitivity and the long term ...

Protein Blockade For HIV Infection

... Scientists have found out that langerin, a protein produced by the human genitalia may have contained the spread of HIV infection//. New transmission can be brought under control by augmenting the activity of langerin. This research ...

Women - More Likely to Die of Genital Nonmelanoma

... skin cancer mortality in the United States from 1969 to 2000. The data shows a large number of fatal nonmelanoma skin cancers that occurred in the genitalia of men and women age 65 and older, which may have been caused by HPV. Skin cancers are divided into one of two classes – nonmelanoma and ....

'Gender-Benders': Sports and Sex Determination

... Association of Athlete Federation (IAAF), had stopped conducting these tests way back in 1991. New rules permit athletes born with ambiguous genitalia ( a condition medically called Intersex ), who have undergone a sex reassignment surgery and who have been legally recognized as either male or ...

Indore Surgeon Offers New Hope for Erectile Dysfunction

... full blood circulation in the patient's genital limb," the doctor said. "Omentumm was grafted in the affected area without even touching the genitalia and the technique bore fruits. I would advise surgeons all over the world to operate upon such patients and save their lives. "My patient was ...

"An Armour against pleasure, and a cobweb against infection" – Has the condom withstood the test of time

... virus, hepatitis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea, whereas syphilis, herpes and human papillomavirus (also known as genital warts) occur on the skin of genitalia and can get passed from one partner to another even if a condom is used. The effectiveness of a condom against STDs also depends on whether the ...

Girls Who Undergo Genital Mutilation Can Become Infertile

... was not caused by hormonal factors, previous abdominal surgery, or the result of their partner’s infertility. The researchers examined the genitalia of each woman to record the extent of FGM. They also tested the women for sexually transmitted infections that may cause infertility. They found ...

Antibiotics help combat dangerous tropical disease

... themselves in the body’s lymph nodes where they cause the blockage of the flow of lymphatic fluids and cause swelling of an organ like the legs or genitalia like the scrotum, penis or vulva. The adult wuchereria worms have a lifespan of up to five years. And during this time they produce millions of ...