Penis in Medical News

'The Penis Diet': A Healthy Solution for Men Challenged by Erectile Dysfunction

New book offers natural, comprehensive wellness program to enhance performance and satisfaction for men and their partners. WILMINGTON, Del., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- For men tired of taking drugs for the common, and often devastating, medical condition of erectile dysfunction, The P...

Research Says Small Penis Syndrome Affects Men Than Women

Women are much more interested in a mans personality and looks than the size of his penis, but men can experience real anxiety even if they are average sized, according to a research review published in the June issue of the urology journal BJU International. Dr Kevan Wylie from the Porterb...

Chinese Surgeons Perform First Penis Transplant

Chinese surgeons successfully performed the world's first penis transplant, but were forced to remove it after the man and his wife experienced some mental problems.// The man had lost his penis in an accident and was unable to urinate or have sex, the doctors said. Doctors had attached a 10c...

New Hope For Impotent Men - Artificial Penis On The Way

Scientists in the US have created an artificial penis that has helped rabbits with damaged genital mate normally and may one day help treat men with severe erectile dysfunction.// The technique used by Anthony Atala and colleagues at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Wins...

Hype and Hoopla: Penis Mightier than the sword (read: Enlarged Penis)

LONDON: Think a dozen times before deciding upon a penis enlargement procedure. Too much hype and hoopla about size-lift surgeries to the Penis, advertised extensively over the internet and spam mails, // has led many size-fixated enthusiasts to the operating table. According to the researchers, ...

Delhi Hospital Reattaches Amputated Penis

Two and a half months after his sexual organ was completely severed in an assault, a 28-year-old man is set to lead a normal life again after a Delhi hospital// successfully reattached the amputated penis. The unmarried man from Uttar Pradesh underwent a seven-hour microsurgery at the Sir Gan...

Scientists Engineer Artificial Penis

There appears to be a ray of hope for men, who are holed up with severe forms of erectile dysfunction with no remedy from available treatment measures//. An exercise by scientists involving rabbits, where the animal’s very own penile cells were used to engineer an artificial penis, may be the answe...

Multimedia Release: British Men Think Talking About Impotence is "Just Not Cricket"

... professional, qualified medical advice puts the patient at risk. What is impotence? Impotence, or erectile dysfunction, occurs when the penis does not get hard (erect) enough to allow a man to have sexual activity. This happens because not enough blood can get into, or stay, in the penis(6)....

The Time To Rethink Male Circumcision Is Now, Group Says In Launching www.intactamerica.org

...kin's value as a normal, sensitive and functional body part, protecting the penis from injury and contamination, and playing a role in sexual pleasure due to...thout pain control. The foreskin is forcibly separated from the head of the penis with a metal instrument, and then cut off. In addition to pain and th...

Intact America Launches Campaign to Change How America Thinks About Male Circumcision

...kin's value as a normal, sensitive and functional body part, protecting the penis from injury and contamination, and playing a role in sexual pleasure due to...thout pain control. The foreskin is forcibly separated from the head of the penis with a metal instrument, and then cut off. In addition to pain and th...

FDA Orders Label Warning for Testosterone Gels

...t of premature male characteristics in boys and inappropriate male characteristics among girls. The effects included "inappropriate enlargement of the penis or clitoris, premature development of pubic hair, advanced bone age, increased libido, and aggressive behavior" among the eight cases analyzed, Murphy...

Topical Spray Helped Men With Premature Ejaculation

...more, of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, U.K., said in a news release. "Our study shows that when the PSD502 spray was applied to the man's penis five minutes before intercourse it improved both sexual performance and sexual satisfaction, which are key factors in treating premature ejaculation."...

Premature ejaculation spray enables men to last 6 times longer after penetration

... common problems were loss of erection and a burning sensation in the vagina. "Our study shows that when the PSD502 spray was applied to the man's penis five minutes before intercourse it improved both sexual performance and sexual satisfaction, which are key factors in treating premature ejaculation" ...

Circumcision Guards Against STDs

...study appear in the March 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine . Quinn said there are several reasons that removing the foreskin of the penis might help reduce transmission of certain infections. The foreskin, he explained, has two different sides. The outside is much like regular skin cel...

Both Latino and non-Latino women likely to accept HPV vaccination for selves and children

... primarily designed to prevent cervical cancer in women. HPV infection also can cause genital warts and other genital tumors, including cancer of the penis or anus in males. Worldwide, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women and the third most common cause of cancer death. Cervical can...

Penile extender increased flaccid length by almost a third says independent clinical study

... were able to increase the flaccid length of their penis by up to 32% and their erectile function by up to ...roduce the traction and a silicon band to hold the penis in place. The men were told to increase the tracti...re available that aim to elongate the shaft of the penis or enlarge the penile girth" says Dr Gontero. "How...

Pearly Penile Papule Patients Can Successfully Be Treated with Targeted CO2 Technology at La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre

... do not cause any physical health problems, pearly penile papules do affect a man’s psychological well-being. The tiny white dots that mar the penis cause intimacy issues because embarrassment and reduced self-confidence are common side-effects of this condition. Now there is a successful treatment...

U.S. Reported 25,000 Cases of HPV-Related Cancers Annually

.... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the most common sites for HPV-associated cancers were the cervix, head and neck, anus, vulva, penis and vagina. HPV-associated cancers occur most often in the cervix -- about 10,800 per year. Black and Hispanic women had higher rates of cervical c...

No-nose bicycle saddles improve penile sensation and erectile function in bicycling police officers

...r bicycling police officers alleviating pressure to the groin and improving penis health. Different saddle designs may require some re-learning of 'how to ri...ut the health benefits to having unrestricted vascular flow to and from the penis and less penile numbness is self-evident." Dr. Irwin Goldstein, Direct...

Lots of Sex May Prevent Erectile Dysfunction

...y," Sadeghi-Nejad said. "Anything you can do to increase oxygenation in the penis will help get patients back to normal." If one can naturally engage in b...me concept," Sadeghi-Nejad said. "Anything you can do to bring blood to the penis is beneficial," he added. More information For more about sexual dy...

Zebrafish enable scientists to study the migration of neurons that enable sexual maturity

... up will help. Current treatment for delayed puberty includes giving girls estrogen to help their breast develop and boys testosterone to enlarge the penis and scrotum (treatment won't enlarge the sperm- and hormone-producing testes). Expensive gonadotropin injections to stimulate ovulation in women and s...

Programs succeed in reducing risky sex among HIV-positive minority men

...ry so that participants can revisit and practice skills that they have learned, he said. For instance, participants can practice applying condoms to a penis model so they become familiar with the common errors in using condoms and feel more confident in using one correctly. "Interventions that addres...

Good sexual intercourse lasts minutes, not hours, therapists say

... Thirty-four, or 68 percent, of the group responded and rated a range of time amounts for sexual intercourse, from penetration of the vagina by the penis until ejaculation, that they considered adequate, desirable, too short and too long. The average therapists responses defined the ranges of interco...

Sexual performance may hold key to men's health

... What is less well known is that not only blood vessels to the heart are affected by obesity but similar effects occur with the blood vessels to the penis with resulting erectile dysfunction and poor urinary tract function. Australian men care about erection problems, perhaps more so than possible car...

Erectile Dysfunction: A Harbinger of Heart Trouble

...airman of the department of urology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. "A man could perceive decreased blood flow to the penis as being a less strong, a weaker erection, and that may actually be one of the first indicators of blood vessel disease." One recent report found ...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Men with chronic heart failure can have active sex lives

...o decreased exercise capacity, patients with chronic heart failure have blood vessel and circulation abnormalities that can reduce blood flow into the penis and interfere with the ability to maintain an erection. And erectile dysfunction can be caused or worsened by many of the medications that are commonl...

Most patients who have male-to-female sex-change surgery are happy, despite complications

...nd five per cent made no comment. All the patients studied had had their penis surgically removed, their urethra repositioned and female labia constructed...3 per cent had a clitoris constructed using a section of the glans of their penis and 91 per cent had a skin-lined vagina. The outcome of this complex su...

Sexual function affected by stem cell transplant according to long-term study

...nd changes to the vaginal lining that can contribute to sexual dysfunction in women. For males, testosterone levels and the cavernosal arteries of the penis are affected, eroding libido and erectile function. Lack of interest or libido explained sexual inactivity in part for nearly 20 percent of female...

Number of Partners Doesn't Explain Gay HIV Rate

... researcher said. "That puts gay men at much higher risk overall," he said. In addition, HIV transmission is more easily transmitted through the penis than via the vagina or the anus, Goodreau said. Heterosexuals tend to maintain the same role (insertive vs. receptive), while gay men can switch roles...

Pure Pomegranate Juice Helps Reverse Erectile Dysfunction Function

...ealed that POM Wonderful 100 pct Pomegranate Juice has beneficial effects on erectile dysfunction (ED), a condition that affects the blood flow to the penis during sexual stimulation. This randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover pilot study examined the efficacy of pomegranate juice versus place...

Cancer Risk is High Among HIV/AIDS and Kidney Transplant Patients

... The study also found that in both these populations, cancers associated with human papilloma virus, from cervical cancer to cancers of the mouth, penis and anus were significantly increased. One of the three cancers that were already linked with HIV is Kaposis sarcoma. In HIV population, there...

Penis Loses Its Most Sensitive Parts During Circumcision Process

...e fine-touch pressure thresholds of the adult male penis in circumcised and uncircumcised men and compared ...is. The most sensitive location on the circumcised penis was the circumcision scar on the ventral surface. ...ncredible that five locations on the uncircumcised penis that are regularly removed at circumcision had low...

Treatment of Premature Babies, Opossums Could Help

...irreversible damage, including infertility, can occur 'silently' before a woman ever recognizes a problem. Chlamydia also can cause discharge from the penis of an infected man. ...

Swallowing The Bitter Pill-Oral Sex Linked To Oral Cancer

...nsmitted diseases through oral sex." HPV can be found in saliva, semen and urine, but has a particular affinity for the mucosal skin cells of the penis and vagina. Oral cancers linked to HPV have been on the rise in the United States since 1973, a trend that may be driven in part by the popularit...

Research Suggests Mens Sexual Behavior Adapts to Perceived Threats

... males for mates, but competition between males for fertilization. The research presented in the review covers physical adaptations, including penis shape and style of intercourse, as well as behavior in response to perceived infidelity that all serve to increase the success of fertilization. ...

Urologists Begin Clinical Trials on Treatment of Peyronies Disease

...ich not only looked at the effect of the device on penis curvature but also at its potential as a non-surgical penis enlargement product. In the clinical trial...onducted by the research and development firm, the penis extender was shown to correct Peyronies disease up...

Gene Therapy a Better Alternative to Viagra Please

..., help smooth muscle cells relax. Relaxing the smooth muscle in the penis allows it to fill with blood and achieve an erection. Dr Geoff Hackett, pre...er Dr Arnold Melman. However, the human trials involved injections into the penis and some experts queried whether men would choose this option. ...

Brazil Spider Offers Hope for Those Suffering from Erectile Dysfunction

... the chemical that seems to be responsible for the penis boost. “The erection is a side effect that ev...A tiny needle-like device inserted into each rat’s penis measured the pressure change, which corresponds wi... with the peptide showed a significant increase in penis pressure. The scientists also found an incr...

Eritrea Bans Female Circumcision

...e considered 'unclean' in many cultures, and can be treated as harlots by other women. Many men believe the folklore which says they will die if their penis touches a clitoris. Due to health campaigns, female circumcision has been falling in some countries in the last decade. In Kenya, a 1991 survey f...

New York City Plans to Promote Circumcision

...acts as a physical barrier, trapping HIV next to the mucosal surface of the penis for a longer period of time. In this moist environment, the virus can also ...nd glans develops more epithelial keratinization, a process which makes the penis less susceptible to viral invasion. The WHO endorsement had come in t...