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Growing global focus on men's health
The 7th National Men's Health conference in Adelaide, Australia, the European Men's Health Forum ‘Inquisition into the prevention and management of LTHCs’ workshop at the 10th European Health Forum in...
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Siegfried Meryn
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382-385
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5th Biennial World Congress on Men's Health and Gender
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386-389
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Reality versus virtual reality: which articles, which data
We live in a strange age. Despite the unprecedented availability of information at our fingertips, the propensity of human beings to form conclusions based on imagination, ‘mob’ propaganda, and sheer ...
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Arnold Robbins
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390-392
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Suicidality in men – practical issues, challenges, solutions
Abstract: If we look at today's high male suicide rates as the outermost evident proof for men being mentally ill and consider the links between an individual male's depression and their suicidality, ...
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Wolfgang Rutz,
Zoltan Rihmer
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393-401
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Causal’ mapping’ of depression and anxiety among prostate cancer patients: a preliminary interview study
Abstract: Background: Men with prostate cancer experience elevated levels of anxiety and depression, with some previous data suggesting that this is due to loss of previously-available social and pers...
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Christopher F. Sharpley,
Vicki Bitsika,
David R.H. Christie
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402-408
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Men's experiences of intense fear related to childbirth investigated in a Swedish qualitative study
Abstract: Background: There has been an increasing scientific interest concerning childbirth-related fear among women. Few studies have paid attention to men's fear and its implications. This study in...
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Carola Eriksson,
Pär Salander,
Katarina Hamberg
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A novel metered-dose 2% testosterone gel treatment for male hypogonadism
Abstract: Background: Male hypogonadism arises from a deficiency in testosterone secretion that may occur naturally with increasing age, or as a result of malfunction of the hypothalamus, pituitary gl...
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Duncan C. Gould
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419-427
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Improving the health of African American men: experiences from the Targeting Cancer in Blacks (TCiB) Project
Abstract: Background: African-American men lack knowledge of cancer facts and risk factors, and their personal attitudes and beliefs along with health care system interactions are barriers to cancer p...
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Jane G. Fort
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Formal health services in informal settings: findings from the Preston Men's Health Project
Abstract: Background: Increasing concerns regarding the health of men – in particular, the rising prevalence of male-related conditions and men's suggested poor access and uptake of health services – ...
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Ciara Kierans,
Steve Robertson,
Michael D. Mair
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Relation of male circumcision to cervical cancer, sexuality and female circumcision
Modern male circumcision is most notably known as a ritual practiced by Jews for more than three millennia, despite the fact that biblical circumcision was restricted to amputating only the part of th...
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Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin
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448-453
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| Continuing medical education |
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Accreditation Pages
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Update on prostate cancer in black men
Abstract: Background: Carcinoma of the prostate (CaP) is the most common male malignancy worldwide and the highest incidence has been recorded in black men. CaP appears to have a more aggressive biolo...
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Mudashiru A. Salami,
Blessing Etukakpan,
E. Oluwabunmi Olapade-Olaopa
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456-463
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Book review
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Siegfried Meryn
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Events Calendar 2008
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Frailty and its relationship to late onset hypogonadism
Abstract: The vulnerable health status usually preceding the onset of overt disability is often referred to as frailty. A stringent definition is elusive, but it may be viewed as a physiological syndr...
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Louis Gooren
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Around the World with Men's Health and Women's Health Organizations. Men's Health Forum (England and Wales)
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Acknowledgement of Reviewers
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