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 Health & Beauty
Don't Hit on Me, Mr. Goodbody
 Melena Ryzik
Wow, David Atencio thought the first time he entered 24 Hour Fitness, a gym in San Leandro, Calif., in the early 1980's. Look at this! Look at that! The object of Mr. Atencio's wonder was not the high-tech elliptical trainer or the juice bar - he was focused on something that had an even greater impact on the fitness industry: women.more »»»
Castro's Doctor Boasts His Client Will Live to 140
 Charlotte Sector
Ditching the cigars but not the army fatigues, Cuban leader Fidel Castro leads a life that guarantees he'll live more than a century, according to his doctor. "He is going to live 140 years," said Dr. Eugenio Selman, who heads the 120 Years Club that promotes healthy habits for the elderly.more »»»
Blake Sylvia Pens Weight Control Book
 Danielle Lynch
When Blake Sylvia began a diet a little over a year ago, he had no idea he'd be authoring a book on the subject. Seven months later, he'd lost 70 pounds and wanted to share his secret with others struggling with weight control.more »»»
Man Weighing 1,200 Pounds Seeks Life-Saving Surgery in Italy
 Phil Stewart
Manuel Uribe, bedridden for the past five years, cannot stand on his own and will need a special flight to take him from Monterrey, Mexico to Modena, where a surgical team has offered to perform an intestinal bypass free of charge.more »»»
Gone Today, Hair Tomorrow
 Eric D. Tytell
Oil of wormwood. Dog urine. Equal parts Abyssinian greyhound's heel, date blossoms and ass hoof, boiled in oil. Through the centuries, men losing their hair have resorted to desperate measures to recover the luxurious tresses of their youth.more »»»
Jesse James Wants to Take You From Dork to Cool in 20 Minutes
 Elizabeth Khuri
Jesse James has definite ideas about fashion. He knows what he likes, and what he doesn't. The plaid shirt he's wearing buttoned up to the rim of his beefy neck—a shirt from the West Coast Choppers line that you can buy at Wal-Mart for $20—is something he likes. Of course he does: He designed it.more »»»
April Events at Cornerstone Hospital
 PVNN
In April, Cornerstone Hospital is planning a series of health-related activities and events designed to keep you healthy and happy all month long. From some great support groups to Skin Clinics and check-ups, the staff at Cornerstone is ready to assist you in any way they can. more »»»
Take Care of Your Prostate!
 Pamela Thompson
Do you know that one out of every five men over 50 years old have cancer of the prostate and have no symptoms? For this reason, Dr. Pedro Lopez-Cueto and Cornerstone Hospital have put together an economic, prostate-health package for men.more »»»
Survivor Recounts Lobotomy At Age 12
 A. Chris Gajilan
Many in the medical community consider lobotomies barbaric by today's standards, but there was a time when the procedure was an accepted treatment for those suffering from severe mental illness.more »»»
AIDS Pill as Party Drug?
 Daniel Costello
"Taking a T." That's what HIV-negative gay men call the growing practice of downing the AIDS drug tenofovir and, with fingers crossed, hoping it protects them from the virus during unprotected sex.more »»»
Masturbation 'Cuts Cancer Risk'
 BBC News
Men could reduce their risk of developing prostate cancer through regular masturbation, researchers suggest. They say cancer-causing chemicals could build up in the prostate if men do not ejaculate regularly.more »»»
Competition Freaks
 Marianne Szegedy-Maszak
In boardrooms and bedrooms, in playing fields and universities, the hyper-competitive person appears — transforming even the most trivial transaction into a ruthless face-off with a winner and a loser.more »»»
Unsafe Sex, Drug Use Leads to Spike in HIV/AIDS in Latin America: UN
 AFP
Unsafe sex and intravenous drug use led to a spike in HIV/AIDS cases this year in Latin America with Brazil, Argentina and Colombia among the worst offenders, a UN report said.more »»»
Real-Life Muscle
 Jeannine Stein
The world is an unstable place. And your exercise routine needs to deal with that. Weight machines, most of them anyway, aren't enough. They may build biceps or tone thighs, but they won't strengthen your core or tune up your neuromuscular connections.more »»»
Caution Over HIV 'Cure' Claims
 BBC News
Doctors say they want to investigate the case of a British man with HIV who apparently became clear of the virus. Andrew Stimpson, 25, was diagnosed HIV-positive in 2002 but was found to be negative in October 2003 by Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust.more »»»
Top-Level Warning Sought for Viagra
 Newsday
Public Citizen petitioned the Food and Drug Administration yesterday to add black-box warnings to the labels of Viagra, Cialis and Levitra, as well as the hypertension drug Revatio, which is similar to Viagra.more »»»
Undetectable Steroids Easy to Get Online
 Joy Victory
Like many powerful drugs, anabolic steroids are easy to find on the Internet, including some that are undetectable by drug tests, according to an expert on dietary supplements.more »»»
Gene May be Linked to Tourette's Syndrome
 Reuters
Researchers said on Thursday they have found a gene that helps cause Tourette's Syndrome, but that many other genes are also likely to be involved in the complex disorder. Tourette's may affect as many as one in 100 people and is marked by muscle and vocal tics including repeated sudden movements or vocalizations.more »»»
Men Seeking Breast Reductions
 BBC News
More and more men are seeking surgery to reduce the size of their breasts, say UK surgeons. Professor Kefah Mokbel at London's St George's and Princess Grace hospitals has seen a doubling in requests and is now treating 150 men a year.more »»»
Antibiotics-To-Go May Increase STD Treatment
 Reuters
Take-home antibiotics may be an effective way to ensure that the partners of men with certain sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) get treatment, a new study suggests. Researchers found that giving male STD patients a dose of antibiotics to bring to their partners appeared more effective than the traditional method for getting at-risk partners treated.more »»»
Complex Work May Help Ward Off Alzheimer's
 Amy Norton
People with challenging jobs may have to work hard, but the payoff could be some protection against Alzheimer's disease later in life, new research suggests.more »»»
Study: Male Circumcision Lowers AIDS Risk
 Michael Astor
Male circumcision significantly reduces the chances of female-to-male transmission of the AIDS virus, according to a new study French researchers recently announced. The study, conducted in South Africa, found that circumcision reduced the risk of men contracting AIDS during heterosexual intercourse by about 65 percent.more »»»
Genes in Male-Pattern Baldness Identified
 Reuters
Researchers have found that variations in a gene related to male sex hormones may be at the root of male-pattern baldness, the most common form of hair loss. The culprit is the androgen receptor gene, and it dwells on the X chromosome, which all men inherit from their mothers.more »»»
Condom Mishaps Spell Trouble for Men
 Randy Dotinga
A new study of people who visited a Colorado sexually transmitted disease clinic found that about half of those who regularly used condoms reported mishaps ranging from breakage to slippage.more »»»
Guess What? Men Don't Mind Seeing Naked Women...
 Reuters
Most Italians think nude sunbathing is perfectly natural and don't mind crossing paths with bottomless beach-goers - even when those bottoms are unsightly, survey results released Sunday said.more »»»
Mexico to Require Warning Labels
 Wire services
Mexico asked the manufacturers of the impotence drugs Viagra, Cialis and Levitra to include a warning label about a remote risk of blindness on Friday, the same day the Food and Drug Administration ordered warnings included on U.S. labels.more »»»
Group To Offer 'Cure' For Homosexuals
 Thelma Gómez Durán
Courage Latino has embarked on a campaign in Mexico to "cure" gays with the backing of the Catholic church using a highly controversial therapy.more »»»
New Drug Delays Male Orgasms, Study Finds
 Maggie Fox
The first drug formulated to treat premature ejaculation delays climax and also increases reported satisfaction, researchers said on Monday. The drug, called dapoxetine, helped men delay their orgasms significantly and doubled the numbers of men and their female partners reporting "good" sexual satisfaction.more »»»
Houston Man Sues Pfizer for Viagra Blindness
 Reuters
A Houston man filed a lawsuit this week in federal court against Pfizer, claiming he suffered blindness after taking its best-selling impotence drug Viagra, and is seeking more than $75,000 for his vision loss.more »»»
Gay Men Are Found to Have Different Scent of Attraction
 Nicholas Wade
Using a brain imaging technique, Swedish researchers have shown that homosexual and heterosexual men respond differently to two odors that may be involved in sexual arousal, and that the gay men respond in the same way as women.more »»»
Group Warns Of Defective Condoms
 Angélica Simón
A civil group in Mexico has discovered at least a dozen brands of condoms being sold in the capital that lack the Health Secretariat's approval, and are prone to breaking.more »»»
Gays in Sports: A Poll
 L. Jon Wertheim
Consider that of 979 people interviewed, 86% agreed that it is O.K. for male athletes to participate in sports, even if they are openly gay, yet nearly a quarter of the respondents agreed that having an openly gay player hurts the entire team.more »»»
The 20 Best Medicines for Men
 Ted Spiker
Talk to any user and he'll say the same thing: If you want the inside dope on drugs, you go to a drug dealer. And there's none more knowledgeable about over-the-counter drugs than a pharmacist. Well, there is actually one source that's smarter: 3,000 pharmacists.more »»»
Sad, Lonely? For a Good Time, Call Vivienne
 Keith Bradsher
Men, are you tired of the time, trouble and expense of having a girlfriend? Irritated by the difficulty of finding a new one? Artificial Life Inc. of Hong Kong, may have found the answer.more »»»
Cigar Aficionados Let Down by Cuban Smoking Ban
 Anthony Boadle
In Havana, cigar aficionados who see Cuba as the Mecca of smoking are dumbfounded by a Cuban smoking ban they say has let down the cause for smokers' rights worldwide.more »»»
Lawsuits Fly Over Penis Enlargements
 Reuters
A New Jersey man has filed a false advertising lawsuit against a maker of herbal penis enlargement pills, alleging the medicine does not fulfil its promises, the plaintiff's lawyer says.more »»»
North Korea Declares War on Long Hair
 Sang-Hun Choe - Associated Press
The reclusive communist country is waging a hair war, telling its male population to lose the long locks, cut the coiffures and mow the mane to conform to "socialist style" - no longer than two inches.more »»»
Living LARGE in the USA
 Reuters
Houston tops a U.S. magazine's annual "fattest" cities list for the fourth time in five years, with four other Texas cities waddling into the top 25, while Seattle tops the list as the "fittest."more »»»
"Yaca, the Aphrodisiac Fruit - Use With Caution"
 PVNN
Viagra functions by dilating the blood vessels and thereby increasing blood flow - the effect is singular and rigid, whereas, the Yaca fruit with its natural organic properties nourishes the body as well.more »»»
Botox Nation
 Robert Moritz
Forget the days of the 50-year-old face-lift. Today is the age of cosmetic surgery as youthful maintenance routine. Of minimally invasive wrinkle filling at 29 and gynecomastia treatment at 35.more »»»
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