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News - Men 'ignoring prostate health'

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Nearly chat dating room video of men in Scotland are too embarrassed to visit their GPs for prostate health, according to campaigners.

The Men's Health Forum charity is man best health men to take greater responsibility for their wellbeing.

The scheme focuses on benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), which affects about one-in-three men aged over 50.

The campaign coincides with a Scottish Executive award of 4m to develop 10 Well Man clinics across Scotland.

Former Partick Thistle, Liverpool and Scotland player Alan Hansen is unveiling the Time To Go campaign, which is also backed by the Health sexual woman All-Party Group on Men's Health.

PROSTATE HEALTH IN SCOTLAND
74% of men over 50 are too embarrassed to seek help from their GP for bladder problems
43% are actually afraid to visit their GP for this sort of problem
19% get up more than twice to pass water during the night
42% don't know where their prostate is
58% have only visited their GP once, twice or not at all in past 12 months
BPH is a non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate gland, which compresses the urethra and obstructs urine flow. In severe cases kidney damage can occur.

The condition has also been linked to 2007 calendar health man , anxiety, sexual dysfunction and difficulty in carrying out routine activities.

While treating BPH, GPs can also pick up early signs of prostate cancer, the second most dangerous form of cancer after lung cancer, killing 10,000 men a year in the UK.

Speaking at the launch, Mr Hansen said: "Sometimes men's health hasn't been given the priority it deserves, allied to the fact that when it comes to sensitive areas and sensitive issues men are hardly really active in addressing these problems."

Alan Hansen
Mr Hansen called for men to take action
He added: "This campaign is all about encouraging men to get to the doctors quickly when they get the symptoms. I'm 49 so I'm right on the verge of it."

Mr Hansen urged men to refer to a new prostate health checklist intended to help identify symptoms and overcome any awkwardness with GPs.

Men's Health Forum director Peter Baker added: "BPH is still very much a neglected disease even though it affects about 2.5 million men in the UK."

The prostate checklist which gives men advice on the problem is available on the freephone number 0808 141 0808.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

News - Victim spotted Sainsbury's rapist

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A teenage boy has been given nine years detention for raping an 11-year-old girl in a supermarket toilet. But how did the police track the boy down?

The search for the youth who raped an 11-year-old girl in a supermarket toilet sparked hundreds of calls to a police incident room.

But in the end, police were helped by the fact the victim twice spotted him while she was being driven around town by her mother.

The girl, who cannot be identified, was raped in a toilet cubicle at a Sainsbury's store near Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, in March.

The victim's mother, who can only be identified as Liz, told of how her daughter twice spotted him in town in the following fortnight.

"We were in the car and she was just chatting away to me. She suddenly just stopped talking as we passed him and said 'did you see how he looked at me?'"

"I knew what she was going to say so I turned the car round but by the time we got there he had gone.

When he was arrested more than one adult in his family group said yes, I immediately thought it would be him
Det Ch Insp Adrian Pearson

"The second time she just shouted out 'there's the attacker again'. She said, 'are you going to stop the car?'"

But Liz said she just carried on driving and reported the incidents to police.

A 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was given nine years detention on Friday for raping the girl.

Det Ch Insp Adrian Pearson said: "I want to say how brave she has been. She played a crucial part in health man problem sexual the attacker."

He added, however, that he was sure a distinctive jacket the attacker was wearing would have helped them trace him.

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The attacker was found by his distinctive jacket
The teenager, arrested on 29 March, was a very dangerous young man, the detective added.

"We art gallery health information sexual a range of sexual web md man health in his background, things he had done to people in a social group or in his family circle," Mr Pearson said.

"None of it was reported to police but it points to the fact he was a very dangerous young man.

"When he was arrested more than one adult in his family group said: 'Yes, I immediately thought it would be him'.

"I make no comment about the fact that these people did not come forward to the police."

'Coolness of attacker'

A reward had been offered to encourage people to come forward, but no-one would receive it, he said.

The ferocity of the attack led Mr Pearson to assume the attacker would be an older person.

"Because of the severity of the attack and the coolness of the attacker I really thought it would be someone older and more experienced," he said.

"This person was very man 27s health which makes him more dangerous."

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The girl was assaulted when she went to the store's toilet
The youngster had carried out minor sexual attacks on women both before and after the rape, but police said they did not know why he suddenly carried out a vicious attack.

"He had gone to the store to make purchases. He used the toilet and as he left he saw the victim going in.

"On the spur of the moment he decided to 'do something sexual' with her. He was suddenly prepared to rape her in a short period of time."

The girl's mother should not blame herself, he said.

"It is every parent's worst nightmare. There is nothing a parent could have done. You can't wrap children in cotton wool and how could anyone know this would happen."

'Lost trust'

Liz said she and her family were coping "day by day".

"Now, I feel angry. How can someone of 15 take a child's confidence away," she said.

"She was a bubbly, nice, active, confident girl. She had a lot of confidence and would go anywhere on her own.

"Now she is not as bubbly. I think she has lost her trust in people."

The pair still go shopping together although not as much to the Sainsbury's store where it happened.

"I do blame myself to a certain degree. I keep asking if I could have been more careful.

"I sometimes see people letting their children go to the toilet and I want to stop them," she said.

Friday, May 9, 2008

News - Female orgasm is 'down to genes'

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The reason why some women have problems reaching orgasm might be down to their genes, say UK scientists.

By studying 4,000 twins, Keele and London researchers found female orgasm is not all psycho-social as some claim.

This variability might even be beneficial and have evolved to help women find the best male to mate with, they told a Royal Society journal.

Knowing which genes are important could potentially pave the way to drugs to help women orgasm.

There is a biological underlying influence that can't be attributed purely to upbringing, religion or race
Researcher Professor Tim Spector

The findings also suggest that women who orgasm easily may be satisfied with mates who are less skilled in bed.

Professor Tim Spector and colleagues carried out DNA tests on more than 4,000 women aged 19-83, half of whom were identical and half of whom were health longevity man program twins.

Identical twins share the same DNA, while non-identical twins do not.

The women were also asked to fill out confidential questionnaires about their sexual lives.

Orgasm failure

A third of the women said they never or seldom achieved orgasm, while more than a tenth said they always had an orgasm during intercourse.

More of the women were able to orgasm during masturbation, with 34% always reaching orgasm.

In comparison, studies have shown that men fail to orgasm only 2% of the time during intercourse.

This is interesting but quite simplistic
Gynaecologist Dr Margaret Rees

Overall, orgasm frequency was higher for the identical female twins than the non-identical female twins, which the researchers said suggested there must be some genetic component.

Professor Spector, director of the Twin Research Unit at St Thomas' Hospital in London, said: "We found that between 34 and 45% of the variation in ability to orgasm can be explained by underlying genetic variation.

"There is a biological underlying influence that can't be attributed purely to upbringing, religion or race.

"The fact that it's heritable suggests that evolution has a role."

One theory is that the orgasm promotes fertility. Past research shows women are slightly more likely to orgasm during periods of fertility and that sperm uptake is increased during orgasm.

"The other theory is that orgasm is a male-selection tool," said Professor Spector.

'Many factors involved'

"If a man is considered powerful enough, strong enough, or thoughtful enough in bed or in the cave, then he's likely to hang around as a long-term partner and be a better bet for bringing up children."

Professor Spector said pinpointing the genes involved would take years because there could be hundreds.

It is possible that their influence is physical, causing variations in the G-spot, or psychological, altering arousal, he said.

Dr Margaret Rees, consultant health magazine man muscle at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and expert in female sexual dysfunction female male sexual treatment, said: "This is interesting but quite simplistic.

"There are many factors involved with female sexual dysfunction - hypoactive desire, low arousal, problems with orgasm and pain.

"Any one of these can cause the others. They are all inter-related."

Therefore, she said it was unlikely that a single drug treatment would work.

However, she said self-help and psychosexual counselling could be helpful.

The study appears in the June issue of Biology Letters.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

News - Revealing the drama of impotence

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More than two million men in the UK suffer from impotence, but only about 10% ever have treatment.

Many men are too embarrassed to admit that they have the problem and feel they cannot talk to their partners or health professionals.

But experts say that if the problems are tackled, sometimes with drugs like Viagra or other treatments, 99% of problems can be alleviated.

Dr Mike Kirby, a GP who has a special interest in erectile dysfunction (ED) and the problems it causes, has turned to the world of the arts because of his concerns that men need more help.

With the help of West End playwright David Eldridge, whose works include "Festen" and "Serving it Up", Dr Kirby wrote a play examining the delicate issues surrounding impotence, with the aim of promoting a better understanding of the condition.

He went on to perform it in front of an audience of GPs at University College, London.

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Erectile dysfunction affects at least one in every ten men.
There are an estimated 2.3 million UK men with impotence, but only 10% of them ever get treatment.
Impotence problems increase with age.
Impotence was thought to be almost entirely psychological, but physical conditions account for about 75% of cases.
The play was a great success and there are hopes to use extracts filmed from it to help educate other professionals about how to handle the sensitive issues.

"I talked to the playwright about the issues and explained to him the problems and what issues needed to be brought out to make it easier for people to talk about their problems," Dr Kirby said.

"People don't like to talk about it. They are ashamed and they can't talk to anybody. Men on average go between two and 10 years before they can tell anyone that they have a problem."

Physical problem

Dr Kirby said that ED was often thought to be psychological, but that for many men it turned out to be linked to a physical condition such as early diabetes, high blood pressure or heart problems.

Play
Impotent men can struggle with their emotions
He said that in his surgery in Letchworth, in Man health home workout bible , if men presented with any of these problems staff had been trained to delicately ask them if they were also having problems with ED.

"Doctors asking as part of a check-up can lead to diagnosis being quicker than it otherwise would be."

Dr Kirby said that a failure to talk about the problems would also put strains on relationships, causing a rift between partners at a time when support was most needed.

"Because the man does not want to initiate anything that could cause himself embarrassment, he often pushes his wife away and stays up late watching the television, rather than going to bed and talking about the problem.

"Then the wife starts to worry 'am I not attractive any more?' and the whole thing becomes very difficult. I wanted a way to get all these things across and the play seemed the best way to do this."

He said the play had been aimed specifically at doctors because they are also often embarrassed about tackling sexual problems.

But he said that the sooner the problem is tackled the better it will be for the patient.

"There are some good treatments that can help," Dr Kirby.

"About 10 years ago the treatments were a bit barbaric, such as putting needles into men's penises, but now with Viagra we can help 99 out of 100 men.

"A lot of men just think it is part of getting older, and put up with it, but they can get help."

Suffering in silence

Rachel Cummings, from the Chandler Chicco Agency which helped commission the play, said it had focused on the lives of one particular couple.

It showed through their relationship how difficult it could be for men to seek help and talk to their families and medics about the problem.

"We tried to portray a real-life couple. The man is suffering, but he can't talk to his wife or his GP, so he just stays up late watching television," she said.

"The relationship with his wife is damaged and he goes to the doctor, but he does not talk to him. He finds it too difficult.

"His wife asks him whether he still loves her and so he realises he must go to his GP. He finally talks to him and he gets treatment.

"It also helps by showing the GPs what is going on outside of their surgery and the impact something like this can have on a patient's life."

Ann Tailor, director of the Sexual Dysfunction Man health abs , agreed that the play had been a great initiative.

"So many men with ED and their partners are experiencing the emotions portrayed in the play, such as embarrassment, article health magazine man and anxiety, but even worse there are still men with ED who are not going to their doctor for help and advice," she said.

"This play raised awareness of ED and got doctors and patients talking about it with more ease."

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