Reduced male fertility may be making it even harder for couples to conceive and be contributing to low birth rates in many countries, revealed a new European Science Foundation (ESF) report launched at a meeting in Paris at the end of November.
A blood test at the age of 60 can accurately predict the risk that a man will die from prostate cancer within the next 25 years, according to researchers at memorial sloan-Kettering cancer centre, in new york, and lund university, in sweden.
The Men’s Health Forum is challenging the government, NHS, local authorities, sports organisations and charities to work together to get one million more middle-aged men more active by the 2012 Olympics.
Scientists have for the first time identified the symptoms associated with what has been termed late-onset hypogonadism or ‘male menopause’ caused by a reduction in testosterone production in ageing men.
Men who eat a lot of fatty fish run a lower risk of prostate cancer, concludes a new research paper from Karolinska Institutet. The effect is likely to be attributable to the abundance of omega-3 fatty acids, although there is also a hereditary factor.