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Weekly News Roundup
December 14, 2015
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Dennis J. Barbour, JD, Editor
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Endocrine-disrupting chemicals pose threat to male reproductive health
The birth rate is declining in all industrialised countries, and socioeconomic factors and women's age are not solely to blame. Male reproductive health and environmental factors are also significant, as concluded in a new scientific review article. The article was recently published in the prestigious American journal Physiological Reviews. Behind the article are fertility researchers from Denmark, the US and Finland. The researchers studied a number of factors related to fertility, and one of the main conclusions of their study was that poor semen quality contributed to increases in infertility and the use of assisted reproductive technology.
News Medical, December 11, 2015
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Canadian Government Information Update - Gardasil vaccine safety studies show no new risks
After reviewing Canadian and international information regarding the safety of the HPV vaccine, Gardasil, Health Canada is informing Canadians that the benefits of using this vaccine continue to outweigh the risks. The overall evidence continues to demonstrate that this vaccine can be safely used and that there are no new safety risks associated with its use.
Newswire, December 9, 2015
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The Week, December 8, 2015
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| CDC: Too Few Schools Teach Prevention of HIV, STDs, Pregnancy
Fewer than half of high schools, one-fifth of middle schools cover all 16 recommended topics, agency says
In 44 states, the proportion of high schools that teach all 16 topics in grades 9, 10, 11 or 12 ranges from 21 percent in Arizona to 90 percent in New Jersey. Only three states -- New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York -- have more than 75 percent of high schools teaching all of the topics. The proportion of middle schools that teach all 16 topics in grades 6, 7 or 8 ranges from 4 percent in Arizona to 46 percent in North Carolina. No state had more than half of middle schools teaching all the topics, and in most states it was less than 20 percent of middle schools, the CDC report said.
HealthDay, December 9, 2015
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| Smoking in pregnancy 'affects boys' fitness in later life'
Mothers who smoke are putting more than their own health at risk, suggests a study published today in
BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
(BJOG). Young men whose mothers smoked during pregnancy had lower aerobic fitness compared to those whose mothers did not.
American Association for the Advancement of Science, December 9, 2015
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AAP: Screen All Kids for Cholesterol, Depression, and HIV
Twenty percent of U.S. teens have unhealthy cholesterol levels, but even younger children are often affected. As many as 2.6 million kids suffered from major depression in 2013, according to the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health. Among adolescents, suicide is a leading cause of death. And in this country, teens and young adults between ages of 13 and 24 make up one-quarter of all new HIV cases.
These are the startling statistics behind a new recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics that all children should get screened for a variety of chronic health conditions, from high cholesterol, to depression, to HIV. These recommendations, published today in the journalPediatrics, are part of a growing trend toward screening for all children in certain age groups, and not just for those with increased risk factors.
Parents, December 9, 2015
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| Risky Sexual Behaviors Put Many Young Gay Men at Risk of HIV: Study
Experts say more must be done to curb unsafe sex and get virus-supressing meds to these men
Young American gay and bisexual men who have detectable blood levels of HIV -- the virus that causes AIDS -- are also more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior that might spread the virus, a new study has found. "While many of these young men are engaged in care, and success stories are many, we still have work to do to reduce the rate of new infections," study author Patrick Wilson, an assistant professor of sociomedical sciences at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health in New York City, said in a university news release.
HealthDay, December 7, 2015
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Report: California Ranked 16th Healthiest State in the U.S.
And Has Highest Male Adolescent HPV Immunization rate
California ranked among the top five states for:
- Lowest infant mortality rates;
- Lowest smoking rates;
- Lowest obesity rates;
- Lowest occupational fatality rates;
- Highest rate of male adolescent human papillomavirus vaccinations.
California HealthLine, December 7, 2015
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Infertile Men May Have Higher Risk of Heart Disease, Diabetes
"We found that infertile men developed several chronic diseases in the years following an infertility evaluation," said lead researcher Dr. Michael Eisenberg, director of male reproductive medicine and surgery at Stanford University Medical School, in Palo Alto, California ."What's interesting is that these are young, healthy men," he said. "Prior studies suggested a higher risk of [testicular] cancer or even death. But for the first time, we are seeing higher risk of these metabolic diseases."
HealthDay, December 7, 2015
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After conducting focus groups with hundreds of boys and young men, ranging from 11 to 18 years old, the recurring themes were crystal clear. Boys at the younger end of the spectrum told us that, while they did sometimes want to discuss how they were feeling, they were prevented from doing so out of fear of "banter". They were almost certain, they told us, that any kind of emotional confession would result in "piss-taking" and that, by the end of the day, the entire school would know.
TES, December 7, 2015
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The Weekly News Roundup is produced by The Partnership for Male Youth and is released every Monday.
For more information contact Dennis J. Barbour, JD. News Roundup editor and President/CEO of the Partnership, at [email protected].
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