A Bryn Mawr start-up firm is trying to boost vaccine uptake with an educational iPad application that parents use while they wait in the doctor's exam room. And health insurers face economic pressure to get doctors to champion the vaccine.

Philly.com, November 22, 2015

Health Department officials say nearly three-quarters of all Rhode Island seventh grade students received the state-mandated HPV vaccine by the beginning of this school year.  Health Department director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott said the numbers are "extremely encouraging" because it's the first year the immunization was required. Earlier, a dvocacy group Rhode Islanders Against Mandated HPV Vaccinations mounted a campaign questioning the safety and necessity of the inoculation.

Star Daily Standard, November 22, 2015

Europe has again proclaimed that vaccination against the human papilloma virus (HPV) is safe and that the available evidence does not support a causal link between the vaccines and development of two syndromes, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS).Yet at the same time, a public health professor in Spain is spearheading a petition that calls for a halt to HPV vaccination there, and says the vaccine is "not necessary or effective, and it's not even safe."

Medscape, November 20, 2015

We don't know much about nocturnal emissions, but we do know that their prevalence is vastly overstated. (We know even less about female wet dreams, a distinct biological phenomenon that I must leave for another day.) Many men-perhaps a majority-never have a wet dream in their lives. Many others have only a handful. In fact, the few men who do experience frequent oneiric ejaculations appear to be the real outliers.You should take my conclusions here with a grain of salt. Nocturnal emissions aren't well-studied, largely because researchers are skittish about talking to young boys about sexual pleasure-and vice versa. Even if some phlegmatic scientist did undertake to measure the commonness of wet dreams, he'd probably fail: Researchers infamously struggle to extract honest information from adolescents about their sexuality.

Slate, November 19, 2015

A UK government body has recommended that HPV vaccinations, currently only given to girls, are also offered to men who have sex with men. A vaccination programme began in 2008 among school-age girls to tackle the human papilloma virus, which spreads through genital or oral contact and can cause cancers.Only girls were vaccinated on the grounds that men who only have sex with women would also be protected from transmission through 'herd immunity' - but the move left gay men without any protection from HPV.

Pink News, November 19, 2015

While one's 20s are a ridiculously healthy time for most men (and women), there are a few things men can start doing in their 20s that may keep them in good shape for decades to come. The good news is, none of these things require much time or effort.

Today, November 16, 2015

The number of cases of three key sexually transmitted diseases increased last year for the first time since 2006, concerned U.S. health officials reported Tuesday.In 2014, 1.4 million cases of chlamydia were reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- a 2.8 percent increase since 2013. This is the highest number of cases of any STD ever reported to the CDC, the government researchers said in the annual report.Substantial increases were also reported in rates of syphilis (15 percent) and gonorrhea (5 percent). And the syphilis rates were highest among gay and bisexual men, according to the CDC's   Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2014   report.

Healthfinder, November 17, 2015  

 

In this country we have a problem that we can't shy away from anymore. Suicide is the  biggest killer of men  under the age of 45, and last year 12 men died by their own hand every single day. That is a public health crisis, but we aren't talking about it enough.

The Independent, November 17, 2015

Spain Study: Cross-sectional study about primary health care professionals views on the inclusion of the vaccine against human papillomavirus in the vaccine schedules

Conclusions: There is a strong controversy among health professionals regarding the marketing and inclusion of HPV vaccine in immunization schedules. However, the knowledge of the primary care health professionals on key aspects of infection and vaccine protection are insufficient. The training of professionals in vaccination, cervical pathology and HPV infection should be improved to provide objective information on the use as this vaccine for patients.

7th Space, November 16, 2015

HPV Through Oral Sex Could Become 'Leading Cause Of Mouth Cancer', Experts Predict

Human papilloma virus (HPV) passed through   oral sex   could soon overtake smoking to become the leading cause of   mouth cancer among men and women, health experts claim.  To coincide with   Mouth Cancer Action Month,  euroClinix  have shared an eye-opening infographic  showing the link between oral   sex   and mouth   cancer .

Huffington Post UK, November 16, 2015

For men, stark new research shows chances of friendlessness trebles from early 20s to late middle age

It is among the most basic of human needs but stark new research suggests that more than two and a half million British men have no friends they would turn to for help or advice in a crisis.  A study of relationships in the UK found that men's chances of friendlessness almost treble between their early 20s and late middle age. And married men are also significantly less likely than their single counterparts to say they have friends to turn to outside of the home. The new findings   will add weight to warnings of a "crisis of masculinity" in Britain amid evidence of an alarming rise in suicide among men, especially those in middle age.

The Telegraph, November 15, 2015

One of every five U.S. pediatricians regularly drops families who refuse to have their children vaccinated, a new survey shows. Doctors in the South and Northeast were more likely to take this hardline stance, said study lead author Dr. Sean O'Leary, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Children's Hospital Colorado in Denver.But O'Leary said he's heard anecdotally that pediatricians across the nation have come under pressure to refuse to take on unvaccinated children, following the Disneyland measles outbreak that occurred earlier this year.

Healthfinder, November 2, 2015

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].

The  Partnership for Male Youth is a collaboration among 23 national organizations and representation from six federal agencies. It is led by a multidisciplinary and multispecialty steering committee and advisory council. The Partnerships's flagship effort, released in January 2014, is  The Health Provider Toolkit for Adolescent and Young Adult Males.