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Weekly News Roundup
April 11, 2016
Dennis J. Barbour, JD, Editor
Boys to Men Health & Empowerment Summit

Young men from Greater Cleveland had the chance to look at the "Man in the Mirror" today.The 4th annual Boys to Men Health & Empowerment Summit went on today at Cuyahoga Community College Metro Campus.A free event, it featured health-centered workshops for young men 10-17 years old and their parents and/or guardians.The workshops addressed sexual health, conflict resolution, college readiness, youth employment artistic expression and sports clinics.
WKYC, April 9, 2016

It came as no surprise to me that the  Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention  article clearly showed what I have suspected for some time and what has been hinted at by previous studies. The epic failure in providing what is essentially a cancer-prevention vaccine to the recommended population of 11- and 12-year-old boys and girls lies not at the feet of the antivaccine movement or hesitant parents. Rather, the failure belongs to us.
Helio, April 8, 2016
Why are so few kids getting the HPV vaccine?

"We think the rates are dismally low and very alarming," said Amy Pisani, executive director of Every Child by Two, a nonprofit that aims to reduce instances of vaccine-preventable illnesses. "We clamor and clamor for a vaccine to get rid of these terrible diseases and yet we aren't implementing them."  Some states fare significantly worse. In Tennessee, for example, the vaccination rate for girls was 20 percent - the lowest rate in the nation - and 14 percent for boys. Even the best-performing state, Rhode Island, one of only two states plus the District of Columbia that require HPV inoculation for school admission, has rates well below the national goal, with 54 percent of girls and 43 percent of boys receiving all three HPV vaccinations.
Medical Express, April 8, 2016
Prostate Cancer Risk Increases In Boys Who Hit Puberty Early, Study Suggests
It's the most common cancer in men in the UK.

Researchers found that early sexual maturation was associated with increased prostate cancer risk. It is thought this could be due to the effect of early and prolonged increased levels of growth hormones, which are altered with puberty. However further research is needed to examine this. Scientists concluded that boys who mature at a later age have a reduced risk of developing prostate cancer - particularly aggressive types of the disease -in later life. 
Huffington Post UK, April 7, 2016
"Boyish ideas of what it takes to be a man"

STEREOTYPED AS WEAK   and effeminate, Asian-American men often struggle in a society that has "boyish ideas of what it takes to be a man," according to Alex Tizon, a former national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and the author of "Big Little Man." Those boyish ideas, based largely on obsessions with physical strength, height, and sexual conquest, shaped Tizon into thinking he needed to be taller, stronger - more white. Growing up as a Filipino-American immigrant, he struggled in a society that still sometimes brands Asian men as unattractive.
Boston Globe, April 7, 2016

Even though many parents will decide on circumcision based on cultural and religious beliefs, they should also understand that the medical evidence to date on the procedure is mixed, Dr. Andrew Freedman, a pediatric urologist at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles writes in an accompanying editorial."What this study does is ask the question as to the likelihood a child that is not circumcised at birth will go on to need a circumcision for well described medical reasons during their childhood," Freedman told Reuters Health by email.
Fox News, April 6, 2016

Despite the emergence of the metrosexual and an increase in stay-at-home dads, tough-guy stereotypes die hard. As men continue to fall behind women in college, while outpacing them four to one in the suicide rate, some colleges are waking up to the fact that men may need to be   taught  to think beyond their own stereotypes.
New York Times, April 4, 2016
NYC report shows racial disparities in health, arrests among youth

The   "Disparity Report,"   created by a branch of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services' office, and originally intended to help inform the work of the Young Men's Initiative, compares young Asian, black and Hispanic New Yorkers to their white peers in areas like graduating from high school in four years, rates of teen pregnancy, and rates of school suspensions.
Politico New York, April 4, 2016
Aromatase inhibitors plus growth hormone may help short adolescent boys grow taller

Aromatase inhibitors, when used for up to three years in combination with growth hormone, may effectively and safely help very short adolescent boys grow taller, new research suggests. The study results will be presented Sunday, April 3, at ENDO 2016, the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society in Boston.
Medical Express, April 4, 2016
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 dbarbour@partnershipformaleyouth.org.

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