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Weekly News Roundup
November 19, 2014
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Country's Largest Men"s Health Event Held in Detroit.
On Saturday, November 15, the MIU Men's Health Foundation hosted its fourth Men's Health Event at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The event provides men a better understanding of how to stay healthy, screen them for some of the most treatable diseases, assess their current health, provide health education and increase awareness about advances in health care. Now in its fourth year, the event is the largest in the country, attracting 6,000 men last year. On the day before the health fair, the Foundation launched a new collaborative effort on men's health the Men's Health Summit, attended by leaders in adolescent, young male and men's health.
Detroit Free Press, November 15, 2014
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More HPV Legislation May Not Result in Greater HPV Vaccine Uptake
The presence of legislation that encourages HPV vaccine uptake does not correlate with increased vaccination among young men or women, according to new research to be presented at APHA's 142nd annual meeting.
According to the findings, between 2010 and 2012, on average 27 percent of adolescents initiated the HPV vaccine and 37 percent received a recommendation for the vaccine from their primary care provider in states with no history of HPV legislation. Congruently, states with passed legislation or legislation being actively reviewed or voted on saw a similar average initiation and percentage of residents with a recommendation from their primary care provider. Legislation reviewed included that which requires the vaccine, allocates funds or an insurance coverage requirement for the vaccine or educates the public or provides awareness campaigns about the vaccine.
Infection Control Today, November 17, 2014
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Porn industry the main sex educator of kids, says child advocate
In May, her group published the results of a survey that found 23 per cent of students in Grades 7 to 11 say they have searched out pornography online. Twenty-eight per cent of the boys said they looked for porn at least once a week.
CBC.ca, November 13, 2014
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Semen Boosts HIV's Ability to Infect Cells: Study
Semen increases HIV's ability to infect cells, which may explain why it's so difficult to develop genital creams or gels to protect against the AIDS-causing virus, a new study says.
"We think this may be one of the factors explaining why so many drugs that efficiently blocked HIV infection in laboratory experiments did not work in a real world setting," Nadia Roan of the University of California, San Francisco and the Gladstone Institutes, told NBC News.
WebMD, November 13, 2014
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Federal grant to help area organizations launch Young Men Matter, Too!
Four area organizations, working to educate adolescent males, in Springfield and Holyoke, on issues of sexual health, and to stay focused academically, will benefit from a federal government grant of $1.3 million, awarded over a three-year time period, to the Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy.
Masslive.com, November 12, 2014
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Campus sexual assault charges carry dangers for boys as well
No doubt, sexual assault on campus is a serious problem that authorities have too often ignored. Yet the new insistence that women must not be shamed into silence and that consent must be evident threatens to edge too far the other way, turning young men who may have misread a sexual situation into accused rapists.
Washington Post, November 11, 2014
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Study Shows Men Can Get Oral HPV Infection From Women
Virus could put them at raised risk for throat cancers, researchers say.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 12, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Men are at increased risk for oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection if their female sex partners have oral and/or genital HPV infections, a new study shows.
The findings suggest that HPV transmission occurs through both oral-oral and oral-genital routes, according to the authors of the study.
HealthDay News, November 12, 2014
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| Low HPV Vaccine Uptake Rates in All the Wrong States
Uptake of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, which aims to prevent the majority of cervical cancers in the developed world, is much lower in those states where rates ofcervical cancer incidence and mortality are already among the highest, new research shows.
The study was presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved.
"I don't think it's a coincidence that states with the lowest rates of HPV vaccination have the highest rates of cervical cancer, because I think there are a lot of systemic factors that influence both of these outcomes," lead author Jennifer Moss, MSPH, a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, in Chapel Hill, told Medscape Medical News.
"But what we find particularly troubling is that current rates of HPV vaccination and their patterns across states give us a clue about how cervical cancer incidence and mortality will change in the coming decades," she said. "Current patterns suggest that in places where cancer mortality is already high, it'll continue on being pretty high, and in places where cervical cancer incidence is low, it'll get even lower," said lead author Jennifer Moss, MSPH, a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, in Chapel Hill.
Medscape.com, November 11, 2014
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Federal Goal Is to Vaccinate 80% of Boys and Girls Against HPV by 2020
Despite Rising Oral-Cancer Rates in Men, Many Parents Don't See the Risk of Sexually Transmitted Disease to 11-year-olds
HPV, or human papillomavirus, was considered a women's-only issue, after researchers discovered a link between it and cervical cancer in the 1980s.
Now, as cervical-cancer rates are falling and oral-cancer rates in men steadily rise, "the burden of HPV cancer is shifting to men," said Maura Gillison, a professor in the College of Medicine at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Vaccination rates remain stifled, despite the availability of two vaccines that experts say provide effective coverage against cancer.
Wall Street Journal, November 10, 2014
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Hazing in sports: Sexual violence often part of aggressive athletic rituals
Two boys stood lookout at the door. Inside, someone hit the lights; someone howled like an animal. Then the older boys pounced, pinning the younger boy's feet and arms to the floor as others watched and cheered on. One of the older boys inserted his finger into the younger boy's rectum. That same finger was shoved into the boy's mouth.
What reads like a violent prison gang rape chronicle is actually one of the accounts earlier this month given to NJ Advance Media of alleged extreme hazing in the football program at Sayreville War Memorial High School in Sayreville, N.J. The alleged incidents prompted administrators to cancel the remainder of the 2014 football season and police to bring criminal charges on seven student athletes.
Pennlive.com, November 3, 2014
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| As soon as boys hit puberty, there is a risk for testicular cancer
Koehler was diagnosed with testicular cancer at 30 years old, and says the youngest person he saw at the clinic being treated was 12 years old. He wants to encourage young males to talk about cancer and to do self-examinations at home.
Koehler tells us that most men don't realise this disease is a young man's disease, and the risk for contracting testicular cancer is there as soon as boys hit puberty. Koehler has penned the book, Love Your Nuts, to document his journey with cancer, and raise awareness among younger males.If testicular cancer is detected early, the survival rate is 96%.
News24.com, November 3, 2014
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Experts are concerned that less than 50 percent of the target population gets the vaccine.
The human papillomavirus vaccine, commonly known by its commercial names, Gardasil and Cervarix, is best known for protecting against cervical cancer in women. Lesser known is that it also protects against anal, penile and oropharyngeal cancers, the latter of which is one of the fastest growing cancers in the U.S. And the incidence in men is twice that of women.
US News and World Report, October 30, 2014
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Early detection key to diagnosing testicular cancer
Although testicular cancer only accounts for one percent of all cancer in men, it is the most common to affect a certain group of males between the ages of 15-35. This can be a problem considering most adolescent males aren't as in tune with their bodies at a young age.
According to the American Cancer Society, nationally around 9,000 new cases of testicular cancer will be diagnosed every year, Arizona accounts for two percent of that number.If detected early enough, testicular cancer is almost always curable.
KVOK.com, November 3, 2014
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Plastic Chemical Linked to Changes in Baby Boys' Genitals
Boys exposed in the womb to high levels of a chemical found in vinyl products are born with slightly altered genital development, according to research published today.The study of nearly 200 Swedish babies is the first to link the chemical di-isononyl phthalate (DiNP) to changes in the development of the human male reproductive tract. Previous studies of baby boys in three countries found that a similar plastics chemical, DEHP, was associated with the same type of changes in their genitalia.
Scientific American, October 29, 2014
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