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Antioxidants may improve male fertility
Couples who struggle to conceive could find baby-making help from antioxidants such as vitamin E and zinc, hints a new review of more than 30 studies.
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Semen allergy suspected in rare post-orgasm illness
A mysterious syndrome in which men come down with a flu-like illness after an orgasm may be caused by an allergy to semen, Dutch scientists said on Monday.
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Circumcision helps stop wart virus, study finds
Researchers have documented yet another health benefit for circumcision, which can protect men against the AIDS virus, saying it can protect their wives and girlfriends from a virus that causes cervical...
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Male pattern baldness: What causes it?
Why do so many men go bald? What exactly changes on their heads? Men go bald because the follicles from which their hairs sprout run out of special progenitor cells with which to make the hair.
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Staying positive while coping with MS
Aaron Thompson has loved sports since he was in high school. Then, he was a keen basketball player. As a young adult, he continued to enjoy an athletic lifestyle, working out daily even after being diagnosed...
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Cycling may have impact on sperm health: Study
Most exercise appears to have little relationship to either the quality or quantity of sperm, but men who bike at least five hours a week have fewer and less active sperm than men who didn't exercise, ...
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Boys today may be hitting puberty earlier
Boys today may be on a faster track to puberty than their fathers' generation, reaching the milestone an average of a year earlier, according to a study conducted in Bulgaria.
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Study links finger length to prostate cancer risk
Men with long index fingers have a lower risk of prostate cancer, British scientists said on Wednesday, a finding that could be used to help select those who need regular screening for the disease.
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Prostate cancer: Watching and waiting may be best
Older men with low-risk prostate cancer may be better off getting regular check-ups that rushing to get surgery or radiation, researchers using a computer model suggested on Tuesday.
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Canadians raise awareness, big bucks for prostate cancer research
Thousands of Canadian men put away their razors in November to raise awareness and funds for prostate cancer research.
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Vancouver researchers funded to improve treatment options for prostate cancer
Two researchers with the Vancouver Prostate Centre will be employing a sophisticated new type of computer modelling in an attempt to hasten new treatment options for prostate cancer.
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Movember moustaches overtake Canada's Parliament
Canada's Parliament is being overrun this month by '70s porn-star look-alikes, Tom Selleck wannabes and Wendel Clark impersonators.
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'67 Leaf facing off with lung disease
When Ron Ellis hoisted the Stanley Cup high in 1967, the uncle he loved, shackled by lung disease, wasn't there to see it.
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