From heart disease to erectile dysfunction, the impacts of poor dental care among men can have health impacts far more serious than a toothache.For Men's Health Month this June, Delta Dental of Washington wants men across the state to know more about the connection between oral health and a variety of health concerns they may not typically associate with dental care.

PR Newswire, June 9, 2015

Research led by Yale School of Public Health found that gay men living in European countries with strong policies against homosexual behavior are less likely to use HIV-prevention services and test for HIV.

University Herald, June 9, 2015

Most supercentenarians (people who live to at least 110 years old) have one thing in common: They're women. According to researchers at Stanford University, 95 percent of the world's oldest people are female.

...a significant chunk of the health gap can be chalked up to a simple male stubbornness to visit the doctor. It's a stubbornness most recently highlighted by a survey of nearly 1,000 men commissioned by Orlando Health, a private, not-for-profit healthcare network in Orlando, Florida. It found nearly half of those polled couldn't remember the last time they had received a medical check-up, though more than two-thirds were able to remember the make and model of their first car.

Medical Daily, June 8, 2015

Oesophageal cancer rates in men have increased by 50 per cent since the early 1980s, with new cases reaching almost 6,000, according to new statistics from Cancer Research UK.The latest figures show the number of men diagnosed with oesophageal cancer has rapidly risen from around 2,700 cases three decades ago to 5,740 cases in 2012. Given the changes in population size this equates to a 50 per cent increase from 15 to 23 cases per 100,000 people.

According to a new survey, one police officer, paramedic personnel or firefighter is losing interest in life and resorting to suicide. Experts believe many frontline emergency workers are reportedly deprived of adequate medical attention. The figures are revealed through the Intentional Self-Harm Fact Sheet, which was prepared keeping the coronial cases around Australia in mind.

Men with non-metastatic prostate cancer whose diet is high in red meats, high-fat dairy, and refined grains are significantly more likely to die early than patients who follow a "prudent" diet of vegetables, fruits, fish, legumes, and whole grains, according to a new study published in Cancer Prevention Research.

HIV-negative gay men who have several symptoms of depression are more likely to report sex without a condom, according to a study presented to the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) conference in Glasgow yesterday.

The new website, called MassMen.org,has three buttons: a mental health screening, a directory of local suicide prevention organizations, and ManTherapy, a tongue-in-cheek take on virtual counseling. Launched in March, the site is part of a statewide initiative to curb the increasing number of suicides by middle-aged men in Massachusetts in recent years.

Obesity may be tougher on male immune systems than females, suggests a study led by an Indian-American researcher. Kanakadurga Singer, assistant professor in pediatrics at the University of Michigan, found that high-fat diets reprogram blood stem cells in male mice, promoting metabolic disease. 

Mutations in two genes well known for increasing the risk of breast and ovarian cancer may also play an important role in advanced prostate cancer, researchers said, an unexpected discovery that could lead to new treatments for some men with the disease.