"While most men who buy  energy drinks  aren't martial arts champions or race car drivers, these marketing campaigns can make some men feel as though drinking energy drinks is a way to feel closer to, or associated with, these ultra-masculine sports," said Levant in a  press release.

Medical Daily, November 7, 2015

Despite continued reports in the lay media of teenage girls developing various symptoms after human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, and also documented cases  in the medical literature of two syndromes - complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) - after such vaccination, an eagerly awaited review from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has concluded that the "evidence does not support that vaccines cause CRPS or POTS."

Medscape Medical News, November 5, 2015

"The risk of getting this cancer is strongly related to when you were born. If you are currently a 40- to 45-year-old man, your risk of getting this cancer is dramatically higher than a 40- to 45-year-old man three or four decades ago," Gillison said. Today's 40- to 50-year-old men have had more sexual partners and have engaged in more oral sex than previous generations, according to experts, significantly raising their risk of an HPV-related head and neck cancer.

 

"It is important for men to understand that in premature ejaculation the physiology of ejaculation and orgasm is not impaired, and that it is normal in adolescent males especially during their first sexual encounters," said Dr. Vincenzo Puppo, co-author of the  Clinical Anatomy   article. "Teens and men can understand their sexual response during masturbation and learn ejaculatory control without drug therapy." Also, immediately after ejaculation, men enter a refractory period, which lengthens with age.

Science Codex, November 4, 2015

Guidelines published online Oct. 23 in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report recommend serogroup B meningococcal vaccination for adolescents and young adults ages 16-23.

Nurse.com, November 4, 2015

 

"We know that parents tend to communicate more frequently with girls than with boys," Widman said in an interview with Reuters Health. "We also know that the messages parents share are more likely to stress the negative consequences of sexual activity, like pregnancy, when they talk with their daughters." Parents may need to increase how often they talk with their sons about sex and change the content of the messages surrounding sex that they communicate to boys, she said.

Youth Health, November 4, 2015

Outreach Program Boosts Completion of Three-Dose HPV Vaccine Series 

A multicomponent outreach program increased completion of the three-dose human papillomavirus vaccination series that reduces the risk of cervical cancer, according to a joint study by UT Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Health & Hospital System. The study was the first to compare effectiveness in safety-net hospital populations of HPV-specific information and follow-up calls to those overdue for later doses of the vaccine, versus more traditional general vaccine information. The study was published in the journal Pediatrics, and was funded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

Cancer Letter, November 3, 2015

HuffPost UK is running a month-long focus around masculinity in the 21st Century, and the pressures men face around identity. To address some of the issues at hand,   Building Modern Men   presents a snapshot of life for men, from bringing up young boys to the importance of mentors, the challenges between speaking out and 'manning up' as well as a look at male violence, body image, LGBT identity, lad culture, sports, male friendship and mental illness.

Huffington Post, November 2, 2015

In the first trial to compare different approaches to delivering substance-use and mental-health screening in primary care for adolescents, training for physicians and embedding behavioral health clinicians produced better results than usual care. The study, published today in JAMA Pediatrics, was conducted by Kaiser Permanente.

PR Newswire, November 2, 2015

Only 13 percent of high school, college athletes said they wear one

A study by Geisinger Health System urologists provides evidence that young male athletes don't properly protect themselves against testicular injury. Less than 13 percent of the study's more than 700 high school and college male athletes said they wear a protective athletic cup.
News Item, November 2, 2015

Dr. Schaffner Helps Clear Up the Confusion on Meningococcal Vaccines

Fortunately, Dr. William Schaffner wrote an excellent article for the National Foundation of Infectious Diseases (NFID) that we have reblogged below that provides a thorough explanation of meningococcal disease, the different meningococcal vaccines that are available to patients, and the facts parents need to know to make an educated immunization plan for their child.

Shot of Prevention, October 30, 2015

CANADA: HPV vaccine rates lagging (VIDEO)

Cancer Society launches a campaign to encourage parents to get their children vaccinated against HPV.

Yahoo, October 21, 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 dbarbour@partnershipformaleyouth.org.

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.