men's health newsletter: 05/2007


men's health newsletter 05/2007 WCMH Call for abstracts Online registration Preliminary Topics ISMH Redesigned Homepage eLearning Tool eCME Needs Assessment Web Casts jmhg Vol. 4 Issue II despatch in June Forthcomming Events Most recent issues in men's health & gender medicine WCMH: 5th Biennial World Congress on Men’s Health & Gender Call for abstracts Authors with original research are encouraged to submit abstracts relevant to Men’s Health. All accepted abstracts will be published in the Journal of Men’s Health & Gender; www.jmhgjournal.org Abstract submission deadline: July 02, 2007 Read more about Abstract Submission Guidelines at www.wcmh.info/ Online registration is available now Registration fees for ISMH Members: On/before July 30, 2007: € 150,-- After July 30, 2007: € 200,-- Registration fees for NON-ISMH Members: On/before July 30, 2007: € 250,-- After July 30, 2007: € 300,-- Online registration can be done at www.wcmh.info/wcmh-2007/registration.html List of preliminary topics You will find a complete topic-list at www.wcmh.info ISMH ISMH has launched its redesigned homepage We are happy to introduce our redesigned homepage and a newly created layout of the men's health newsletter (mhnl), the periodical publication on latest news on men's health issues. ISMH elarning tool We are happy to present the first ISMH elearning session 'Global Perspectives in ED: From Advances in Science to Couple's Solutions'. Please visit our new elarning tool on ismh-elearning. eCME Needs Assessment Win one of twenty free registrations to the 5th World Congress on Men’s Health & Gender 2007 (WCMH)! The ISMH’s vision is to become the first "Semi-Virtual Medical Society" of physicians interested in online continuing medical education. To ensure our eCME meets with your learning needs, please complete our eCME Needs Assessment. It will take less than 5 minutes and gives you the chance to win one of twenty free registrations to the WCMH 2007! ISMH Web casts Ridwan Shabsigh Role of Testosterone in Homeostasis and Men’s Health April Stefan Arver Metabolic Syndrome the journal of men's health & gender (jmhg) Vol. 4 Issue II (June 2007) forecast to the second Issue of jmhg: dispatch on 15th June 2007 with following contents Review: Men's Health: Impacts the Society Original article: Health Needs of African American Men Practicing medicine: Gonadal Hormones and Skeletal Health Forthcoming Events in 2007 International Men's Health Week (IMHW) June 11 - 17, 2007 worldwide Most recent issues in men's health & gender medicine Risk of prostate Ca in men on TRT overstated, expert says Fears that testosterone replacement therapy may induce or promote prostate cancer are overblown, according to one leading urologist. The reality is that TRT can be a safe and effective treatment for hypogonadal men. Read more about at urologytimes.com -> Trends in the Black-White Life Expectancy Gap in the United States, 1983-2003 Since the early 1980s, the black-white gap in life expectancy at birth increased sharply and subsequently declined, but the causes of these changes have not been investigated. Objectives: To determine the contribution of specific age groups and causes of death contributing to the changes in the black-white life expectancy gap from 1983-2003. Design and Settings: US vital statistics data from the US National Vital Statistics System, maintained by the National Center for Health Statistics. Standard life table techniques were used to decompose the change in the black-white life expectancy gap by combining absolute changes in age-specific mortality with relative changes in the distribution of causes of death. Main Outcome Measure: The gap in life expectancy at birth between blacks and whites. Read more about at jama.ama-assn.org -> Mandatory HPV Vaccination By any measure, genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and HPV-associated cervical cancer are significant national and global public health concerns. An estimated 11 000 newly diagnosed cases of cervical cancer occur annually in the United States, resulting in 3700 deaths. Globally, an estimated 493 000 new cervical cancer cases occur each year, with 274 000 deaths; more than 80% of cervical cancer deaths worldwide occur in developing countries. Read more about at jama.ama-assn.org -> Lessons from Cost-Effectiveness Research for United States Public Health Policy The application of cost-effectiveness analysis to health care has been the subject of previous reviews. The authors addressed the use of economic evaluation methods in public health, including case studies of population-level policies, e.g., environmental regulations, injury prevention, tobacco control, folic acid fortification, and blood product safety, and the public health promotion of clinical preventive services, e.g., newborn screening, cancer screening, and childhood immunizations. They review the methods used in cost-effectiveness analysis, the implications for cost-effectiveness findings, and the extent to which economic studies have influenced policy and program decisions. Read more about at arjournals.annualreviews.org -> Coffee consumption is inversely associated with cognitive decline in elderly European men: the FINE Study Objective: To investigate whether coffee consumption is associated with 10-year cognitive decline in elderly men, as results of previous studies obtained hitherto have been controversial and prospective information on this association has been lacking. Design, subjects and setting: Six hundred and seventy six healthy men born between 1900 and 1920 from Finland, Italy and the Netherlands participated in a 10-year prospective cohort study. Read more about at nature.com/ejcn/ -> Trichomonas vaginalis Infection in Male Sexual Partners: Implications for Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention Background: Trichomonas vaginalis causes a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in women, yet trichomoniasis in male sexual partners is not well recognized. Nucleic acid amplification tests can increase detection of T. vaginalis in men compared with culture. Methods: We conducted a prospective, multicenter study to evaluate T. vaginalis infection among male partners of women with trichomoniasis and factors associated with infection by recruiting patients from 3 public clinics in the United States. Male partners were tested for concordant T. vaginalis infection, defined as a positive urethral culture, urine culture, or urine polymerase chain reaction (PCR) result. A subset of men also provided a semen sample for T. vaginalis culture and PCR. Factors associated with concordant infection were determined from bivariable and multivariable analyses. Read more about at journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/ ->
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WCMH

Call for abstracts
Online registration
Preliminary Topics

ISMH

Redesigned Homepage
eLearning Tool
eCME Needs Assessment
Web Casts

jmhg

Vol. 4 Issue II despatch in June

Forthcomming Events

Most recent issues in men's health & gender medicine

WCMH: 5th Biennial World Congress on Men’s Health & Gender

Call for abstracts

Authors with original research are encouraged to submit abstracts relevant to Men’s Health.

All accepted abstracts will be published in the Journal of Men’s Health & Gender; www.jmhgjournal.org

Online registration is available now

Registration fees for ISMH Members:
On/before July 30, 2007: € 150,--
After July 30, 2007: € 200,--

Registration fees for NON-ISMH Members:
On/before July 30, 2007: € 250,--
After July 30, 2007: € 300,--

List of preliminary topics

ISMH

ISMH has launched its redesigned homepage

We are happy to introduce our redesigned homepage and a newly created layout of the men's health newsletter (mhnl), the periodical publication on latest news on men's health issues.

ISMH elarning tool

We are happy to present the first ISMH elearning session 'Global Perspectives in ED: From Advances in Science to Couple's Solutions'. Please visit our new elarning tool on ismh-elearning.

eCME Needs Assessment

Win one of twenty free registrations to the 5th World Congress on Men’s Health & Gender 2007 (WCMH)! The ISMH’s vision is to become the first "Semi-Virtual Medical Society" of physicians interested in online continuing medical education. To ensure our eCME meets with your learning needs, please complete our eCME Needs Assessment. It will take less than 5 minutes and gives you the chance to win one of twenty free registrations to the WCMH 2007!

ISMH Web casts

Role of Testosterone in Homeostasis and Men’s Health April

Metabolic Syndrome

the journal of men's health & gender (jmhg)

Vol. 4 Issue II (June 2007)

forecast to the second Issue of jmhg: dispatch on 15th June 2007 with following contents

Forthcoming Events in 2007

Most recent issues in men's health & gender medicine

Fears that testosterone replacement therapy may induce or promote prostate cancer are overblown, according to one leading urologist. The reality is that TRT can be a safe and effective treatment for hypogonadal men.

Trends in the Black-White Life Expectancy Gap in the United States, 1983-2003

Since the early 1980s, the black-white gap in life expectancy at birth increased sharply and subsequently declined, but the causes of these changes have not been investigated. Objectives: To determine the contribution of specific age groups and causes of death contributing to the changes in the black-white life expectancy gap from 1983-2003. Design and Settings: US vital statistics data from the US National Vital Statistics System, maintained by the National Center for Health Statistics. Standard life table techniques were used to decompose the change in the black-white life expectancy gap by combining absolute changes in age-specific mortality with relative changes in the distribution of causes of death. Main Outcome Measure: The gap in life expectancy at birth between blacks and whites.

By any measure, genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and HPV-associated cervical cancer are significant national and global public health concerns. An estimated 11 000 newly diagnosed cases of cervical cancer occur annually in the United States, resulting in 3700 deaths. Globally, an estimated 493 000 new cervical cancer cases occur each year, with 274 000 deaths; more than 80% of cervical cancer deaths worldwide occur in developing countries.

Lessons from Cost-Effectiveness Research for United States Public Health Policy

The application of cost-effectiveness analysis to health care has been the subject of previous reviews. The authors addressed the use of economic evaluation methods in public health, including case studies of population-level policies, e.g., environmental regulations, injury prevention, tobacco control, folic acid fortification, and blood product safety, and the public health promotion of clinical preventive services, e.g., newborn screening, cancer screening, and childhood immunizations. They review the methods used in cost-effectiveness analysis, the implications for cost-effectiveness findings, and the extent to which economic studies have influenced policy and program decisions.

Coffee consumption is inversely associated with cognitive decline in elderly European men: the FINE Study

Objective: To investigate whether coffee consumption is associated with 10-year cognitive decline in elderly men, as results of previous studies obtained hitherto have been controversial and prospective information on this association has been lacking. Design, subjects and setting: Six hundred and seventy six healthy men born between 1900 and 1920 from Finland, Italy and the Netherlands participated in a 10-year prospective cohort study.

Trichomonas vaginalis Infection in Male Sexual Partners: Implications for Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention

Background: Trichomonas vaginalis causes a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in women, yet trichomoniasis in male sexual partners is not well recognized. Nucleic acid amplification tests can increase detection of T. vaginalis in men compared with culture. Methods: We conducted a prospective, multicenter study to evaluate T. vaginalis infection among male partners of women with trichomoniasis and factors associated with infection by recruiting patients from 3 public clinics in the United States. Male partners were tested for concordant T. vaginalis infection, defined as a positive urethral culture, urine culture, or urine polymerase chain reaction (PCR) result. A subset of men also provided a semen sample for T. vaginalis culture and PCR. Factors associated with concordant infection were determined from bivariable and multivariable analyses.