https://medicalxpress.com/mens-health-news/ en-us Latest health news and information about Men's Health Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men—in 2013, it affected more than 1 million men across the world. The cancer does not behave the same way in every patient, and doctors have long faced a difficult balancing act between identifying patients who will benefit from more intensive treatment and those who may do just as well without it. Treating someone more aggressively than necessary is associated with increased side effects and poorer quality of life. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-diagnostic-doctors-refine-prostate-cancer.html Fri, 23 Oct 2026 20:40:01 EDT news711972301 After years of rising sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates in Australia, new Burnet Institute–led research has found promising evidence that an existing antibiotic taken after sex may be helping to reduce syphilis and chlamydia diagnoses among gay and bisexual men. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-sti-antibiotic-gay-bisexual-men.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:20:07 EDT news711806202 Proteins linked to the immune system, cell adhesion, blood vessel formation and known prostate cancer genes were associated with the future risk of developing prostate cancer, including aggressive disease, in a new study led by researchers at Oxford Population Health. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-blood-proteins-reveal-clues-prostate.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:30:01 EDT news711792961 Why do some prostate cancers grow slowly for years, while others progress quickly to life-threatening metastatic disease? An international team of researchers co-led by the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and the University of Copenhagen has uncovered new clues in the genomes of prostate cancers. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-genomic-cancer-driver-reveals-clues.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:20:09 EDT news711376921 Adding the targeted radioactive drug 177Lu-PNT2002 to stereotactic body radiation therapy, or SBRT, may help keep recurrent prostate cancer under control longer than SBRT alone, according to new research led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-radioactive-therapy-delay-recurrent-prostate.html Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:40:31 EDT news711108050 A new study revealed molecular features linked to more aggressive prostate cancer in a subset of patients who had been classified as low risk, highlighting biological differences that may not be apparent from clinical measures alone. The results could lead to new therapeutic strategies. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-prostate-tumors-reveal-molecular-linked.html Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:40:06 EDT news710605686 Researchers at Fred Hutch Cancer Center have identified a previously overlooked molecular regulator that helps determine whether prostate tumors remain sensitive to treatment or evolve into a more aggressive, drug-resistant form of the disease. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-key-driver-aggressive-prostate-cancer.html Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:00:02 EDT news710522401 Men bear a disproportionately higher burden of cancer even for cancers that are not specific to either sex. Although this pattern is global, the reasons for this difference remain mysterious. A recent study set out to investigate how much of this male-female cancer gap is solely rooted in biology and how much modifiable lifestyle habits and health conditions across populations play a role in driving it. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-men-higher-cancer-country.html Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:40:08 EDT news709820861 A new study found that cancer cells selectively chip away gene-rich sections of the Y chromosome, triggering changes that regulate tumor growth. Co-led by University of Arizona Cancer Center physician-scientist Dr. Dan Theodorescu, the paper, "Recurrent deletions and regulatory disruption of the Y chromosome in cancer," was published in the journal Communications Biology. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-pieces-chromosome-cancer-men.html Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:10 EDT news709804681 Using prostate MRI before a biopsy is a real advance in prostate cancer diagnosis. Multiple randomized trials have shown that imaging the prostate first and then targeting suspicious lesions finds more of the aggressive cancers that matter. As a result, guidelines have progressively strengthened their recommendations for MRI. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-mri-prostate-biopsies-sharply-hospitals.html Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:20:01 EDT news708960663 An elevated PSA level in the blood may indicate prostate cancer but does not allow for a definitive diagnosis. Where there is a corresponding suspicion, a tissue sample is usually taken from the prostate. A study by the Medical University of Vienna now shows that a specialized form of imaging—known as PSMA-PET/CT—could provide important additional information even before such a biopsy is carried out. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-prostate-cancer-specialized-imaging-unnecessary.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:40:07 EDT news708704822 Exposure to stress during critical developmental windows significantly increases the risk of developing mood and anxiety disorders in adulthood. While women and sexual- and gender-minority groups experience higher rates of adversity and stress-related disorders, the underlying biological mechanisms driving these sex-influenced vulnerabilities remain poorly understood. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-trauma-brain-differ-significantly-males.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:00:04 EDT news708702724 Combining the targeted therapy olaparib with an additional immunotherapy may improve immune response in a subgroup of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who responded poorly to initial treatment, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-combination-therapy-immune-response-advanced.html Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:00:01 EDT news708262756 Prostate cancer is the second most common form of cancer among men globally. Yet, we still know relatively little about why the disease develops or why some men live with it for years while it progresses aggressively in others. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-dna-signatures-reveal-prostate-cancers.html Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:00:20 EDT news708169081 Many prostate cancers depend on androgen hormones, including testosterone, to grow. That is why treatments for advanced disease often try to reduce testosterone production or block its effects. Now, scientists have identified an unexpected participant in androgen chemistry: a bacterium from the human urinary tract that can convert the steroid precursor DHEA into testosterone under laboratory conditions. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-bacteria-testosterone-prostate-cancer.html Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:00:04 EDT news707989741 A team of researchers from INRAE, Inserm, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, Université Paris Cité and the CNAM has published the first study exploring the association between eating jetlag and the risk of cardiovascular disease. Eating jetlag refers to the difference in the timing of meals between weekdays—when mealtimes are often shaped by work schedules—and weekends or days off. This shift in eating patterns may disrupt the body's biological rhythms and could have implications for cardiovascular health. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-jetlag-weekend-meal-shifts-higher.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:40:06 EDT news707668981