key articles
Sexually transmitted infections: impact on male fertility
Monday, 12 May 2008 - In a review, Ochsendorf (2008) discussed how sexually transmitted diseases (STD) affect male fertility. The impact of STD on male fertility is strongly dependent on the local prevalence of the STDs. In...
Author: Ochsendorf
Urogenital infections and male sexuality: effects on ejaculation and erection
Sunday, 11 May 2008 - In a review, Schultheiss (2008) evaluated the effect of urogenital infections on male sexuality, in particular on ejacuation and erection. The relation of urogenital infections and sexual dysfunction in men...
Author: Schultheiss
Prostate cancer evaluation in men with elevated prostate-specific antigen and chronic prostatitis
Sunday, 11 May 2008 -In a review, Hochreiter (2008) discussed prostate cancer evaluation in men with elevated prostate-specific antigen and chronic prostatitis. Elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in men may result...
Author: Hochreiter
Proliferative inflammatory atrophy and prostate cancer
Sunday, 11 May 2008 - Woenckhaus and Fenic (2008) reviewed the association of proliferative inflammatory atrophy (PIA) with prostate cancer. PIA belongs to the atrophic lesions that frequently occur in the prostate. The location...
Authors: Woenckhaus & Fenic
Chronic orchitis: a neglected cause of male infertility?
Saturday, 10 May 2008 - Schuppe et al. (2008) review the effect of chronic orchitis on male infertility. Infection and inflammation of the male reproductive tract are accepted as important aetiological factors of infertility....
Authors: Schuppe et al.
Acute bacterial prostatitis and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome
Saturday, 10 May 2008 - Weidner et al. (2008) discussed the implication of acute bacterial prostatitis and chronic prostatitis in andrological urology. There is a consensus on the diagnostic management of bacterial prostatitis...
Authors: Weidner et al.
Fluoroquinolones treatment for chronic bacterial prostatitis
Saturday, 10 May 2008 - Wagenlehner et al. (2008) evaluated the treatment of chronic bacterial prostatitis with fluoroquinolones. In only about 10% of men with symptoms of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome,...
Authors: Wagenlehner et al.
Management of Congenital Penile Curvature
Thursday, 24 April 2008 - Nyirady et al. (2008) carefully evaluated the long-term results of the management in adulthood of congenital curvature of the penis (ventral, lateral and dorsal) without hypospadias using three different...
Authors: Nyirady et al.
Molecular markers of human sperm functions
Friday, 18 April 2008 - Fertilization is a stepwise process that allows two mature gametes to reach each other, fuse and eventually give rise to a new individual. Despite the tremendous importance of reproduction for species...
Authors: Muratori et al.
Cardiovascular outcomes among sildenafil users
Friday, 4 April 2008 - Sildenafil (Viagra) is an effective and well-tolerated treatment option for erectile dysfunction (ED). However, concerns remain about cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and deaths in men taking sildenafil...
Authors: Mittleman et al.
