key articles
Clinical applications of centrally acting agents in male sexual dysfunction
Friday, 25 July 2008 - Currently available agents for erectile dysfunction (ED) share the same mechanism of action and pharmacologic properties. Therefore, they share the same limitations, including a principal focus on erection...
Author: Hellstrom
Assessment of male fertility in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma
Wednesday, 9 July 2008 - Infertility is one of the most significant side-effects in long-term survivors of successfully treated Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL). Sieniawski et al. (2008) assessed male fertility in patients with Hodgkin's...
Authors: Sieniawski et al.
Treatment of symptomatic androgen deficiency
Friday, 20 June 2008 - Despite the aging of the US population and increasing sales of prescription testosterone, treatment patterns for androgen deficiency (AD) are poorly understood. Hall et al. (2008) described patterns and...
Authors: Hall et al.
Effect of sildenafil on middle-aged sexually active males without erectile complaints
Saturday, 14 June 2008 - In clinical practice, a beneficial effect on sex life of sexually healthy males has been observed who use phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors. Gruenwald et al. (2008) evaluated in a...
Authors: Gruenwald et al.
Urinary retention in adults: diagnosis and initial management
Sunday, 18 May 2008 - Ina recent publication, Selius and Subedi (2008) discussed diagnosis and initial management of urinary retention in adults. Urinary retention is the inability to voluntarily void urine. This condition can be...
Authors: Selius & Subedi
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.
