Archive for the ‘Prostate’

  • Life stages: the 60s
    Life Stages: the 60s The 60s can be a good time in your life. If you have kids, they are probably grown and out of the house, and perhaps grandchildren have entered the picture. This is a time in your life where you may be free to do the things you enjoy, but never had time for. It is important, however, to keep in mind that taking good care of yourself may help you...
    by Mensvita at September 15th, 2009 at 06:09 am
  • Life stages: the 50s
    Your Body at Age Fifty Men and woman go through many stages of life. Reaching the age of fifty brings new health concerns to a man who had, up to now had been busy working to help feed and clothe his family that he neglected to heed the warnings to get a checkup by a doctor at least once a year. There are many health issues that become important at this age. One in...
    by Mensvita at September 13th, 2009 at 04:09 pm
  • A Virus Cause Prostate Cancer?
    A virus known to cause leukaemia in animals has been linked to human prostate cancer, indicating that the disease could have a viral origin. Xenotropic murine  leukemia virus-related virus or XMRV was found in 27 percent of prostate cancers compared to only 6 percent of health prostate cells, the study showed. If it turns out to be true, then this may lead to the development...
    by Mensvita at September 9th, 2009 at 02:09 am
  • How to Keep a Healthy Prostate Part 2
    Prostate health is a topic many men start to hear about as they get into their 40’s.  For those of you without much knowledge of the human body, the prostate gland is a walnut-sized men-only organ that surrounds the urethra.  It’s this exact gland that secrets about 25% of the seminal fluid which combines with sperm during male ejaculation.  What the fluid does...
    by Mensvita at September 3rd, 2009 at 03:09 am
  • Testosterone, Aging, and the Mind
    Men do not usually consider the affects of testosterone mental processes. When thinking of testosterone, the role it has on the body comes to mind. But new research implies that testosterone has a greater impact on the mind than previously thought. Testosterone is a hormone, or androgen. Androgen productions require a complex chain of events. Begining in the brain, the...
    by Mensvita at August 30th, 2009 at 02:08 am
  • Oestrogen: bad hormone for men
    Men and women both produce testosterone and oestrogen. Each sex depends on a fine balance to keep their health such as bone density, virility, skin, and muscles. There isn’t a specific amount of either its the balance of the two in each of our bodies that is important. The difference is that women convert the testosterone into oestrogen. Over time age takes effect...
    by Mensvita at August 20th, 2009 at 03:08 am
  • Lifecycle of Mans Best Thing
    It´s horrible: man’s sexual function declines with age. As the testosterone level falls, it takes more to arouse him. Once aroused, he takes longer to get an erection and to achieve orgasm and, following orgasm, to become aroused again. Age brings marked declines in semen volume and sperm quality. Erectile dysfunction (ED), or impotence, is clearly linked to advancing...
    by Mensvita at August 11th, 2009 at 02:08 pm
  • Men’s nutrition
    Diet, lifestyle choices and exercise greatly influence the well-being of both men and women. Men’s nutrition follows under diet and is a very important component in a man’s life. Jayson Hunter of Prograde Nutrition reveals the importance of men’s nutrition in a man’s life. He believes that almost all major health issues are directly associated with your men’s...
    by Mensvita at Juli 26th, 2009 at 02:07 pm