Showing posts with label men's health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label men's health. Show all posts

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Men's Health: BPA and testosterone levels

BPA and testosterone levels: "An international group of researchers led by the Peninsula Medical School and the University of Exeter have for the first time identified changes in sex hormones associated with BPA exposure in men, in a large population study. The study results are published in the latest issue of Environmental Health Perspectives."


Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Men's Health: Exercise and Increased eNOS Expression

Title: The effect of regular exercise on penile nitric oxide synthase expression in rats.

Summary: The author concludes that "regular exercise upregulates eNOS and nNOS expressions in the aged and young rat penis. Regular exercise may improve penile erection by increasing penile neurotransmitter in both young and aged rats."

Ozbek, E., Tasci, A. I., Ilbey, Y. O., Simsek, A., Somay, A., and Metin, G. (2009). The effect of regular exercise on penile nitric oxide synthase expression in rats. International Journal of Andrology, 9999(9999). http://www.citeulike.org/user/HEIRS/article/5860230

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Mechanisms of obesity and related pathologies: Androgen deficiency and endothelial dysfunction may be the link between obesity and erectile dysfunction

Mechanisms of obesity and related pathologies: Androgen deficiency and endothelial dysfunction may be the link between obesity and erectile dysfunction