Metabolic syndrome and erectile dysfunction The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) exhibits a noticeable increase worldwide during the last years. The MetS or syndrome X is a complex of interrelated risk factors including obesity, glucose intolerance,...
Sobi receives European marketing approval for Xiapex to treat peyronie’s disease BioSpecifics Technologies Corp, a biopharmaceutical company developing first in class collagenase-based products marketed as Xiaflex (collagenase clostridium histolyticum or CCH) in...
The Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) is going to put an end to the use of the “last-hope” drug against prostate cancer. The Jevtana drug will no longer be available for use by NHS patients from March 2015. Although it will remain available for existing patients, doctors will...
Study suggests there might be a natural remedy for erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation Most men are ambitious about their performance in sex and that they do their best to please their partner. If you are a man that cares about your own and your partner’s...
New study tries to link Peyronie’s disease with low testosterone As we have extensively discussed in the Peyronie’s disease (PD) section (link), PD is a wound-scar of the connective tissue of the tunica albuginea of the penis, i.e. the tissue which covers...
What is the prostate? The prostate is a gland located under the bladder and surrounds the urethra, i.e. the tube which carries the urine from the bladder through the penis and out of the body. The prostate gland weights approximately 15g and has the shape of a nut....
