Health and Medical Guide to Men's Health Gay and Lesbian Health Health information topics about Gay and Lesbian Health: Children 1. Sexual Stereotypes and Sexual Orientation American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZNZ1L6W7C&sub_... Men 1. Need for Sustained HIV Prevention Among Men who Ha National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/facts/msm.htm 2. Protect Yourself against Hepatitis A and B: A Guid Immunization Action Coalition http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4115.htm 3. Syphilis and MSM (Men Who Have Sex with Men) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/std/STDFact-MSM%26Syphilis.htm 4. Ten Things Gay Men Should Discuss with Their Healt Gay and Lesbian Medical Association http://www.glma.org/news/releases/n02071710gaythings.html Organizations 1. Gay and Lesbian Medical Association http://www.glma.org/ Prevention/Screening 1. Social Support & Violence Prevention National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information http://www.health.org/features/lgbt/violence.aspx Related Issues 1. Other Health Issues in LGBT Populations National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information http://www.health.org/features/lgbt/health.aspx 2. Homophobia and Heterosexism National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/features/lgbt/homohet.aspx 3. Answers to Your Questions about Sexual Orientation American Psychological Association http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/answers.html Statistics 1. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth Issue Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States http://www.siecus.org/pubs/fact/fact0013.html Teenagers 1. Lesbian Teens American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZKDI5LUSD&sub_... 2. Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Teens â?? Staying American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZGM18DFMD&sub_... 3. Gay and Lesbian Adolescents American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/63.htm 4. Bullying in Schools: Harassment Puts Gay Youth at National Mental Health Association http://www.nmha.org/pbedu/backtoschool/bullyingGayYouth.cfm Women 1. HIV/AIDS & U.S. Women who Have Sex with Wo Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/facts/wsw.htm 2. Lesbian Health National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/faq/Lesbian.htm 3. Lesbians Face Many Barriers to Good Health Care Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/cdnr/cdnr_fall0206.htm 4. 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Chronic Insomnia With Objectively Measured Short Sleep Duration Is Associated... 2 Sep 2010 at 2:00am A study in the Sept. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP found an elevated risk of death in men with a complaint of chronic insomnia and an objectively measured short sleep duration. The results suggest that public health policy should emphasize the diagnosis and appropriate treatment of chronic insomnia... InSightec Treats First Prostate Cancer Patients In Clinical Trials 1 Sep 2010 at 4:00am nSightec Ltd., the global leader in MR guided focused ultrasound technology and the only company to receive FDA approval for its ExAblate(R) system for treating uterine fibroids, announced that its ExAblate(R) system has been used for the first time for the treatment of prostate cancer patients. Seven patients with localized low-risk prostate cancer were treated worldwide so far... Elbit Imaging Announces Insightec Treats First Prostate Cancer Patients In Cl... 1 Sep 2010 at 4:00am Elbit Imaging Ltd. 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To Reduce HIV Risk Among Men Who Have Sex With Men, Better Interventions Are ... 27 Aug 2010 at 2:00am Although a cognitive-behavioral intervention to encourage men who have sex with men to reduce their substance use and sexual risk behavior (as both are linked) was partially successful, a similar reduction was achieved in comparison groups who did not receive the intervention suggesting that better methods for changing behaviors are needed... Molecular Approaches To Better Understand Male Infertility 27 Aug 2010 at 2:00am Male infertility is a common medical problem, affecting millions of men in the United States annually. Its causes include an inability to make productive sperm. Now, using yeast as a model organism, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are beginning to identify the molecular signals that could in part underlie that problem. Shelley Berger PhD, the Daniel S... BPA And Testosterone Levels: First Evidence For Small Changes In Men 26 Aug 2010 at 7:00am 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... Prostate Cancer Treatment Expert Dr. David Samadi, MD Discusses Preventive Me... 26 Aug 2010 at 5:00am Starting in September, President Obama's Affordable Care Act will go into effect. The act mandates free preventative services such as cholesterol or breast cancer screenings and tetanus shots... New ACOG Recommendations On HPV Vaccination Mirror Government Guidelines 25 Aug 2010 at 7:00am On Monday, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists released recommendations that girls should be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus at ages 11 or 12, Reuters reports. 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