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- Vaccine Maker Tallies Peru's HPV Cancer Burden2026-06-12
Five of seven authors work for Merck; their study finds 208 HPV-attributable male cancer deaths in Peru (2015–2019), penile cancer driving most hospitalizations
Burden of HPV-Associated Cancers in Peruvian Men: Evidence from National Health Data HPV penile cancer epidemiology health services
- Most Priapism Cases Arrive Too Late to Save Erections2026-06-01
39% of priapism patients developed ED at 30 days — most arrived with erections lasting over 24 hours
Ischemic Priapism: Evaluation in a Third-Level Hospital in Mexico erectile dysfunction cross-sectional surgical outcomes priapism health services
- Pediatric Penile Emergencies: Screen for Abuse2026-06-01
Narrative review covering ED diagnosis and management of pediatric penile conditions, from paraphimosis to strangulation injury, with abuse screening emphasized
Management of pediatric penile problems in the emergency department. pediatric urology narrative review health services emergency medicine
- Who Trained Your Stone Doc Changes Your Surgery2026-05-24
300 endourologists worldwide agree on watching small stones; for large ones, treatment varies by where and when you trained
Shifting Paradigms in Stone Disease: How Geography, Training, and Technology Shape Endourologic Practice Worldwide kidney stones health services surgical outcomes cross-sectional
- 1 in 5 Online Testosterone Clinics Invent Cardiovascular Benefits2026-05-19
253 testosterone clinic websites worldwide: 1 in 4 promote off-guideline treatments, 1 in 5 falsely claim cardiovascular benefits
Discordance Between Online Information and Male Hypogonadism Clinical Guidelines: A Global Multilingual Content Analysis hypogonadism testosterone therapy health services evidence quality
- Young Men With ED Almost Never See a Psychiatrist2026-05-11
In a cohort of young men with ED and a diagnosed mental health condition, only 6.2% ever had a psychiatry appointment.
Evaluating Mental Health Risk and Psychiatric Care Access in 18–40 Year Old Men with Erectile Dysfunction erectile dysfunction mental health health services retrospective cohort
- Your Kidney Doctor Has No Idea You're Drinking That2026-05-07
~20% of kidney stone patients use cranberry extract or ACV; 87% believe them safe, almost none heard about them from a physician
Patient Perceptions of Dietary Supplement Use and Kidney Stone Disease kidney stones cross-sectional health services evidence quality
- Prostate Patients Fear Bowel Damage More Than Erectile Dysfunction2026-05-04
In 88 men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer, bowel symptoms ranked as the #1 factor to avoid — above erectile dysfunction — while urinary symptoms didn't significantly sway choices at all.
Patient Preferences for Treatment of Intermediate-risk Prostate Cancer: A Discrete Choice Experiment prostate cancer patient satisfaction health services erectile dysfunction quality of life
- 1 in 8 Diabetic Men Has ED, 660,000-Man Study Finds2026-04-17
659,501 men in Catalonia: ED prevalence was 12.6% in T2DM vs 8.3% in non-diabetic men — a 1.5-fold difference peaking at ages 55–64.
Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Erectile Dysfunction Among Men with Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care: A Cross-Sectional Study in Catalonia diabetes erectile dysfunction cross-sectional epidemiology cardiovascular disease health services
- Depression Nearly Doubles Penile Implant Infection Risk2026-04-09
Men with anxiety or depression had 79% higher 90-day infection rates after penile implant surgery; antidepressants didn't close the gap.
What is the impact of anxiety and depression on penile prosthesis outcomes? A population-level assessment. penile prosthesis surgical outcomes antidepressants health services
- Reddit Fills the Gap Pelvic Pain Doctors Left2026-04-09
201 Reddit posts reveal that pelvic pain patients turn online because medicine consistently fails to diagnose or validate their conditions
Seeking Answers and Finding Support: A Qualitative Analysis of Sexual and Pelvic Pain Online Communities on Reddit pelvic floor sexual dysfunction women's health health services
- Six Providers, Five Sessions, No Patients Tested Yet2026-04-08
Sexual dysfunction affects 20–50% of childhood cancer survivors; six oncology providers spent 5 co-design sessions building a screening prototype — none of it tested on patients yet
Provider-Engaged Development of a Sexual Dysfunction Screening Approach for Adolescents and Young Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors: Iterative Co-Design Study screening sexual dysfunction survivorship health services
- Central Asia's Male Infertility Problem Is Getting Worse2026-04-06
Male infertility prevalence rose in 4 of 5 Central Asian countries over 32 years; incidence climbed in all five
Long-Term Epidemiological Trends and Regional Disparities in Male Infertility in Central Asia (1991-2023) male infertility health services epidemiology environmental exposure
- Sexual Medicine Has a Pleasure Problem2026-04-02
An editorial argues clinical sexual medicine neglects justice, rights, and pleasure — proposing a shift from fixing dysfunction to enabling well-being
Sexual Health Framing Sexual Medicine: Toward a More Humanistic Framework sexual dysfunction evidence quality women's health health services
- Mesh Clinic Patients: Pain Gets Treated, Psych Distress Doesn't2026-04
74 women with mesh complications waited a median 185 days to see a specialist — and only 13.5% were referred to psychology despite high distress scores
A Retrospective Cohort Study Investigating the Clinical Care Pathway for Patients at a Pelvic Mesh Complications Clinic in a Western Australian Tertiary Hospital pelvic floor urinary incontinence women's health health services cohort study surgical outcomes
- Clear Guidelines Aren't Enough to Close the Rural Gap2026-03-31
Rural U.S. patients with early-stage kidney and prostate cancer were up to 26% less likely to receive guideline-concordant care than urban patients
Rural-Urban Variation in Guideline-Concordant Management of Early-Stage Kidney, Prostate, and Testicular Cancer in the United States (2010–2022) kidney cancer prostate cancer testicular cancer health services epidemiology surgical outcomes retrospective cohort
- Primary Care Penile Cancer Evidence: Coming Soon2026-03-30
A scoping review protocol — no findings yet — registering plans to map what evidence exists on these cancers in primary care
Strategies for Prevention, Early Detection and Management of Penile and Testicular Cancer in Primary Healthcare: Scoping Review Protocol penile cancer testicular cancer screening health services evidence quality
- China's Math on Male HPV Vaccination Is Clear2026-03-20
Modeling 22 strategies, 20 cleared China's cost-effectiveness bar; vaccinating 14-year-olds with a 4-valent vaccine won
Economic Evaluation of 22 HPV Vaccination Strategies to Minimize the Risk of Penile, Anal, and Oropharyngeal Cancers in Chinese Males: A Markov Model Analysis penile cancer health services immunology evidence quality
- After Prostate Surgery, Literacy Predicts Who Actually Follows Through2026-03-20
Men with low health literacy were 71% less likely to maintain ≥80% rehab adherence after prostatectomy, per a Chinese single-center study of 1,615.
Health Literacy Correlates, Barriers, and Adherence in Post-Prostatectomy Sexual Rehabilitation: Cross-Sectional Findings from China prostate cancer sexual dysfunction cross-sectional health services survivorship
- Stone History Doesn't Always Bar Kidney Donation2026-03-17
CT imaging detects Randall's plaques as false positives; true stone prevalence in donor candidates is 2–8%, half the general population rate.
Evaluation of Nephrolithiasis and Its Risk Factors in Living Kidney Donor Candidates kidney stones narrative review screening health services
- Combat Didn't Raise Cancer Risk. Infantry Did.2026-03-15
Infantry soldiers had twice the adjusted testicular cancer risk of other Army occupations — but combat deployment showed no association
Factors Associated With Testicular Cancer Risk Among New American Military Recruits During Wartime testicular cancer environmental exposure health services survivorship
- Does Your Doctor Ask About Your Sex Life?2026-03-11
A 2026 review maps primary care's role in four sexual health conditions: ED, premature ejaculation, sexual pain, and low desire.
Addressing Sexual Health in Primary Care erectile dysfunction premature ejaculation sexual dysfunction health services narrative review
- Stone Prevention: APPs In, Oversight Out2026-03-05
Survey of 69 urologists finds APPs handle stone prevention in ~half of U.S. practices, with half those practices reporting no formal physician oversight
Integrating Advanced Practice Providers in Kidney Stone Prevention: Patterns, Barriers, and Opportunities kidney stones health services evidence quality
- The Penile Implant Germany Won't Use2026-02-25
Germany implants far fewer penile prostheses than evidence warrants — and the authors say structural barriers, not lack of efficacy, are to blame
Penile Implant Surgery in Germany — Effective, Established, Yet Underused penile prosthesis erectile dysfunction health services surgical outcomes
- CBAVD Sperm Retrieval: No One Agrees2026-02-18
Among 51 reproductive urologists, no extraction technique dominated: testicular (39%), epididymal (29%), or a combination (31%)
Reproductive Urologist Preferences for Sperm Extraction in Congenital Bilateral Absence of the Vas Deferens male infertility health services surgical outcomes genetics
- Half of Infertility Is Male, Insurance Barely Covers It2026-01-30
Male factor drives up to 50% of infertility cases, yet insurance and specialist access lag far behind
Barriers to Male Infertility Care and Strategic Solutions for Advancement: Increasing Access, Health Policy, and Advocacy Efforts male infertility health services narrative review screening
- Hypospadias Surgeons Admit They're Undertrained2026-01-12
103 surveyed surgeons reported a gap between the case volume needed for competency and what residency actually delivers
Education and Training in Hypospadias Surgery: Current Status, Competency Assessment, and the Role of Modern Educational Tools hypospadias pediatric urology surgical outcomes health services
- Kidney Stone Tool Use Varies 24-Fold; Infections Don't2025-12-15
UAS used in 59% of kidney stone surgeries, but practice rates range from 4% to 99%—and 30-day infection hospitalizations are the same either way
Ureteral Access Sheath Use and Infection-Related Hospitalizations: Practice Patterns and Outcomes kidney stones surgical outcomes health services
- Sildenafil Beats Tadalafil—But Read the Fine Print2025-11-19
Sildenafil scored higher than tadalafil on satisfaction and hardness in 132,100 real-world patients; vardenafil had the worst side-effect profile (47.4% vs ~34%).
Head-to-head Comparison of the Safety and Efficacy Profiles of Three Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitors through Patient-reported Outcomes of 130 000 Patients from a Direct-to-consumer Platform Database erectile dysfunction pharmacovigilance health services evidence quality
- Testicular Cancer Is Getting Older and Surviving Better2025-10-13
30-year Spanish single-center data: men over 40 at diagnosis quadrupled from 7% to 29%, and 10-year cause-specific survival reached 97%
Epidemiological Patterns, Temporal Trends in Management and Long-Term Outcomes in Testicular Cancer: a 30-Year Single Center Experience testicular cancer survivorship cohort study health services
- A $165 to $101,510 Gap for the Same Surgery2025-09-15
The same kidney stone operation (PCNL) costs anywhere from $165 to $101,510 depending on where it's done — a 615-fold gap that makes cost comparisons nearly meaningless
Costs of Resolving a Ureteral or Kidney Stone Episode Worldwide: A Systematic Review kidney stones health services systematic review surgical outcomes
- A New Heart Helps Your Sex Life. A New Pancreas Doesn't.2025-07-08
Transplantation linked to a 2.11% absolute drop in coded sexual dysfunction in men — statistically real, clinically modest
The Impact of Solid Organ Transplantation on Sexual Dysfunction and Infertility in Older Men and Women: A Claims-Based Study sexual dysfunction erectile dysfunction infertility retrospective cohort health services surgical outcomes
- Breast Cancer's Sexual Side Effects: Still Mostly Ignored2025-07-04
92% of breast cancer patients wanted systematic sexual health information; only 47% ever got any, and just 20% were screened
Information and Screening for Sexual Disorders of Patients with Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer: Results of a Survey sexual dysfunction screening survivorship women's health health services cross-sectional