Men's Health, Third Edition

by Kirby; Roger S.

• ISBN13: 9780415447331
• ISBN10: 041544733X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-29
• Publisher: Taylor & Franci

Summary

This Third Edition of Men's Health provides a comprehensive and authoritative reference source to urologists, andrologists, family practitioners, and all professionals dealing with the male patient who diagnose and treat males with a variety of health problems, such as prostate cancer, male osteoporosis, and testicular cancer. The new edition been completely reorganized into disease- and problem-based sections, to highlight important topics such as cancer and premature cardiovascular disease. There is also new material on some of the less frequently explored areas of men's health, such as Tourette's Syndrome, depression, and cosmetic surgery.

Table of Contents

Help Seeking in Men and the Problems of Late Diagnosis

Inequalities and Men's Health

Men's Health in Primary Care

Exercise and Men's Health

Obesity and Men's Health

Diabetes Mellitus

Lipids and Lipid-modifying Therapy

Hypertension

Coronary Heart Disease in Men

Men's Health: Heart Failure

Erectile Dysfunction: Cardiovascular Risk and the Role of the Primary Care Physician

Risk Factors in Men with Erectile Dysfunction

Cutaneous Melanoma

Alopecia

Osteoporosis in Men

Trauma and Men's Health

Smoking and Lung Cancer

Men as Risk Takers

Ignorance and Uncertainty Regarding Cancer and Cancer Genetics amongst Men

Evaluation and Treatment of Male Infertility

Premature Ejaculation

Androgen Deficiency in the Aging Male

Benign and Malignant Disease of the Prostate

The PSA Debate

Prostatitis

Haematuria

Erectile Dysfunction: Diagnosis and Treatment

Testicular Cancer

Circumcision

Peyronie's Disease

Penile Carcinoma and Associated Conditions

Hypospadias: Uncovering a Common Problem

Genital Piercing

The Overactive Bladder and Incontinence

Male Contraception: Novel Approaches

Men and Suicide: Asessment, Management and Aftermath in a primary Care Setting

HIV Infection and AIDS

Hepatitis B and C

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Care of the Traveller

New chapters: Male Viagra and drug treatment for impaired sexual function

Colon cancer

Oesophagitis

Depression

Peptic ulcer

OAB in men

Testosterone and the metabolic syndrome

Bowel cancer

Tourettes Syndrome

ADHD

Men and sport related injury

Men and their body image, including body building/steroid abuse

Cosmetic surgery for men

Men and their mental health

Rehabilitation in widowed men

Engaging men with their health - what more can be done?

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