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(Ivanhoe Newswire) – Getting back on track for good Men’s health could be as simple as a walk in the park. A new study done at the Duke University Medical Center shows that even a moderate amount of brisk walking can trim waistlines and cut disease risk factors.

The lead author of the study is Johanna Johnson, a clinical researcher at Duke Medical Center. “A person can lower their risk of MetS (metabolic syndrome) by walking just 30 minutes a day, 6 days per week. That’s about 11 miles per week, said Johnson. “And our study shows that you’ll benefit even if you don’t make any dietary changes.”

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By Kate McHugh, Ivanhoe Men’s health Correspondent

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Two women exchange stories about a recent vacation, a child’s college plans and their favorite new restaurant. Two old friends having coffee together? Nope! A new study finds this is what many doctor’s visits are starting to sound like.

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) – An ingredient in semen could be to blame for most HIV infections.

New research from Germany shows the ingredient – prostatic acidic phosphatase (PAP) – dramatically increases the ability of the HIV virus to cause infection. Scientists found when fragments of PAP are isolated from semen they form tiny fibers called amyloid fibrils. The fibrils catch particles of HIV and help them to penetrate target cells which significantly enhances the infection rate.

“We were not expecting to find an enhancer, and were even more surprised about the strength,” study author Frank Kirchhoff, University Clinic of Ulm, Germany, was quoted as saying. “Most enhancers have maybe a two- or three-fold effect, but here the effect was amazing—more than 50-fold and, under certain conditions, more than 100,000-fold. At first, I didn’t believe it, but we ran the experiment over and over, always with the same result.”

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Anecdotal reports suggest that there are several hundred physicians who are both religious leaders and medical doctors. They see a connection between the physical world of medicine and the spiritual world of faith, a perspective that can cross into the exam room.

This may be a positive quality for patients, said Farr A. Curlin, MD, an internal medicine assistant professorcq at the University of Chicago whose research focuses on spirituality and medicine.

A group practice’s proposal to allow referring health professionals to invest in an ambulatory surgery center would run afoul of the federal anti-kickback statute, states a recent advisory opinion by the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services’ Office of Inspector General.

Legal experts said the Oct. 19 opinion affirms the government’s stance that the arrangements can be susceptible to fraud and abuse and are permissible only under specific conditions.

Physicians suspect that Santa Claus is able to make his annual around-the-world gift-giving journey because he is vigilant about getting yearly influenza vaccinations, having regular checkups and staying physically active, according to a statement issued by the Pennsylvania Medical Society last month.

“Santa never misses an appearance or a delivery, and that makes me think he gets an annual flu shot. He knows how dangerous it would be for him to spread influenza to the children, elves or Mrs. Claus, and how disappointing it would be for him to come down with the virus,” said William Lander, MD, a family physician in Bryn Mawr, Pa. and past president of the organization.

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PITTSBURGH, Penn. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Since drug cocktails were introduced in the mid-1990’s, the number of Americans who die from AIDS dropped from more than 51,000 in 1995 to a steady 17,000 to 18,000 since 2000. Two new drugs have just been approved by the Food and Drug Administration and doctors hope these new drugs will lower those numbers even further.

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By Lindsay Braun, Ivanhoe Men’s health Correspondent

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — A breakthrough discovery reveals one particular hormone is responsible for helping a cancer enzyme cause a type of deadly red blood cell cancer.

Thomas Bumm, M.D., lead researcher and member of the Oregon Men’s health & Science University Cancer Institute was working with the JAK2 cancer enzyme that is known to cause a blood thickening red blood cell cancer called polycythemia vera when he found that a specific hormone was actually fueling the JAK2 enzyme and causing the cancer to thrive.

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) — The 14 million Americans suffering from rosacea — a skin condition effecting the middle third of the face causing persistent redness in the cheeks and nose — will tell you it’s nothing to “blush off.” Little has been known about the cause of the disease, but new research reveals a little mite may be behind the blushing disease.

Demodex folliculorum, microscopic mites, are normal inhabitants of human skin. Previous studies have established that the mites occur in great numbers on the faces of people with rosacea, but doctors weren’t sure whether they played a role in the development of the disease.

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