Health
Here's what happens to your penis as you age
All parts of your body age and the penis is no exception.
Nov 22, 2023
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News tagged with penis
Medications
Penile HIV infection is effectively prevented by antiretroviral treatment, finds study
Of the 38 million people worldwide living with HIV, approximately 700,000 are newly infected men, primarily via sexual transmission. Sexually transmitted HIV infections in exclusively heterosexual men are acquired through ...
Jun 12, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Peyronie's disease: What it is, causes, symptoms, and treatment
Many men have likely never heard of Peyronie's disease, but they might want to brush up on this condition because it causes the penis to curve abnormally during an erection.
Jun 2, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Skin changes in the genital area during monkeypox identified
In the setting of the current monkeypox outbreak it is important to consider different clinical courses. This includes skin changes/lesions that are primarily localized at the presumed inoculation sites, a low exanthematous ...
Nov 4, 2022
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Surgery
Doctors report success in penis transplant for injured veteran
Short of death, it is perhaps the combat injury most feared by servicemen who have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan: a blast that robs him of his genitals.
Nov 7, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
One quarter of penis cancer sufferers don't get recommended treatment—halving the survival rate
A major international survey has found that around a quarter of patients are not receiving the recommended treatment for cancer of the penis. It also found that these patients had half the survival rate of those who were ...
Mar 16, 2018
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Cardiology
The world's first organ transplants
Fifty years after the first heart transplant in South Africa, here is look back over the history of human organ transplants.
Nov 30, 2017
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Surgery
South African team performs second successful penis transplant
A team from Stellenbosch University (SU) and the Tygerberg Academic Hospital has recently performed a second penis transplant, making it the first medical centre in the world to successfully perform this procedure twice.
May 22, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
How does penis length change after prostate cancer surgery?
Many patients who have their prostate glands removed as a treatment for prostate cancer complain of shortening in the length of the penis.
Feb 10, 2017
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Surgery
Penis operation highlights past, future of organ transplants
Add one remarkable case to the 30,000-plus organ transplants expected to be performed nationwide this year: A cancer patient who received a donor penis.
May 16, 2016
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