Male Information - August 21, 2008

Plastic Surgeon Says Transgender's Pregnancy Safe, Geneticists Raises Concern

March 27, 2008 - Topics genetic, pregnancy, sex, baby and child
Experts have expressed both confidence and concern on the health of a fetus of a transgender man who has just revealed his pregnancy.

Dr. Charles Garramoni, a Florida plastic surgeon who changes female bodies into male bodies, said there is a slim chance that Oregonian Thomas Beatie's baby girl will suffer complications due to Beatie's 10-year testosterone therapy to develop the physical characteristics of a male

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Study: Premature Births Have Lasting Effects

March 27, 2008 - Topics study, reproduction, child, infant and research
A recent study concluded that prematurely born children prove to have higher risks of infant deaths, and lower fertility rates as adults. These findings generally point to the conclusion that premature babies bear more complications later on in life than previously expected.

The researchers at Duke University gathered their findings from an experiment involving 1.16 million births in Norway between 1967 and 1988. Of this number, 5.2 percent, or 60,354, were deemed to be premature births, being born up to 37 of the 40 normal weeks after conception

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Study: Men And Women Have Opposing Eating Habits

March 20, 2008 - Topics study, men, women, disease and survey
Researchers have concluded that men and women typically have different tastes in food with men favoring meat and poultry while women tend to prefer fruits and vegetables.

The study is based on the behavior of 14,000 adult men and women surveyed from May 2006 to April 2007 for the Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet). The aim of the study was to determine their eating habits, including high risk foods such as undercooked meat and eggs

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India To Give Cash Incentives For Baby Girls

March 4, 2008 - Topics baby, women, child, daughter and statistic
The government of India will reward cash gifts to any family who could bore a baby girl in an effort to reduce the number of abortions to females because of preference to sons. Indian culture considers having a son better than having a daughter because males can later become breadwinners.

Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury said the cash incentive will be given in staggered payments to any family members that could give the country additional female member of the society

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Convicted Execs In Penile Enlarger Fraud Face Forfeiture Of $33 Million Assets

February 29, 2008 - Topics diet, male, mother and herb
A U.S. District Court jury has ordered the forfeiture of over $33 million worth of assets of four people convicted for duping hundreds of customers into buying a herbal dietary supplement that purportedly enlarges the male organ.

Ordered to pay the estimated proceeds from their conspiracy, fraud and money laundering crimes were Steven E. Warshak, 42, president and owner of Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals and TCI Media Inc.; his mother, Harriet, 75; Paul J. Kellogg, 41, in-house lawyer of Berkeley; and Steven P. Pugh, 38, a warehouse manager of Berkeley

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