Poor sleep linked to Incontinence, impotence (HealthDay)

(Saturday, May 14, HealthDay News) - sleep problems are associated with erectile dysfunction and urological conditions such as incontinence, according to two new studies.

The first study examined the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) sleep and erectile dysfunction. OSA is a disorder that occurs during sleep, in which airway person collapses temporarily, forcing them to stop breathing. The study consisted of 870 men with an average of 47.3 years of age and an average index of 30.2 body mass, which is considered obese.

Health testing found that 63% of men had OSA, 5.6% had a history of diabetes, and 29% had a history of smoking.

After they adjusted for age and other health conditions, the researchers found that men with erectile dysfunction were twice as likely to have OSA than those without erectile dysfunction. And the more severe the erectile dysfunction more likely to have OSA, the investigators noted. The result suggests that men with erectile dysfunction should be screened for OSA, said researchers at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.

The second study found that sleep problems before urological conditions such as urinary incontinence, lower urinary tract symptoms and the need to get up during the night for urination (nocturia).

Researchers at New England Research Institutes, Inc., Watertown, mass., suivient with 1 610 men and women 2 535 for five years, evaluation of sleep disorders and development of the urological symptoms.

The researchers found that the duration of short men sleep and sleep restless between men and women were strongly associated with the impact of the lower urinary tract symptoms (8% of men) and 13% among women. The incidence of urinary incontinence and nocturia was associated with a sleep restless in women but not men, according to researchers.

Both studies were programmed to be presented to the press Saturday at a special press conference at the annual meeting of the Urological Association American, Washington, D.C.

"We know that the right amount of sleep and sleep quality can impact a wide range of health conditions, including the erectile function and lower urinary tract symptoms," spokesman AAU Dr. Kevin T. McVarysaid in a statement to press association. "These data can help us to better assess how to help patients change their habits of sleep may improve their health and their overall quality of life."

Because these studies were presented at a medical meeting, the data and conclusions should be considered preliminary until published in a refereed journal.

More information

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more on sleep and sleep disorders.

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HPV may be linked to cancer of the lung (HealthDay)

By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter by Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter - Mon Apr 4, 11: 48 pm EST

(Monday 4 April HealthDay News) - the human papillomavirus (HPV), a common sexually transmitted virus that accounts for most cases of cervical cancer, can also play a role in cancer of the lung, researchers report.

In other smaller studies, HPV found in patients with lung cancer. But what role plays the virus, if any, in the development of the disease is not known, scientists from the International Agency for research on Cancer (IARC) stated.

"These results preliminary mandate more investigations on the role of HPV in lung cancer,", said principal investigator Devasena Anantharaman, a postdoctoral fellow in the genetic epidemiology group, which is part of the CIRC.

"However, to determine the physical presence of the virus in these Lung Tumors and other established markers of cancer related to HPV are necessary to establish a causal link," Anantharaman said.

The findings were presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, held in Orlando, Florida Monday

For the study, the Anantharaman team sought 1,633 to 2,729 people without pulmonary disease HPV types in patients of lung cancer.

The researchers found that people without lung cancer had fewer types of HPV that patients with lung cancer. In patients with lung cancer, the chances of having eight serious HPV types have been significantly increased, the researchers added.

The strongest risk factor for lung cancer is smoking, however, this did not account of infection increased HPV, the authors of the study noted. The link between HPV and lung cancer remained current and former smokers as nonsmokers. The results are the same for men and women, said Anantharaman.

Types of HPV high risk, including HPV16 and HPV18, represent approximately 70 percent of cervical cancers. Types of low risk, HPV6 and HPV11, cause disorders such as genital warts and have also been observed in respiratory papillomatosis, which is a mild lung disease, Anantharaman said.

There is a vaccine to prevent HPV, but if the same vaccine would be any lung cancer is not clear, said Anantharaman.

"This study aims to report the observed associations." If these indicate that a causal relationship remains to be established, "he says. "I understand the interest in HPV vaccination." However, any interpretation in the light appears to be drawn by the hair at the moment. ?

The study was funded by the CIRC.

Dr. Luis e. Raez, co-leader of the Group of Thoracic Oncology at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of medicine, said that "this association is not sufficient to establish causation."

However, this initial conclusion is quite interesting to serve as a basis for further studies designed to confirm the link, he said. "Maybe this virus is linked to lung cancer," said Raez.

"If this virus is really linked to lung cancer, perhaps you can vaccinate smokers with HPV vaccine and you can prevent lung cancer," he said.

They note that research presented at meetings was not submitted to rigorous review before publication in a medical journal.

More information

To learn more about HPV, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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