Male birth Control Pill soon a reality

It's been up to the Ladie's since the 1960's to pop the contraception pill.
Female contraceptives use estrogens, hormones and progestins to stop the release of eggs to prevent pregnancy.

Now for the first time, there is a safe and effective and reversible hormonal male contraceptive on the market. Soon, men will have the option to take the pill morally, get a patch or gel applied to the skin, have an implant placed under their skin every 12 months or get an injection every three months.

The male hormonal contraceptives work in pretty much the same way as the females; hormones such as testosterone and progestins are used to turn off the sperm production.

Studies conducted by the World Health Organization show that a great deal of men from around the world would welcome MHC.  The MHC was tested on hundreds of volunteers in various countries, and so far there hasn't been any difficulty in recruiting new volunteers for their studies. Researches say that many men are eager to become involved in the research and are looking forward to seeing the male birth control pill on the market.

Due to the great success with male contraceptive pills, patches and implants, it is now believed that the MHC in the form of a daily pill could be on the market within 5 to seven years.

Gastric Bypass Superior to Diabetic Diets

According to data presented at The Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting, gastric bypass surgery may improve type 2 diabetes better than a low-calorie diet (LCD).

A study of 14 obese patients with type 2 diabetes. Upon comparison with an LCD, Roux-en Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB) has been associated with better improvements in insulin sensitivity, adiponectin levels and beta-cell function. Weight loss was equivalent with both approaches.

According to the researchers, the findings reaffirm a beneficial glucostatic effect of RYGB in this patient population. This effect seems to occur independent of acute enteral nutrient passage and fasting gut hormone levels.

It may be the changes that occur in food-associated gut hormone signals that occur independent of weight loss which improve glycemic control after RYGB.
Dr. Korner and her colleagues compared the effects on diabetic adults of a low calorie diet versus RYGB, the most common gastric bypass procedure performed in the US.The size of the stomach is decreased with the RYGB and reroutes the digestive tract to bypass most of the stomach and part of the small intestine. Many diabetic patients achieve normal or greatly improved blood glucose control and may no longer require diabetes medications after gastric bypass.

Seven subject received a daily 800 calorie liquid diet and no surgery and seven underwent RYGB in this new study. The study was concluded when both groups lost the same amount of weight: an average of 8% of body weight.

Patients with RYGB lost their weight faster than the LCD group (3.5 vs. 8.0 weeks). Surgery patients were able to stop all of their diabetes medications by the end of the study, however the the dieters were only able to reduce their diabetes medication by 55%.

There were significant improvements in insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function in the surgery group. The LCD experienced no significant improvement in insulin sensitivity and their beta-cell function improved to a lesser extent than observed in the surgery patients. Dr. Kroner believes hormonal changes may be responsible for the improvements resulting from RYGB.

Although the study only involved a small number of patients, the dramatic improvements in the surgery patients were amazing. All members of the bypass group were able to quit their diabetes medications.

According to Dr. Korner, patients with extremely hard to control diabetes are strongly recommended to consider gastric bypass surgery.