Friday 29 August 2008

Cook Medical Drives Discussion On Peyronie's Disease With New Resources On MensHealthPD.com

�In its ongoing dedication to persist at the forefront of physician and patient department of Education, Cook Medical announced that new resources are available on MensHealthPD.com including Q&A videos featuring three new expert physicians, updated medical research and multiple links to accredited industry sites. MensHealthPD.com is an educational microsite consecrated to providing physicians, men and their partners with information about the symptoms, treatment options and in vogue research on Peyronie's disease, a common form of erectile dysfunction affecting more than than 1.4 1000000 men in the United States1 .


Featuring world-renowned Peyronie's disease specialists, MensHealthPD.com has added trey additional experts to its group of physician contributors who appear in streaming video answering frequently asked questions circumferent Peyronie's disease. Each mD expert answers questions related to to the signs, symptoms and discourse of Peyronie's disease. Site visitors consume the alternative of viewing each physician's individual response in a short streaming video or reading the response in transcript form.

MensHealthPD.com besides now features a bibliography of golf links to "suggested reading" on Peyronie's. Compiled by the site's team of dr. experts, the links postulate patients and clinicians to what ar considered to be pivotal, peer-reviewed articles on research and information exploring the causes and treatments of Peyronie's disease. The heel is an enhancement to the existing comprehensive list of golf links to articles on virtually all nonsurgical and surgical options for Peyronie's intervention. Visitors to menshealthpd.com also have new options of linking to a variety of web sites related to Peyronie's disease, erectile dysfunction and sexual health.


"There are many unanswered questions about Peyronie's Disease and our goal is to ensure patients and physicians have a one-stop resource providing the information they need. Therefore, we are dedicated to continually providing fresh content and resources to the visitors of MensHealthPD.com," said Jerry French, Senior Vice President and Global Strategic Business Unit Leader for Cook Urology. "The ongoing aggregation of the most recent inquiry and published scientific data around Peyronie's disease enables MensHealthPD.com to serve as a decisive resource for patients and physicians seeking thorough, true and cutting-edge information."


Launched in February 2008, MensHealthPD.com, is owned and maintained by Cook Medical and is intentional to provide the up-to-the-minute information on Peyronie's disease. The interactional site offers medical professionals, patients and their partners public and physician forums for discussing Peyronie's disease, posting questions and sharing personal experiences about the condition.

About Peyronie's Disease


The disease is linked to erectile disfunction in 20 to 40 percent of the sufferers and is characterized by the formation of a plaque or hardened cicatrice tissue below the skin of a man's penis. The scarring is non-cancerous and may lead to a painful erection and curvature of the member during erection.

About MensHealthPD.com

MensHealthPD.com is owned and maintained by Cook Medical. Cook is committed to fostering an ongoing word around clinically proven information to promote the continued improvement of patient care and promotion of treatments.

About Cook Medical


Cook Medical was one of the first companies to help popularize interventional medicine, pioneering many of the devices now commonly used global to execute minimally invasive medical procedures. Today, the company integrates minimally invasive medical device design, biopharma, gene and cell therapy, and biotech to enhance patient refuge and improve clinical outcomes in the fields of aortic intervention; interventional cardiology; critical charge medicine; gastroenterology; radiology, peripheral vascular, ivory access and oncology; surgical operation and soft tissue rectify; urology; and assisted reproductive technology, gynaecology and bad obstetrics. Founded in 1963 and operated as a family-held secret corporation, Cook is a past success of the prestigious Medical Device Manufacturer of the Year Award from Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry magazine. For more information, visit hTTP://www.cookmedical.com


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