Cook Medical Launches Online Destination To Educate Physicians and Patients on a Leading Form of Erectile Dysfunction

Cook Medical today announced the launch of www.MensHealthPD.com,
an informational microsite dedicated to educating physicians, men and
their partners about the symptoms, treatment options and latest
research on Peyronie´s disease, a common form of erectile dysfunction
affecting more than 1.4 million men in the United States(1) alone.
MenshealthPD.com is designed to provide the latest information on the
painful ailment and also offers medical professionals, patients and
their partners public and physician forums for discussing the disease,
posting questions and sharing personal experiences about the
condition.

For many men and their partners, erectile dysfunctions, such as
Peyronie´s disease, are embarrassing and uncomfortable to discuss. It
is also often difficult to find a centralized repository on the Web
with the helpful information needed to obtain answers on these
conditions. MensHealthPD.com is changing all this by offering these
individuals a one-stop, discreet Peyronie´s resource armed with the
following assets:

-- Video answers to the most commonly asked questions about
Peyronie´s disease provided by some the world´s leading
Peyronie´s physician experts.

-- A searchable physician finder tied to the American Urological
Association to help patients find a urologist in their
community.

-- A Q&A forum where patients, partners and physicians can
discuss available Peyronie´s treatments, exchange ideas on
coping with the disease and more.

-- Details of the signs, symptoms and progression of Peyronie´s
disease.

-- A helpful list of questions to prepare a man afflicted with
Peyronie´s for his first doctor´s visit

Many men living with Peyronie´s disease go untreated because so
few primary care physicians understand the disease. In fact, a recent
study showed that over half of primary care physicians were unsure any
effective treatments for the disease existed.(2) Therefore, many men
never get referred to a urologist who may be able to treat the
condition.

MensHealthPD.com will serve as a single source where primary care
physicians, urologists and other physicians from around the world can
access the latest peer-reviewed research on Peyronie´s treatment
options as well as other relevant published scientific data. The
following resources are available on the microsite to educate these
physicians on the wide array of treatment options available for
Peyronie´s sufferers:

-- A summary of current surgical and non-surgical treatment
options with links to the most current published research.

-- The latest peer-reviewed research on Peyronie´s disease posted
in the MEDLINE database of citations and abstracts and indexed
through PubMed, offered by the US National Library of Medicine
and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

-- A secure, physicians-only Q&A forum where physicians can share
best practices and increase their collective knowledge with
their colleagues.

Dr. Culley C. Carson, Rhodes Distinguished Professor, University
of North Carolina School of Medicine and Chief of Urology, University
of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill describes the site, "This
is an online resource that provides information on Peyronie´s disease
in a central location with the latest breakthrough research and
interactive forums to help answer questions. I am looking forward to
playing a very active role on MensHealthPD.com to ensure other
physicians and patients around the world are better educated on this
condition and the latest treatment options."

(1)
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/p/peyronies_disease/stats-country.htm

(2) These figures are taken from, A Survey of Primary-Care
Physicians and Urologists Regarding Peyronie´s Disease, 2007
International Society for Sexual Medicine.