Ryan Raz is hot! Poo, well, not so much ...

Gardasil is currently being used in Canada as a powerful vaccine for women, helping protect young girls from certain strains of the cervical cancer-causing human papilloma-virus (HPV). Research has shown that it can also prevent HPV infections in men.

A study at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) found that the drug was only slightly less effective in preventing HPV infection in men than in women.

“The numbers right now look not quite as good as the girls’ but still very, very good,” says Palefsky. “The vaccine was nearly 100 percent effective [in women] so you obviously can’t do better than that.”

The reason this is good news? HPV is the leading cause of anal cancers in men.

“That’s why we’re optimistic that if boys do get vaccinated with the same vaccine that girls are using, it should prevent a substantial number of anal cancers,” Palefsky added.

HPV is transmitted sexually, with gay men 17 times more likely to develop anal cancer than are heterosexual men.

“On a per-individual basis the risk is clearly much higher in MSM than the general population,” says Palefsky. “That’s presumably due to anal sex, though we also know that you don’t have to have anal sex to get anal HPV infection.”

Officials from Health Canada are currently looking into approval for use of the drug in men.

HPV vaccine effective in men, suggests new research [Xtra.ca]

Josh Duhamel isn't shying away from some naked pics he posed for early in his acting career. The former model's  images were taken nine years ago, when he was 27, and show pretty much everything. He just laughs them off.

Josh was interviewed in the latest issues of 'Men's Health' magazine and said, "To me, it's funny at this point. Whatever. It's done."

As for comments about the size of his manhood? "It was very cold in the studio, by the way!"

Sure Josh. Still, nothing wrong with a light snack before bed ...

For those unfamiliar with comic books, Marvel is one of the leaders in mainstream paneled fiction (introducing the world to the likes of Spiderman, the Avengers, and the X-men). It has introduced gay characters, like the Canadian hottie North Star, but these homos were pretty much neutered. But no more!

Peter David's 'X-Factor' (issue 45) will include the first man-on-man kiss between lovers Rictor and Shatterstar.

And don't expect anyone to wake up and say it was all just a bad dream. "No, it’s not a fake out," David said. "A number of people seem to be concerned that Star is still under Cortex’s control. Or that Rictor is going to freak out the next panel and say, 'Dude, what the hell?' That would be cheap. I don’t do cheap. Okay, sometimes I do, but not this time.'"

It's one panel, but you know what they say: one panel can change the world ...