When it comes to the documented 40 percent effectiveness of PSA testing in preventing death from prostate cancer, neither the American Cancer Society nor the discoverer of the PSA protein, Richard Ablin, are telling the public the complete story…
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Filed under: Men's health on March 14th, 2010 | No Comments »
In a study published in the March 2010 issue of The American Journal of Medicine, researchers determined that regular use of aspirin, acetaminophen and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increases the risk of hearing loss in men, particularly in younger men, below age 60. Hearing loss is the most common sensory disorder in the US, afflicting […]
Filed under: Men's health on March 5th, 2010 | No Comments »
Members of America’s Prostate Cancer Organizations are concerned that the issuance this morning of yet another set of new guidelines on screening for prostate cancer is only adding to the confusion most men already feel about whether they should or shouldn’t be tested for the most common form of cancer in American men…
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Single or unhappily married men may have an elevated risk of fatal stroke in the coming decades, according to a large study presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2010…
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Filed under: Men's health on February 26th, 2010 | No Comments »
In a study published online in The Journal of Urology, researchers from the Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, examined the postoperative outcomes of both ORP and LRP and found similar rates of success…
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Filed under: Men's health on February 26th, 2010 | No Comments »
Researchers have found that non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a good diagnostic tool for the evaluation and staging of testicular cancer and may improve patient care by sparing some men unnecessary surgery, according to a study in the March issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (http://www.ajronline.org)…
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Filed under: Men's health on February 26th, 2010 | No Comments »
How safe is circumcision? A systematic review, published in the open access journal BMC Urology has found that neonatal and infant circumcision by trained staff rarely results in problems. Risks can be higher among older boys, especially when undertaken by untrained providers with inappropriate equipment…
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Filed under: Men's health on February 21st, 2010 | No Comments »
A team led by PhD researcher Dr Colleen Lau from the School of Population Health http://www.sph.uq.edu.au/, has discovered the disease, known medically as leptospirosis, was traditionally a concern for males working in the agricultural and livestock industries, as it is contracted from contact with the urine of host animals…
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Filed under: Men's health on February 21st, 2010 | No Comments »
A new study points to the health benefits of living in neighborhoods with built-in physical activity resources. Researchers conducted a study among community-dwelling men age 65 years or older from the Portland, Ore., metropolitan area…
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Filed under: Men's health on February 21st, 2010 | No Comments »
UroToday.com - In the online edition of the British Journal of Urology International, a group from Columbia University Department of Urology report that older men undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer (CaP) do not have an increased risk of disease recurrence in the multivariate context that includes PSA level, Gleason score and clinical […]
Filed under: Men's health on January 29th, 2010 | No Comments »