A study presented in Los Angeles at a scientific session October 31, 2007, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology’s 49th Annual Meeting, reports the greatest benefit of statin medications that was observed in patients who had more aggressive or advanced forms of prostate cancer.
According to study conclusions, the use of statins during […]

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This is the conclusion of a research team at Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute.
The guided radiation method means to place tiny gold pellets in the subject’s prostate prior to treatment and then imaged these markers immediately prior to treatment. Markers placing is fast and relatively painless and help doctors for a more precise […]

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To kill the cancer cells, many men with localized prostate cancer frequently receive radiation therapy. In order to keeping the tumor from growing, this treatment is followed by months of hormone therapy that decreases testosterone and estrogen that feed the cancer cells.
Statistics revealed that men undergoing hormone therapy lose between 4 to 13 percent of […]

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In a new study published in the American Journal of Medicine, US researchers concluded that heavier smokers have a greater risk of the skin condition and this only falls back to normal 20 years after quitting.
It is reported also that toxins in cigarette smoke may harm parts of the immune system associated with psoriasis.

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According to a report of Columbia University’s National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA), smoking cigarettes may make teens more prone to depression, alcohol abuse and illegal drug use.
Researchers reported that those teenagers who smoke are 9 times more likely to abuse alcohol and 13 times more likely to abuse illegal drugs than those […]

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According to the American Diabetes Association, diabetes is the fifth-leading killer of Americans
It is not diabetes killing people, but complications. There are thousands of stories about diabetic patients who have lost limbs or gone blind because of poor disease control. Statistics show that two out of three people with type I or type II diabetes […]

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A new study at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, concluded that there is no difference between obese children and obese adults regarding signs of heart disease. Both children and adult experience symptoms such as heart murmur, chest pain, acid reflux or high blood cholesterol.
The findings were published in the winter issue of the […]

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According to a team from the Queensland Institute of Medical Research in Brisbane, Australia, obese people are six times more likely to develop esophageal cancer than people with healthy weight
This finding suggests that obesity is an independent risk factor for esophageal cancer. Authors explained that higher levels of body fat tissue increase insulin production which, […]

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The October 2007 issue of Harvard Men’s Health Watch reports that there is an increased prostate cancer risk among men taking multivitamins. This is a very sensitive item as about a third of American adults use some type of multivitamin on a regular basis.
Harvard Men’s Health Watch concludes that a good diet and other positive […]

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According to a survey released Thursday by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), the main part of asthma patients (59 percent) try to avoid taking asthma medications whenever possible, which means that they are not properly controlling the disease.
The regular using of a rescue medication is a sign that asthma is not controlled, […]

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