A new study at Montreal Heart Institute in Canada indicates that a new antioxidant drug shows benefits in the prevention and treatment of diabetes. Preliminary results on the drug, succinobucol, have been presented at medical meetings, but report say that more studies on cardiovascular risks needed.
Succinobucol is a chemical relative of probucol, a cholesterol-lowering drug […]

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Among people at high risk, healthy eating and exercise can delay disease, researchers say.
Diet and exercise programs for people at high risk for developing diabetes, when followed for six years, can actually delay the development of diabetes for 14 years after the programs end, a new report finds.
The report is published in the May 24 […]

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Scientists have recently reported a novel discovery of a specific gene expression profile of prostate cancer stem cells, which may have important implications for future treatments.
It was found that genes linked with inflammation were prominent in the cancer stem cell expression profile. Potential therapeutic target NF?B is known to promote cell survival.
It was demonstrated that […]

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A multi-disciplinary team made up of 21 experts from the USA, UK, Singapore, Argentina, France, Egypt, Denmark, The Netherlands, Australia and Germany have worked to develop the first ever evidence-based definition of lifelong premature ejaculation (PE) in the hope that it will aid future diagnosis, treatment and research.
The results of their in-depth study, conducted by […]

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Scientists at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, and statisticians from the University of Melbourne, Australia, say that a mutation in the BRCA2 gene, and that known to control part of the human body’s defense against cancer, raises the risk of aggressive prostate cancer by almost four times.
Scientists estimate there are 2000 men in Australia who have this […]

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A research team concluded that people who have both high cholesterol and high blood pressure are at greater risk for cardiovascular disease than those with either condition alone.
The analysis reported today reminds us that intensive management of both cholesterol and blood pressure, can significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
The study was published […]

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A new study at the New England Research Institutes in Massachusetts has revealed that people who are obese and lead unhealthy lifestyle are more prone to complex urinary problems.
The researchers looked at the urological symptoms of 5,506 residents in Boston, Massachusetts, all aged between 30 and 70. Over 69 pct of the men who took […]

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A new study at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine investigating nearly 2,220 pneumonia patients finds that men who come to the hospital generally are sicker than women. Despite aggressive medical care those men have a 30 percent higher risk of dying over the next year.
Since the social factors researchers examined were not sufficient to […]

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Recently two new studies have re-evaluated a 2003 study at the Department of Urology at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio and its conclusion related to use of finasteride for prostate cancer prevention. The old study conclusions suggested that while finasteride reduced prostate cancer risk by 25 percent, it appeared to […]

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A new study at the Durham Veteran Affairs Medical Center in North Carolina shows that PSA levels were reduced after starting statin medications and that this decline was proportional to the decline in LDL cholesterol.
The results of this study indicate that cholesterol and PSA are valuable indicators of overall health for men and should continue […]

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