Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio departments of Radiation Oncology and Urology conducted a study to determine if knowledge of the anatomic relationships of the prostatic base and the prostatic apex along with modern 3-D CT planning, could be used as a substitute for retrograde urethrography.
Thay concluded that modern […]

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In a series of experiments in both the laboratory and animal models, researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson in Philadelphia have shown that by blocking a signaling protein, they can prevent prostate cancer cells from metastatic dissemination.
Because metastatic prostate cancer lacks effective therapies, understanding the molecular changes involved is critical, the finding opens […]

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The Department of Health strongly urged members of the public not to consume products for managing male impotence from unknown sources following notification from the Hospital Authority of two patients seriously affected by this kind of products found to have contained undeclared ingredients.
A DH spokesman urged the public not to consume virility products of unknown […]

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Calling their findings a major step forward in prostate cancer care, Texas researchers report in the June 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, that the presence of seven biomarkers can predict prostate cancer risk with 86.6 percent reliability. They also say that this test is at […]

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Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report they have blocked the development of prostate tumors in cancer-prone mice by knocking out a molecular unit they describe as a “powerhouse” that drives runaway cell growth.
They said that drugs are on their way to clinical testing, but is hard to predict when they might become available for clinical […]

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A new implantable medical device, developed in collaboration with Mayo Clinic researchers, shows promise as a reversible and less extreme alternative to existing bariatric surgeries, according to findings published in the current issue of the journal Surgery.
In a six-month open label trial involving three medical centers in Australia, Mexico and Norway, the 31 obese participants […]

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An International Society for Sexual Medicine panel of world experts presented a new definition of premature ejaculation at a meeting in Florida.
Acording to UroTaday.com, the new definition is: “Premature ejaculation is a male dysfunction characterized by ejaculation which always or nearly always occurs prior to or within about one minute of vaginal penetration; and, inability […]

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The Medical Research Council questioned 3,500 gay men and found that a third of gay men who know they are HIV positive are still having unprotected sex. They suggest that this situation is a consequence of inadequate education.
According to the survey, those who knew they were HIV positive were statistically more likely to have unprotected […]

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A new study expected to be presented in San Francisco this weekend at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society found that physical fitness appeared to be more important than weight in estimating a male diabetic’s longevity.
The researchers found that the higher the man’s level of fitness, the lower his risk of dying during the […]

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Young men whose parents had difficulty conceiving are likely to have relatively poor sperm quality, a new study at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark shows - offering evidence that fertility problems are at least partly inherited in some cases.

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