Researchers at the University of Adelaide have developed a novel approach to treating advanced prostate cancer that could be more effective with fewer side effects.
Professor Wayne Tilley and Dr Lisa Butler of the University’s Dame Roma Mitchell Cancer Research Laboratories have discovered that by using existing prostate cancer drugs in combination with new drugs at […]

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Living with a spouse or a partner decreases the risk of developing Alzheimer’s and other dementia diseases. This according to a study by Krister Hakansson, researcher in psychology at Vaxjo University and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
The results show that people living with a spouse or a partner in midlife ran a 50 per cent lower risk […]

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Men really should learn how to relax and forget their worries, for a new Swedish study suggests that it can up the risk of them developing diabetes.
The boffins from Karolinska Institute found that anxiety, depression and sleepless nights more than double the risk of 2 diabetes in men with high levels of “psychological distress”. [ […]

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The Hormone deprivation therapy, also known as androgen depletion therapy, basically involves androgen depletion through chemical castration with drugs such as leuprolide and goserelin.
Prostate cancer patients who are prescribed these drugs often stay on them for the duration of their life, and the researchers have been documenting the potential adverse effects associated with their use.
New […]

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In a study using laboratory animals, researchers found that medications commonly prescribed for erectile dysfunction opened a mechanism called the blood-brain tumor barrier and increased delivery of cancer-fighting drugs to malignant brain tumors.
The drugs blocked an enzyme and opened blood vessels to tumors but not normal brain. According to the researchers, these findings may have […]

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Most adults in the U.S. will be overweight or obese by 2030, with related health care spending projected to be as much as $956.9 billion, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Their results are […]

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For the first time, a strategic plan for research into benign prostate disease, based on the latest scientific knowledge, has been published by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIDDK Prostate Research Strategic Plan is the culmination of discussions and meetings […]

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Headlines claiming “soy products lower sperm count” do not tell the whole story. The small scale, preliminary study that Dr. Jorge Chavarro, published online in Human Reproduction, is based on recollected intake of soyfoods and not on specific diets containing soyfoods.
Obesity may be the explanation for the negative findings of this study. Dr. Chavarro found […]

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Ever wondered why being on low-carbohydrate diet helps in shedding those extra pounds? Well, a group of researchers have got the answer for your query: reduced intake of fructose - a type of sugar that can be made into body fat quickly.
According to a researcher at UT Southwestern Medical Center, the study’s findings suggest that […]

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It is known that urinary incontinence is a consequence of radical prostatectomy. The incontinence after prostate surgery is caused by dysfunction of the sphincter muscles, because during the operation the proximal sphincter is sometimes removed.
This moment surgeons work to develop new surgical techniques that will allow  to remove the prostate while leaving the distal sphincter […]

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