Take this checklist as a general guideline. Tests and screenings you need are related on your individual risks, medical and genetic histories, and age. Then, talk with your doctor about all men health questions you have. This way you will know what tests and screenings you need and how often you should have them. [ […]

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A recent survey has revealed rhat a fifth of men in at-risk age groups who ask their general practitioner for a test used in the diagnosis of prostate cancer have their requests turned down. The same test revealed that seven out of 10 men are unaware they even have the right to ask for a […]

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A bibliographic research was performed hôpital Cochin, 27, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France, to report the characteristics of prostate cancer (PCa) in men less than 50-year-old and the results of different treatments of PCa in this population.
A total of 38 articles were used as bibliographic references revealing that PCa in young men does not […]

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Researchers found being diagnosed with prostate cancer may raise men’s risk of having a heart attack or stroke, especially in the first week after diagnosis.
Men had an increased risk of having a heart attack or other cardiovascular problem such as a stroke during the year after their prostate cancer diagnosis. The risk was especially raised […]

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Data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference suggested a strong inverse association between coffee consumption and the risk of lethal and advanced prostate cancers. However, it is too early for doctors to start advising their male patients to take up the habit of regular coffee drinking,
“Coffee has […]

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The gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma (GCA) is a very rare disease. In recent decades, however, the incidence of the GCA has increased dramatically in many Western countries. An increasing trend in GCA is also observed in municipal regions but not in rural regions of China. Another striking feature is the strong male predominance among patients with […]

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A team of researchers at the University of Virginia received funding from the National Cancer Institute, an agency of the National Institutes of Health, to enhance a Web site called Health Heritage®. This site will enable family members to enter their family medical histories so that other family members and their health care professionals can […]

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A new study - the first to look at the impact of clopidogrel, one of the most frequently prescribed drugs to prevent and treat heart disease -, adds to a growing body of research seeking to evaluate and understand possible sex differences associated with antiplatelet therapies. This study found it to be effective in reducing […]

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According to results of a Johns Hopkins collaborative study, men with lower cholesterol are less likely than those with higher levels to develop high-grade prostate cancer - an aggressive form of the disease with a poorer prognosis.
Results of the current study are expected to be published online Nov. 3 in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers […]

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According to a recent study, based in University of Geneva, Switzerland, prostate cancer patients with less money are more likely to die than those who are on higher incomes.
The conclusion researchers was that compared with patients of high socioeconomic status, those of low socioeconomic status were less likely to have their cancer detected by screening, […]

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