According to new data from a study at the University of Chicago, African-American males scheduled for a prostate biopsy are at greater risk for a positive diagnosis of cancer than white males and they also significantly underestimate their probability of a positive biopsy result.
It is important to know that many African Americans do not even go […]

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Recent research at the Indiana University School of Medicine suggest that inserting a biodegradable “sling” during robot-assisted prostate cancer surgery will benefit patients.The biodegradable sling, which supports the neck of the bladder and uretha after removal of the prostate gland, was developed by Cook Medical in Bloomington, IN. The study will assess urinary problems in […]

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A recent study found that higher testosterone levels may help older men preserve muscle mass and delay frailty as they age. According to researchers, higher levels of testosterone were associated with reduced loss of lean muscle mass in older men, especially in those who were losing weight. In these men, higher testosterone levels were also […]

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To treat or not to treat, that is the ongoing debate over how the medical community should handle older men diagnosed with prostate cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death in U.S. men, behind lung cancer.
Most recently, UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers found that men over age 75 were under-treated for prostate cancer […]

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According to researchers at the Universities of Sheffield and Leeds, bisphosphonate, a drug used to protect bone, may extend survival in older breast cancer patients.
The trial cojnducted at the University of Sheffield has revealed that the bisphosphonate drug zoledronic acid boosts disease-free survival in postmenopausal breast cancer patients but may have an adverse effect on younger women.
The […]

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A survey carried out at Oslo University Hospital between 1974 and 2003 showed that there was a graded independent increase in the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) with increasing levels of physical activity in a population-based study among men with ostensibly no other heart disease. In women the data were inconclusive.Reseaschers found a strong, statistically […]

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A new study at the State University of New York has found out why the effectiveness of some painkillers is different between women and men.
The spinal cord of female laboratory animals was found to contain almost five times more kappa-mu heterodimer - a complex of mu-opioid and kappa-opioid receptor - than the spinal cord of […]

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Oxfordshire prostate cancer patients and their families now have a place to speak openly and frankly about their experiences of the illness.
The Oxfordshire Prostate Cancer Support Group, which already has 35 members, has been established by patients and staff at the Churchill Hospital to give patients a relaxed environment to talk.
The group is preparing to launch […]

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A study carried by team of Keio University (Japan) researchers and carrying the optimal routes for transplanting neural stem/progenitor cells (NS/PCs) in animal models of spinal cord injury (SCI) has demonstrated that intralesional (IL) injection conferred benefits over intravenous injection (IV) and intrathecal (IT) injection.For their study, the researchers used a new reporter gene, called “ffLuc,” a […]

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Raising awareness about the risk of prostate cancer in ethnic minorities will be in the spotlight this week
This is because a number of studies show members of ethnic minorities are more likely to develop the disease and be diagnosed with advanced cancer, which often leads to poorer survival.
The reason is that awareness of cancer and the […]

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