For Men With Prostate Cancer, Treatment Information Fails To Address Fears
Men with prostate cancer make emotionally driven treatment decisions influenced by anecdote and misconception rather than consideration of clinical trial evidence.
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Injection May Prevent Infertility in Men Receiving Cancer Chemotherapy
It may be possible to protect the testes of cancer patients against the loss of fertility caused by chemotherapy.
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New Test Detects Prostate Cancer Spread at The Earliest Time
Finding the earlier symptoms and signs of the prostate cancer could lead to better treatments.
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Chromosomal Abnormalities In Sperm Higher After Vasectomy Reversal
Men who have had a vasectomy reversed have a very much greater rate of chromosomal abnormalities in their sperm than do normal fertile men.
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Ten Percent of Men Change Their Mind on Vasectomy
One tenth of men who get a vasectomy change their minds later.
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Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Affect Other Systems
PDE 5 inhibitors can be effective in treating erectile dysfunction even for many men who also have diabetes, those who are older, and those who have co existing ischemic heart disease.
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Race Plays a Key Role in Prostate Cancer Survival Rates
Japanese American men with prostate cancer have a higher survival rate than white American males.
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Significant Symptom Improvement After Laser Treatment for Enlarged Prostate
Most men experience significant symptom improvement after laser treatment for enlarged prostate.
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Do Angry Men Get Noticed?
Male angry faces are a priority for visual processing, particularly for male observers.
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Genetic Quality of Sperm Deteriorates As Men Age
Man are effected by genetic problems of sperm as the quality of sperm worsens with men getting older. This is ncreasing a man's risk of being infertile.
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Drinking or Playing? Men's Health and Masculinity
what do football and alcohol have to do with being a man as men across the nation will be getting the pints in and staring at the big screen this month as the World Cup kicks off in Germany?
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Natural Therapies For Relieving Erectile Dysfunction (Impotence)
Until recently, the very mention of erectile dysfunction or impotence could bring about a blush to even the most manly of men. Due to its sensitivity the disorder of impotence often goes unreported.
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Advanced Prostate Cancer Remains Sensitive To Treatment Even After Holidays From Chemotherapy
Meaningful breaks from prostate cancer treatment improve quality of life.
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Study of Obesity in Prostate Cancer Screening Uncovers New Predictor of Disease for Overweight Men
There is a need for better prostate cancer screening tools for big men considering the rise in obesity.
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Early Estrogen Exposure Leads To Later Prostate Cancer Risk
These findings on prostate cancer are true for an animal model, and application to human prostate disease will await future studies.
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Young Men 'Too Tough' To Visit Doctor
Manhood seems to get in the way of men going to the doctor, even when they are in pain.
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Young Men with Prostate Cancer Benefit from Radiation Therapy
For men under the age 55 with localized prostate cancer, external beam radiation may be an effective alternative to both conservative and more invasive treatments.
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Low Estrogen Levels in Men Linked to Increased Risk for Hip Fracture
men with low estrogen levels have an increased risk for future hip fracture, and those men who have both low estrogen and low testosterone levels have the greatest risk.
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Prevalence of Erectile Dysfunction and Use of ED Medications Among Teens, Young Men
Many young men have used erectile dysfunction medications (EDM) such as Viagra. Most have used impotence medication without consulting a physician.
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African American Men Paradoxically Have Fewer, Less Severe Coronary Obstructions Than White Males
While African American men are more likely to die from cardiovascular disease, they paradoxically have fewer cases of coronary obstruction than clinically similar white men.
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Male Rivalry Increases When Females at Most Fertile
Men become more jealous of dominant males when their female partner is near ovulation.
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Prostate Cancer Research May Be Faster with PSA Endpoints
The study suggests that certain changes in prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels may serve as surrogate endpoints for prostate cancer survival.
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Males With Elevated Levels of Testosterone Lead Shorter Lives
But those men have more success siring offspring.
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Vegetables Inhibit Growth of Prostate Cancer in Mice with Human Tumors
Chemicals in cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, watercress, cabbage and cauliflower, appear to stop human prostate cancer cells from growing in mice.
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Another Gene Rearrangement Involved in Prostate Cancer Identified
Since prostate cancer is a cancer of the epithelial cells lining organs, researchers believe it likely that other gene re arrangements may be responsible for other cancers of epithelial tissue.
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Abdominal Fat Linked to Higher Death Rate in Men
Higher risk of mortality in men is directly associated with visceral fat in the abdomen.
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80% of Vasectomy Patients Didn't Complete All-clear Semen Tests
A quarter of the men who had vasectomies at a US clinic didn't return for any follow up tests to make sure that the procedure had worked.
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Lifestyle Still Cutting Short Men's Lives
His research finds that men are still likely to die at a younger age than women, lifestyle is implicated in the majority of health conditions in men.
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Discovery of Virus Implicated in Genetics of Prostate Cancer
Report suggests path for exploring possibility of a viral cause for prostate cancer.
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Researchers Find Better Prostate Cancer Indicators
Identifying alterations in DNA methylation may also be useful in determining prostate cancer progression.
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Pepper Component Hot Enough to Trigger Suicide in Prostate Cancer Cells
Capsaicin, which makes peppers hot, can cause prostate cancer cells to kill themselves.
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Two-Point Rise in PSA Before Diagnosis Identifies Men at High-Risk for Prostate Cancer Death
Rise in PSA should change the standard of practice for men who have been diagnosed with "low risk" prostate cancer.
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Popular Pain Relievers Not Linked to Increased Risk of Hypertension in Men
Frequent use of analgesics and specific use of acetaminophen, non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs, and aspirin does not appear to substantially increase a man's risk of developing hypertension.
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Not Achieving Undetectable PSA After Treatment Indicates Prostate Cancer Resistance To Hormonal Therapy
Patients whose PSA nadir is more than 0.2 ng/mL experienced a 20 fold increase in death from Prostate Cancer.
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Omega-6 Fats Make Prostate Tumors Grow Faster
Omega 6 fatty acids, such as those found in corn oil, caused human prostate tumors in cell culture to grow twice as quickly as tumors to which omega 6 fats had not been added.
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Saw Palmetto No Better Than Placebo for Enlarged Prostate
Saw palmetto, an herbal extract commonly taken to improve urinary symptoms in men with englarged prostate glands, is no more effective than a placebo.
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Anabolic Steroids Increase Risk of Heart Attack, Liver Damage
Research estimates that heart attack risk would be increased 58 percent among men taking 20 milligrams of oxandrolone per day.
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'Virus Chip' Detects New Virus in Prostate Tumors
The researchers discovered the novel virus far more often in human prostate tumors with two copies of the RNASEL gene mutation than in those with at least one normal copy.
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Prostate Cancer Test Affected By Demographic and Lifestyle Factors
Studies have shown a decrease in prostate cancer mortality since 1992 and some researchers attribute a portion of that fall to the widespread adoption of the PSA test.
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Poverty Trumps Race to Explain Poor Prostate Cancer Outcomes
Race plays a minor role in prostate cancer survival, and that the most important factors related were education, community poverty, and income levels.
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