Researchers Identify New Gene Linked to Prostate Cancer
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | 1 Comment »A multi-group team leaded by University of Michigan researchers has recently identified six new genes that play a significant role in the development of type 2 diabetes. Among this group researchers found the second gene known to also play a ...
Saw Palmetto a Viable, Natural, Alternative Treatment for Prostate
Sunday, March 30th, 2008 Posted in alternative treatments | No Comments »An old study at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, lead by lead by Dr. Leonard Marks, confirmed Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens) as a viable, natural, alternative treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BHP). The same study ...
Men Need More Awareness About the Prostate
Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer prevention | 1 Comment »Men from African descent are three times more likely to develop prostate cancer but are less likely to go to the doctor to talk about it because of cultural taboos. Pressure group Prostate Cancer Charter for Action is urging the Government ...
MRI Can Be Predictor of Post-Treatment Prostate Cancer Spread
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis, radiation therapy | No Comments »Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco suggests that Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can help predict the risk of cancer recurrence in prostate cancer patients who are about to have radiation therapy. Experts concluded that the presence and degree ...
Helping a Stressed Wife May Help Men With Prostate Cancer
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer prevention | 1 Comment »A study led by Family Studies at the American Cancer Society's Behavioral Research Center in Atlanta, revealed that when a couple is dealing with cancer, the psychological distress of a partner may have a negative impact on the well being of either ...
Dietary Risk Factors Are Closely Linked With Incidence of Prostate Cancer
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer risks | 2 Comments »A study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 2008 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium - A Multidisciplinary Approach revealed that dietary risk factors are closely linked with incidence of prostate cancer (CaP). According to study author, an expert oncologist at the ...
More than 500 Men Tested for Prostate Cancer Face Test Recheck
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | 2 Comments »Carmarthenshire NHS Trust, in west Wales, has sent out letters to 528 patients informing them a raft of complex rechecks must be carried out and their results must be reviewed after the discovery of potentially fatal testing errors. The outcome could ...
Prostate Cancer Treatment Outcome Has a Direct Effect on Partners
Friday, March 21st, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | 2 Comments »A recent multi-center study focusing quality of life after prostate cancer treatment confirmed a commonly held belief that treatment-related changes in quality of life among patients had a direct effect on their partners. Men with prostate cancer and their partners ...
Side Effects of Different Options in Treatment of Prostate Cancer; Study
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in hormone therapy, prostatectomy, radiation therapy | 1 Comment »The study concluded that no procedure is clearly best or worst across the board, as well as not every treatment is an option for every man. Within their final report, published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine, researchers agree that the ...
‘Prostate Cancer’ to Get 4 Week Run at Powerhouse Theatre
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 Posted in prostate related | No Comments »Hal Ackerman takes a frank look at his own mortality in his play Testosterone: How Prostate Cancer Made a Man of Me. The playwright also takes center stage in his autobiographical work, joined by supporting cast members Dennis Lee Kelly ...