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By Robyn Shelton, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Aug. 5--Men should stop getting routine blood tests to check for prostate cancer once they reach 75 because the potential harm of treatment outweighs the benefits, according to controversial guidelines released Monday. The new recommendations are the first to set an explicit cut-off age for routine prostate specific antigen tests, or PSAs, that can catch early cases of the disease. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said testing at that...
ORLANDO, Fla. _ Men should stop getting routine blood tests to check for prostate cancer once they reach 75 because the potential harm of treatment outweighs the benefits, according to controversial guidelines released Monday. The new recommendations are the first to set an explicit cut-off age for routine prostate-specific antigen tests, or PSAs, that can catch early cases of the disease. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said testing at that age does not help men live longer and...
By Annie Freeda Cruez MOST irritating. Annoying, to say the least, for it comes in dribs and drabs. This is the lot of men suffering from enlarged prostate, writes ANNIE FREEDA CRUEZ. It is called the "old man's disease" for it's rare in men below the age of 40. Generally, about half the men in their 60s have the symptoms, which worsen with age. The incidence of enlarged prostate or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in Malaysia is of concern, says Dr Rohan Malek, head of the Urology...
PHILADELPHIA, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GlaxoSmithKline today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved AVODART (dutasteride) in combination with tamsulosin for the treatment of symptomatic enlarged prostate, a disease that affects half of all men over 50 years old. The new indication reflects emerging research showing the combination of the two medicines treats the symptoms of enlarged prostate more effectively than either medicine alone. "The...
By Spatafora, Sebastiano Conti, Giario; Perachino, Massimo; Casarico, Antonio; Et al Key words: Diagnosis - Drug therapy - Lower urinary tract symptoms - Practice guidelines - Prostatic diseases - Prostatic hyperplasia - Surgery ABSTRACT Background and scope: Despite the high prevalence and huge socio- economic impact of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in Italy, no national guidelines have been produced so far. This is a summary of the first Italian guidelines on the diagnosis and...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Tolterodine treatment, sold in the US under the name of Detro, is part of a class of medications called antimuscarinics, which prevent bladder contractions, according to researchers who also found that tolterodine is a well-tolerated treatment for overactive bladder in men with bladder outlet obstruction and the drug does not seem to cause urinary retention, Antimuscarinic agents are typically not given to elderly men with bladder outlet obstruction,...
By Anthony J. Brown, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treatment with Viagra (sildenafil) can improve urinary tract symptoms in men with erectile dysfunction and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a common disease in older men that involves urinary symptoms due to enlargement of the prostate gland, according to study findings presented here Monday at a meeting of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America. "The improvement in urination with Viagra is dramatic," lead author Dr. Kevin...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sweeping changes in diet and exercise, as well as the use of stress management techniques, may slow the progression of early prostate cancer, researchers report in the Journal of Urology. Lead investigator Dr. Dean Ornish told Reuters Health the results suggest "that the progression of prostate cancer may be beneficially affected by making comprehensive changes in diet and lifestyle." Ornish of the University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues...
