Agent Orange Exposure Linked To Lethal Prostate Cancer
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Scientists have found a link between lethal forms of prostate cancer and the chemical warfare toxin known as Agent Orange used in the Vietnam War. Researchers writing in the journal Cancer...
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New Green Light XPS laser treatment for prostate problems is now an option at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center. This new treatment is faster and more efficient than earlier options. SLEEPY HOLLOW, New York (PRWEB) May 10, 2013 A new laser treatment for Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH) called Green Light XPS is being performed at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow, New York. There is little bleeding associated with the treatment, so even men taking blood thinners are...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Eating tomatoes and soy together could be better at preventing prostate cancer than consuming either food product by itself, according to new research published online in the journal Cancer Prevention Research. “In our study, we used mice that were genetically engineered to develop an aggressive form of prostate cancer,” John Erdman, a professor of food science and nutrition at the University of Illinois and one of the study...
An international group of investigators, led by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University's Kimmel Cancer Center, have solved the mystery of why a substantial percentage of castrate-resistant metastatic prostate cancer cells contain abnormally high levels of the pro-growth protein Stat5. They discovered that the gene that makes the protein is amplified — duplicated many times over — in these cancer cells, which allows them to produce excess amounts of the oncogenic protein. The study,...
Groundbreaking Results from University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Clinical Validation Study Presented at American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting SAN DIEGO, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Genomic Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GHDX) is making its Oncotype DX® prostate cancer test available to physicians and their patients today following the presentation by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) of a positive clinical validation study at the 2013 American...
UroLift Met all Pivotal Study Endpoints in L.I.F.T. Multi-Center, Randomized Controlled Study. The L.I.F.T. Study Demonstrates Patients Attained Rapid and Significant Symptom Relief, Improved Urinary Flow Rates, Preserved Sexual Function and that UroLift is Well Tolerated Under Local Anesthesia PLEASANTON, Calif., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NeoTract, Inc., today announced the successful results of the 206-patient L.I.F.T. IDE Study, a multi-center, randomized, blinded study in...
Men who reported sleep problems, including difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep, had up to a twofold increased risk for prostate cancer, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. "Sleep problems are very common in modern society and can have adverse health consequences," said Lara G. Sigurdardóttir, M.D., at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik. "Women with sleep disruption have...
Results from Large Randomized Trial Support Use of Innovative 180 Watt Laser Therapy as a Viable Treatment Option for More Than 110 Million Men Worldwide with Enlarged Prostate MINNETONKA, Minn., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Data to be presented tomorrow at the American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting demonstrate that treatment for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) with GreenLight XPS(®) laser therapy with MoXy(®) fiber, instead of transurethral resection of the...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Large Urology Group Practice Association (LUGPA), representing more than 2,000 urologists nationwide, supports the rights of men to access appropriate prostate cancer screening. New guidelines released by the American Urological Association include specific recommendations for screening men between the ages of 55 and 69, as well as appropriateness criteria for younger and older men based on risk factors and life expectancy. "Every...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Healthy men under the age of 55 do not need routine annual prostate cancer screenings, according to new clinical practice guidelines released by the American Urological Association (AUA). The agency, which USA Today reporter Liz Szabo said “staunchly defended” prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screenings in recent years, has now declared the tests are “not recommended” for anyone under the age of 40, for average-risk men...
Diet Doc offers patient’s improved hCG diet plans to lose weight safely and rapidly, combatting new data linking obesity with a higher risk of prostate cancer for obese patients that tested positive for benign cancerous cells. Jackson, MS (PRWEB) May 03, 2013 Diet Doc is committed to fighting obesity in America through medical weight loss that combines prescription hCG with individualized diet plans that educate patients on how to lose weight fast and make healthy lifestyle changes,...
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The male prostate gland acts as an exocrine gland in the male reproductive system. It is a firm, partly muscular, chestnut sized gland near the neck of the urethra in males. Formation and Orientation The prostate is usually formed within the ninth week of the embryonic stage in reproductive development. The prostate can be separated into either “lobes” or “zones”. When looking at a prostate divided into zones, there are four distinct regions. The first zone is the Peripheral...
