How To Deal With Bone Metastases From Prostate Cancer?

48 minutes ago | Medindia Health

When prostate cancer spreads, it most often spreads to bone. And while the 5-year survival rate for prostate cancer that has not spread is nearly 100 percent.
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Being active reduces risk of prostate cancer

1 day ago | ScienceDaily

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK , yet we still don't know all of its causes. The largest ever study to use genetics as a measurement for physical...
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Beta Blockers No Help in Advanced Prostate Cancer

1 day ago | MedPageToday

]]> - WASHINGTON - A retrospective analysis of close to 40,000 men with high-risk prostate cancer treated at Veterans Affairs health systems found no association between beta...
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Prostate cancer: Home urine test could 'revolutionize diagnosis'

2 days ago | Medical News Today

A recent study has investigated a simpler way of testing urine for prostate cancer. The new test would avoid the need for digital rectal examination.
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MRI-Guided Ultrasound Zaps Low-Risk Prostate Cancer

2 days ago | MedPage Today

]]> - CHICAGO - A minimally invasive MRI-guided procedure that uses therapeutic ultrasound effectively treated prostate cancer with nominal side effects, a researcher said...
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MRI-Guided TULSA Shows Efficacy in Prostate Cancer

3 days ago | Medscape | 2 articles

MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation can be performed on an outpatient basis, is noninvasive, has low side effects and, in the TACT trial, induced substantial...
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At-Home Urine Test for Prostate Cancer Shows Promise

3 days ago | Medscape | 2 articles

Levels of potential biomarkers for prostate cancer in urine were comparable after a digital rectal examination in a physician's office and at a man's home. Medscape Medical News
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Mount Sinai receives $1 million grant to advance understanding of prostate cancer

3 days ago | News Medical

The Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has received a $1 million grant from The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation.
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Being physically active can cut the risk of men developing prostate cancer by up to 51%

4 days ago | Daily Mail

Bristol University researchers looked at how active 140,248 men were by looking at variations in their DNA - rather than relying on questionnaires.
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Novel MRI-guided ultrasound treatment destroys prostate cancer

4 days ago | ScienceDaily | 2 articles

A novel MRI-guided procedure that uses therapeutic ultrasound effectively treats prostate cancer with minimal side effects, according to a new study. Researchers said the...
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How To Deal With Bone Metastases From Prostate Cancer?

When prostate cancer spreads, it most often spreads to bone. And while the 5-year survival rate for prostate cancer that has not spread is nearly 100 percent. Read more ...

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SURGICAL VIDEO: Iris prosthesis sutured to IOL, implanted during cataract...

NEW YORK - At OSN New York 2019, Brandon D. Ayres, MD, of Wills Eye Hospital, shows the surgical implantation of an iris prosthesis sutured to an IOL in a situation in which... Read more ...

Improving blood vessel health in brain may help combat Alzheimer's

Researchers have found that very slow spontaneous blood vessel pulsations drive the clearance of substances from the brain, indicating that targeting and improving this process... Read more ...

Being active reduces risk of prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK , yet we still don't know all of its causes. The largest ever study to use genetics as a measurement for physical... Read more ...

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Testosterone injections are a hormone treatment for low testosterone in males and postmenopausal symptoms in females. Doctors also use them in masculinization therapy for... Read more ...

Beta Blockers No Help in Advanced Prostate Cancer

]]> - WASHINGTON - A retrospective analysis of close to 40,000 men with high-risk prostate cancer treated at Veterans Affairs health systems found no association between beta... Read more ...

Anti-Amyloid Fails to Deliver for Alzheimer's Disease: What's Next?

Study Authors: Alette M. Wessels, Pierre N. Tariot, et al. Target Audience and Goal Statement: Neurologists, psychologists, radiologists, hematologists, geriatricians... Read more ...

Alzheimer's risk gene and heavy metal exposure may impair cognition

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