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An Aspirin a Day Could Keep Cancer Away

by Editor on April 18 Leave the first comment

Taking an aspirin a day is often recommended by doctors for its cardiovascular benefits, but someday soon, that advice could also apply to cancer prevention. American Cancer Society researchers have announced new data show aspirin may reduce the risk of dying of cancer, even at low doses.


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Doctor’s Stake in Lab Affects Biopsy Rate

by Editor on April 17 Leave the first comment

In an alarming study it seems like the financial incentives of some urologists are driving biopsy procedures and referrals. This is a massively invasive procedure for men and according to the report “The results suggest that financial incentives prompt self-referring urologists to perform prostate biopsies on equivocal cases,” Dr. Mitchell said.


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Mind Games Improve Memory in Healthy Older Adults

by Editor on April 1 Leave the first comment

Keep playing those mind games! A new study published in BMC Medicine reports that healthy, older adults who engage in cognitive training such as doing handicrafts, working on puzzles, and reading maps can improve their memory and other aspects of brain function, as well as hand-eye coordination skills. Many articles have be written about how… Continue Reading »


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Elevated Testosterone During Competition is Basic Male Biology

by Editor on April 1 Leave the first comment

The men of an isolated indigenous group in Bolivia called the Tsimane have a third less testosterone compared with US men and their testosterone levels also do not decline with age. However, Tsimane men and US men have something in common: both experience elevated testosterone during competition, indicating competition-associated bursts of testosterone are a basic… Continue Reading »


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Glucose Mixture Helps Prevent Heart Attack

by Editor on April 1 Leave the first comment

Paramedics who administer a recipe consisting of glucose, insulin, and potassium (GIK) to someone who is about to have or who is having a heart attack can cut the patient’s risk of cardiac arrest or dying by 50 percent. The odds get even better if GIK is given to someone who has a specific type… Continue Reading »


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Diabetes Drug Metformin May Slow Prostate Cancer Growth

by Editor on April 1 Leave the first comment

It appears metformin, an oral drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, may slow prostate cancer growth in men. The announcement was made by Anthony M. Joshua, MBBS, PhD, staff medical oncologist at the Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network in Toronto, at the AACR Meeting 2012 held March 31-April 4.


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Prostate Cancer Drug Galeterone Finishes Phase I Study

by Editor on April 1 Leave the first comment

Another new drug is in the pipeline for treatment of men who have prostate cancer resistant to hormone therapy (castration-resistant prostate cancer). Galeterone, a product of Tokai Pharmaceuticals, was well tolerated, showed efficacy, and had minimal side effects in a Phase 1 study. Galeterone is one of the latest future prostate cancer treatments on the horizon…. Continue Reading »


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Can Migraines Cause Erectile Dysfunction?

by Editor on March 30 Leave the first comment

For many men who have erectile dysfunction, their inability to get an erection may not be the only reason they use the excuse “Not tonight, honey.” A new study from Taiwan reveals that men who have been diagnosed with erectile dysfunction are 63% more likely to also get a diagnosis of migraine than men without… Continue Reading »


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New Study-Side Effects of Proton Therapy

by Editor on February 18 Leave the first comment

An expensive, cutting-edge prostate cancer therapy promoted by the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is being questioned for increasing the very problem it claims to reduce – side effects. In a new study, records of select patients with prostate cancer show that those treated with  proton therapy had more bowel complications, such as bleeding, than those… Continue Reading »


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