By Christine Decker
An Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute researcher has found a biomarker that may help improve the ability to predict if a man’s prostate cancer is going to come back after surgical removal.
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By Jeanne D'Agostino
A single prostate specific antigen (PSA) test taken before the age of 50 can be used to predict advanced prostate cancer in men up to 25 years in advance of a diagnosis, according to a new study published by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Canc
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By Gina Kolata
One of the great unanswered questions in physiology is why muscles get tired. The experience is universal, common to creatures that have muscles, but the answer has been elusive until now.
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By Bill Becher
Heart rate monitors can tell you when to push harder and when to back off -- but only when used properly.
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By Kim Irwin
Men with jobs that require them to be physically active may be getting benefits beyond salary and health insurance - they may be at a decreased risk of developing prostate cancer, according to a study at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center.
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By Associated Press
Merck to Settle U.S. Claims for $671 Million
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By Stephanie Saul
Drug Ads Raise Questions for Heart Pioneer
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By Zoila Brown
Henry Ford Hospital is embarking on an expanded major clinical trial involving the use of gene therapy in combination with radiation therapy, to determine if the combined treatment is more effective than radiation therapy alone for patients with interm
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By Natalie Chung-Sayers
Validated nomogram tool can identify normal PSA level patients at risk for aggressive prostate cancer and has been shown to perform better than conventional screening
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By Staci Vernick Goldberg
An experimental biomarker test developed by researchers at the University of Michigan more accurately detects prostate cancer than any other screening method currently in use, according to a study published in the February 1 issue of Cancer Research, a
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By Staci Vernick Goldberg
Researchers at the University of Southern California have developed a prostate cancer vaccine that prevented the development of cancer in 90 percent of young mice genetically predestined to develop the disease.
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By Tara Pope
Statins are among the most prescribed drugs in the world, and there is no doubt that they work as advertised -- that they lower not only cholesterol but also the risk for heart attack.
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By Andrew Klein
The Prostate Cancer Foundation, largely through the generosity of David H. Koch, has given $5 million to four institutions, including Weill Cornell Medical College, to support novel research in prostate cancer. The gift is one of the largest-ever indiv
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By Liz Savage
Sex hormones circulating in the blood do not appear to be associated with prostate cancer risk, according to data from 18 prior studies. The analysis will be published online January 29 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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By Kristen Woodward
A team of researchers led by Valeri Vasioukhin, Ph.D., and Peter Nelson, M.D., both investigators in the Human Biology Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, has confirmed that a molecular change found in human prostate cancers triggers th
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By Gary Taube
The idea that cholesterol plays a key role in heart disease is so tightly woven into modern medical thinking that it is no longer considered open to question. This is the message that emerged all too clearly from the recent news that the drug Vytorin h
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By Stephanie Saul
Heart Group Backs Drug Made by Ally
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By Tara Pope
The cholesterol drug Vytorin became known for its commercials showing people who look oddly similar to foods like tacos and banana cream pie. But now Vytorin is getting attention that is anything but funny.
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By Erin Prather Stafford
Findings by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers encourage men to weigh both the potential benefits and side effects of the drug finasteride before taking it to prevent prostate cancer.
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By Alex Berenson
For decades, the theory that lowering cholesterol is always beneficial has been a core principle of cardiology. It has been accepted by doctors and used by drug makers to win quick approval for new medicines to reduce cholesterol.
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