By Annette Whibley
Men who have prostate cancer are on average four times more likely to suffer a hip fracture, with rates rising to eight times in men aged 50 to 65, according to a study of more than 60,000 men published in the October issue of the urology journal BJU I
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By Jane Brody
CT Scans of the Heart Come With Trade-Offs
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By Lauren Shaftel Williams
African-American men are more likely to have their prostate cancer return after treatment, but their disease is no more aggressive when it does recur than that of their white counterparts, according to a study led by Duke Prostate Center researchers.
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By Daniel J. DeNoon
Study: Only Half of Men With Low Testosterone Have Symptoms
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By Renee Cree
Many consumers take precautions against identity theft, but what about medical identity theft? In addition to financial peril, victims can suffer physical danger if false entries in medical records lead to the wrong treatment.
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By Sharon Reis
The 2007 Prostate Cancer Foundation Scientific Retreat will feature new studies by the world’s leading researchers in prostate cancer. Presentations include discoveries expected to lead to new diagnostics and treatments, and the potential to help
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By John Murphy
Although medication can help extend the lives of men with chronic heart failure, several factors associated with this disease can interfere with a person’s ability to engage in and enjoy sexual activities. Fatigue, depression, medication side eff
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By Christen Brownlee
A popular prostate cancer treatment called androgen deprivation therapy may encourage prostate cancer cells to produce a protein that makes them more likely to spread throughout the body, a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests.
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By Lawrence Altman
The nation’s two leading heart groups issued new guidelines yesterday about what should be done for patients with heart disease before they undergo surgery on other parts of the body.
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By Anthony Ramirez
Government curbs on secondhand smoke in New York led to nearly 4,000 fewer hospital admissions for heart attacks in 2004, according to a new statewide study.
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By Associated Press
Jury Backs Merck in Vioxx Lawsuit
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By Thomas Lueck
New York City Plans Limits on Restaurants’ Use of Trans Fats
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The toll of racism? 2007-09-24
By Susan Brink
The stress of discrimination, real or perceived, may be shortening black men's lives.
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By Science Daily
A long-term study found that a type of stem cell transplant used for patients with life-threatening diseases, such as leukemia and lymphoma, results in decreased sexual function and activity for recipients.
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By Science Daily
A new study has found that a third of all spam messages advertise health products such as drugs and natural health products and that it is easy to purchase prescription drugs and controlled substances advertised in these messages.
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By Eric Nagourney
Doctors know that siblings and other close family members of people who have heart attacks are at increased risk for heart problems of their own. So when patients are brought to a hospital, why not identify them and suggest that they get a screening?
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By Patty Mattern
A University of Minnesota study of prostate cancer tumors from Caucasian and African-American men has shown no evidence that the cancer is more aggressive in black men.
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Health-related spam 2007-09-17
By Andrew Hyde
A new study in PLoS Medicine has found that a third of all spam messages advertise health products such as drugs and natural health products and that it is easy to purchase prescription drugs and controlled substances advertised in these messages.
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Sex After Cancer 2007-09-17
By Science Daily
Significant sexual problems often are an unexpected -- and unwelcome -- side effect of the treatment of early-stage cervical and endometrial cancer for many women following hysterectomy.
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By Barnaby Feder
New Study Favorable to Drug-Coated Stents
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