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Loss Of Gene Function Makes Prostate Cancer Cells More Aggressive
Prostate cancer cells are more likely to spread to other parts of the body if a specific gene quits functioning normally, according to new data from researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Certain prostate cancer cells can be held in check by the DAB2IP gene...
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Cedars-Sinai Researchers: Fat Behaves Differently In Patients With Polycistic Ovary Syndrome
Fat tissue in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome produces an inadequate amount of the hormone that regulates how fats and glucose are processed, promoting increased insulin resistance and inflammation, glucose intolerance, and greater risk of diabetes and heart disease, according to a study conducted at the Center for Androgen-Related Research and Discovery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center...
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IVF Should Be Available To All, But Need Is Greatest In Developing Countries, Say Experts
Infertility is rising faster in developing countries than in developed nations and has a much more devastating impact, experts warned this week...
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Herbal Remedies May Increase Risk Of Dangerous Drug Interactions In Heart Patients
More and more Americans are turning to herbal remedies to help manage chronic conditions or promote general health and wellness. But many of today's popular herbal supplements, including St...
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What Is Pelvic Inflammatory Disease? What Causes Pelvic Inflammatory Disease?
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a bacterial infection of the female reproductive organs, including the womb, fallopian tubes and ovaries. It usually occurs when sexually transmitted bacteria spread from the vagina to the uterus and upper genital tract. PID is a general term and can refer to viral, fungal, parasitic, though most often bacterial infections...
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Important Advance In Imaging Of Cell Death
For quite some time, the "Holy Grail" in medical imaging has been the development of an effective method to image cell death as a means to intervene early in diseases and rapidly determine the effectiveness of treatments...
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Expression And Localization Of Hypoxia Proteins In Prostate Cancer: Prognostic Implications After Radical Prostatectomy
UroToday.com - Biomarkers may facilitate predictions of disease progression and predictions of patients' response to specific treatments. Consequently, a vast amount of research is performed that is aimed at the identification of novel diagnostic and prognostic factors...
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'Prostatic Evasive Anterior Tumours': The Role Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Prostate Cancer Mortality In Screen And Clinically Detected Prostate Cancer: Estimating The Screening Benefit
UroToday.com - The European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) has demonstrated that screening has the potential for reducing mortality from prostate cancer (PC)...
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Protesters To Take Mass Overdose Of Homeopathic Medicines
Campaigners throughout the United Kingdom are to take part in a protest by taking a mass overdose of homeopathic medicine as part of a national bid to prove that the medicines are worthless...
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Merck Receives European Approval For ELONVA® (corifollitropin Alfa Injection), A New Fertility Treatment
Merck & Co., Inc., which operates outside the U.S. and Canada as MSD, announced the European Commission (EC) approval of ELONVA® (corifollitropin alfa injection). ELONVA is indicated for controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) in combination with a GnRH antagonist for the development of multiple follicles in women participating in an assisted reproductive technology (ART) program...
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Use Of Traditional Chinese Medicine In The Management Of Urinary Stone Disease
UroToday.com - As we reviewed the best level of evidence concerning the use of Chinese medicine in urinary stone disease in the English language Literature to accomplish this paper, we also faced the barrier imposed by the lack of knowledge of other languages such as Mandarim or Japanese...
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Study Links Flame-Retardant Chemicals To Reduced Fertility
Common flame-retardant chemicals called polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs, appear to be linked to reduced fertility in women, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, the Los Angeles Times reports. The chemicals, which have been used for more than four decades, are found in foam furniture, electronics, fabrics, carpets and plastics...
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Phase II Study Of Dasatinib In Patients With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
UroToday.com - Src kinase is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase known to be upregulated in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). It is also expressed by osteoclasts. In prostate cancer (CaP) bone metastasis there is dual rationale for Src kinase inhibition of both CaP cells and osteoclasts, which are the initiating step in the vicious cycle of CaP bone metastasis...
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Suicide Risk In Men With Prostate-specific Antigen-Detected Early Prostate Cancer: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study From PCBaSe Sweden
UroToday.com - PSA screening remains controversial. In addition to questions over decreased mortality, concerns exist over the psychological trauma from an elevated PSA level and the results of a prostate biopsy. The ultimate tragic endpoint would be a patient committing suicide over a new diagnosis of prostate cancer (CaP)...
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Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Improves Back Function In Late Pregnancy
For many pregnant women, it's inevitable. As their pregnancy progresses, tasks that involve the low back often get more difficult. It is harder to bend over, lift, sit or walk for long periods of time, and back pain increases...
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Low Vitamin D Levels Linked To Poorer Lung Function In Asthmatics
Asthmatics with higher blood levels of vitamin D have better lung function than those with lower levels, according to new research from National Jewish Health, in Denver. The findings have been published online ahead of print publication in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. E. Rand Sutherland, M.D., M.P...
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Operator Is An Independent Predictor Of Detecting Prostate Cancer At Transrectal Ultrasound Guided Prostate Biopsy
UroToday.com - Outcomes of surgical procedures such as radical prostatectomy are correlated to surgeon and hospital volumes. This has not previously been assessed for transrectal ultrasound of the prostate with biopsy TRUS-Bx. In the December 2009 issue of the Journal of Urology, investigators including Dr...
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Ginkgo Herbal Medicines May Increase Seizures In People With Epilepsy
Restrictions should be placed on the use of Ginkgo biloba (G. biloba) - a top-selling herbal remedy - because of growing scientific evidence that Ginkgo may increase the risk of seizures in people with epilepsy and could reduce the effectiveness of anti-seizure drugs, a new report concludes. The article appears in ACS' monthly Journal of Natural Products...
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MR Spectroscopy May Help Diagnose, Determine Aggressiveness Of Prostate Cancer
Magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy - which analyzes the biochemistry rather than the structure of tissues - may someday be able both to pinpoint the precise location of prostate cancer and to determine the tumor's aggressiveness, information that could help guide treatment planning...
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