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Urinary retention due to benign enlarged prostate treated differently in 15 countries

Men who experience a sudden inability to pass urine because of a non-cancerous enlarged prostate are hospitalised and treated differently depending on where they live, according to an international study published online ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Popular supplement - saw palmetto extract - has no effect on prostate health: study

The most widely used over-the-counter supplement for prostate health is no more effective than a placebo in treating men's lower urinary tract symptoms.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Experimental treatment offers relief from painful prostate condition

New findings show that treatment with a specific alpha blocker helps reduce symptoms and improve quality of life for men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS).

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers see a 'picture' of threat in the brain: Work may lead to new model of neuroinflammation

A team of researchers is beginning to see exactly what the response to threats looks like in the brain at the cellular and molecular levels.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 03, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Finasteride reduces symptoms and disease progression associated with enlarged prostates

When compared with placebo and other drugs, long-term use of finasteride improves urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia, and reduces disease progression. This conclusion comes from combining ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research finds surgery outperforms drug therapy in treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia

A 17-year-long community study looking at symptoms of enlarged prostate in over 2,000 men age 40 to 79 years suggests that surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) offers more relief from incontinence and obstruction ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study explains how exercise helps patients with peripheral artery disease

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects 5 million individuals in the U.S. and is the leading cause of limb amputations. Doctors have long considered exercise to be the single best therapy for PAD, and now a new study helps ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Carvedilol shown to have unique characteristics among beta blockers

In a new study, researchers report that a class of heart medications called beta-blockers can have a helpful, or harmful, effect on the heart, depending on their molecular activity.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

FDA-approved drugs eliminate, prevent cervical cancer in mice

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health have eliminated cervical cancer in mice with two FDA-approved drugs currently used to treat breast cancer and osteoporosis.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

And the beat goes on: Scientists jump-start the heart by gene transfer

Scientists from the Universities of Michigan and Minnesota show in a research report published online in the FASEB Journal that gene therapy may be used to improve an ailing heart's ability to contract properly. In additi ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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