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Possible link found between diagnostic radiation and prostate cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 02, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers at The University of Nottingham have shown an association between certain past diagnostic radiation procedures and an increased risk of young-onset prostate cancer — a rare form of prostate cancer which affects ...


Possible link found between X-rays and prostate cancer

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created Jul 15, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Researchers at The University of Nottingham have shown an association between certain past diagnostic radiation procedures and an increased risk of young-onset prostate cancer — a rare form of prostate cancer which affects ...





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Cardiovascular and suicide risk raised after prostate cancer diagnosis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer have an increased risk of cardiovascular events and suicide, reports a new study in this week's PLoS Medicine. Katja Falland Fang Fang from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden ...


Younger men with advanced prostate cancer have shorter survival times

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created May 22, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

While young men with prostate cancer have a low risk of dying early, those with advanced forms of cancer do not live as long as older men with similar forms of the disease. That is the conclusion of a new study published ...


Male infertility associated with testicular cancer

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created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Men who are infertile appear to have an increased risk of developing testicular cancer, according to a report in the February 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.


Overdiagnosis since introduction of prostate cancer screening

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created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The introduction of prostate-antigen screening, or PSA, has resulted in over 1 million additional men over the last 23 years being diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer—most of whom were likely overdiagnosed, researchers ...


Frequent sex and masturbation in 20s and 30s linked to higher prostate cancer risk

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created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (17) | comments 18

Men who are very sexually active in their twenties and thirties are more likely to develop prostate cancer, especially if they masturbate frequently, according to a study of more than 800 men published in the January issue ...


Black gay men may be at increased HIV risk

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Black gay men have less choice when it comes to sexual partners than other groups and, as a result, their sexual networks are closely knit. These tightly interconnected networks make the rapid spread of HIV more likely. In ...


An estimated 4 percent of older US men have dry eye disease

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created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dry eye disease is common among American men older than 50 and increases with age, high blood pressure, benign prostate disease and the use of antidepressants, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, on ...


Low-income men more likely to be diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer

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created Dec 16, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Low-income men are more likely to present with advanced prostate cancers, most likely because they don't receive screening services shown to reduce the diagnosis of later-stage cancers, a UCLA study found.


Routine evaluation of prostate size not as effective in cancer screening (w/ Video)

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Mayo Clinic research studied the association between prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels and prostate size and found that routine annual evaluation of prostate growth is not necessarily a predictor for the development ...


More STDs for Older Widowers in ED Drug Era

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created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Widowers take care: Older men who have recently lost their wives are more likely than still-married peers to be diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease (STD), according to a new study.



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