News tagged with specific
Does prostate-specific antigen velocity help in early detection prostate cancer?
Nov 05, 2009 |
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The November issue of European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology, features an article focussing on prostate specific antigen (PSA) velocity and early cancer detection. It has been sugges ...
Undetectable PSA after radiation is possible and predicts good patient outcomes
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers report that radiation therapy alone can reduce prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels below detectable amounts in prostate cancer patients. Patients who have an undetectable level of PSA ...
PMH clinicians map group at high risk for aggressive, 'hidden' prostate cancer
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Clinical researchers at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) can now answer the question that baffles many clinicians - why do some men with elevated prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels who are carefully monitored and undergo ...
Study finds acceptable levels of anxiety among men living with early, untreated prostate cancer
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Men with early stages of prostate cancer who delay radical treatment in favor of an approach of "expectant management" do not have high levels of anxiety and distress. That is the conclusion of a new study published in the ...
Mayo researchers: Dramatic outcomes in prostate cancer study
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Two Mayo Clinic patients whose prostate cancer had been considered inoperable are now cancer free thanks in part to an experimental drug therapy that was used in combination with standardized hormone treatment and radiation ...
Half of group free of phobia after a single treatment
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Fifty-five percent of children who underwent an intensive so-called one-session treatment of three hours were freed from their phobia. The treatment is carried out on a single occasion, is quick and cost-effective, with no ...
Prostate specific antigen testing may be unnecessary for some older men
Feb 20, 2009 |
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Certain men age 75 to 80 are unlikely to benefit from routine prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing, according to a Johns Hopkins study published in the April 2009 issue of The Journal of Urology.
Immunity stronger at night than during day
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Dec 14, 2008 |
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The immune system's battle against invading bacteria reaches its peak activity at night and is lowest during the day.
A good ear: Rats identify specific sounds in noisy environments
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 18, 2008 |
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A study conducted on hundreds of rats could help us understand how the brain identifies specific sounds in a noisy environment. The investigation, soon to be published in the journal Brain, was conducted by Alex Martin of ...
Patients with anxiety think they have more physiological problems than they really have
Nov 13, 2008 |
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A doctoral thesis carried out at the University of Granada, Spain, has proved that patients with serious anxiety disorders (panic disorder with and without agoraphobia, social anxiety disorder or generalized anxiety disorder) ...
Octogenarians can be good candidates for heart surgery
Oct 28, 2008 |
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Patients 80 years and older who are in overall good health are perfectly able to withstand open-heart surgery, according to the latest study of Dr. Kevin Lachapelle of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). His findings ...
New research may help to design better gene therapy vectors
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Oct 07, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research published by scientists from the University of Reading may offer an insight into ways of making safer and more specific gene therapy vectors. The research, published in the journal Nature Structural an ...
Drugs to inhibit blood vessel growth show promise in rat model of deadly brain tumor
Aug 22, 2008 |
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In a landmark study, Medical College of Wisconsin researchers in Milwaukee report that drugs used to inhibit a specific fatty acid in rat brains with glioblastoma-like tumors not only reduced new blood vessel growth and tumor ...
