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Better Prostate Cancer Test

...a blood test to rule out cancer.What this new test does is looks at thousands of proteins at the same time rather than just the one protein and looks at the pattern of those proteins. In a study, the new test accurately detected cancer 100 percent of the time. It correctly ruled it out in about 65 percen...

Finasteride lowers risk of prostate cancer but increases risk of high-grade tumors

... advantage." According to doctors , "Finasteride does not seem to be an attractive agent for the chemoprevention of prostate cancer." However, they do not advocate discontinuation of the drug when used to treat urinary symptoms, so long as patients undergo careful monitoring....

Finasteride lowers risk of prostate cancer but increases risk of high-grade tumors

... advantage." According to doctors , "Finasteride does not seem to be an attractive agent for the chemoprevention of prostate cancer." However, they do not advocate discontinuation of the drug when used to treat urinary symptoms, so long as patients undergo careful monitoring....

The 'lazy man's yoga"

...a finger, or a leg for that matter. His instructor does the work for him, performing a Thai massage, an ancient technique characterized by lots of contorting and moving, with ironically little work on the client's part. Some people have even called Thai massage (or Thai yoga) the "lazy man's yoga." "You'...

Benefits of Vitamin Supplements Unclear

...amins according to the recommended daily allowance does not cause harm, they found several adverse effects...ause liver damage or harm a fetus. The Task Force does not recommend using beta-carotene supplements, either alone or in a multivitamin to prevent cancer o...

Low-dose Growth Hormone (GH) with diet and exercise may help weight loss

... able to exercise is still in question. However GH does not replace the need for diet and exercise but may help people maintain these methods for weight loss....

Skip Breakfast, Get Fat

...rican Dietetic Association. "You are starving. How does the normal person respond? They eat, and they keep eating to compensate." As for the study's rebuttal of the time-honored belief in the fattening properties of late-night meals, Ma says more research is needed to confirm that finding. But it makes ...

Lowering Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence

...estrogen and you're making it even lower. Now, why does that matter? Well, breast cancer cells that are hormone-sensitive can sense even those very small amounts of estrogen." Patients are still being enrolled in the trial. Researchers across the country will enroll 3,000 postmenopausal women who have re...

Cholesterol is the Key

A new study finds the majority of the public still does not know cholesterol can lead to early death. In order to save lives, the American Heart Association believes the public has to know high cholesterol is dangerous. Their new study finds physicians, overall, need to improve the educational process. He...

Indian pharma industry upbeat on WTO drug deal

...ayed. ''I see it as a fairly balanced deal which does provide flexibility to the developing countries -- even flexibility to countries that aren't necessarily the poorest -- to address serious public health problems. ''It is really good news from the humanitarian point of view as it will serve a world ...

Good carb, bad carb? Experts debate.

...ecause glucagon is still in short supply, the body does not tap into its fat supply for energy. The inevitable result? Hunger. That, at least, is the theory. Experiments to prove this are difficult and time-consuming. Among those trying is Dr. David Ludwig of Boston's Children's Hospital, who has done se...

A voice saving surgery

... is my daughter. She's technically a dog, but that does not make her any less my daughter." Hancock will continue to strengthen her voice, and after being cancer-free for more than five years, she's ready to take on the world. She says, "You have to decide that cancer is not going to beat you, and so tha...

Nitrous Oxide for Kids

...se the anxiety and decrease the pain. When a child does need to have a shot, nitrous oxide can be given to reduce the pain and anxiety before the shot is administered.....

Teens break bones 'due to lack of milk'

...e porous when they are growing fast. That, though, does not explain the increase. The commonest age for fr...er the 30-year period. Dr Khosla said: "Our study does not explain why these fracture rates increased, but the data raises concerns about whether bone mass...

Even mid-life diet change can extend life

...e Partridge study is "important to the field," but does not provide final answers about the true effects of restricted diets. He said that fruit flies and other animals on restricted diets tend to stop reproducing. In mammals, for instance, the females stop ovulating and, hence, cannot reproduce. As...

Risks for Silent Strokes

...ssels in the brain become blocked. A silent stroke does not cause classic symptoms but having multiple silent strokes can increase the risk of a future stroke.// A new study shows having diabetes and high blood pressure increases a person’s risk for a silent stroke. For the study, researchers conducted M...

Same molecule found in meat, milk, tumors

...ns carry Neu5Ac. But researchers at have found it does show up in the human body, and showed it can be absorbed from eating red meat and milk. They also showed that the body produces an immune response against the molecule. There are already existing recommendations that people should not consume too m...

How a man's mind really works

...he notice how much housework needs to be done? Why does he need to keep a grip on the remote control? And the most bewildering one of all //-- why won't he just talk to me? The answers, says social philosopher Michael Gurian, lie not in laziness, sexism or sheer pigheadedness but in profound differences ...

New Drug for Diabetes

...not made by the body (type 1 diabetes) or the body does not effectively use the insulin it does produce (type 2 diabetes). Researchers, are studying another hormone -- amylin -- to aid in the trea...

False beliefs could cost cancer patients their lives

...y good,"' he added. "We know that stopping smoking does good."Researchers say they would like to extend their study to other types of cancers, and to other beliefs about cancer....

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