PSA in Medical News

NAMI Launches New PSA Campaign

"Connect, and you'll find out you're not alone." ARLINGTON, Va., June 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has released "Puzzle Pieces," a new public service announcement (PSA) initiative that encourages people to connect with each other through NAMI t...

Statins alter prostate cancer patients' PSA levels

Beyond lowering cholesterol, statin medications have been found to have numerous other health benefits, including lowering a healthy man's risk of developing advanced prostate cancer, as well as lowering his prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels. But a new study by researchers at Henry Ford Ho...

Experts Back Away From Annual PSA Test

Men should have a 'baseline' prostate cancer screen at 40, but yearly PSA may not be necessary, guidelines say MONDAY, April 27 (HealthDay News) -- New guidelines on prostate cancer screening suggest that annual PSA blood tests might not be necessary for many men, but the same guidelin...

Dr. David Williams Scoops National Media on PSA Effectiveness -- by 17 Years

The reliability of the PSA test is something that Dr. David Williams has been questioning since 1992. Potomac, MD (PRWEB) April 27, 2009 -- The effectiveness of the ubiquitous PSA test -- in both predicting cancer and saving lives -- was recently scrutinized in articles...

AUA counters mainstream recommendations with new best practice statement on PSA testing

LINTHICUM, MD, April 27, 2009The American Urological Association (AUA) today issued new clinical guidance which directly contrasts recent recommendations issued by other major groups about prostate cancer screening, asserting that the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test should be offered to wel...

Stanford Study on CyberKnife Radiosurgery for Prostate Cancer Demonstrates 100 Percent PSA Response at 33 months

Prior Studies Demonstrate Frequency of Prostate Motion, Supporting Need for the CyberKnife System's Real-Time Tracking to Spare Surrounding Sensitive Structures SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY ), a global leader in the field o...

CPF Launches National PSA to Educate Public on Pulmonary Fibrosis

'Target' Video Dramatizes Message That Pulmonary Fibrosis Can Strike Anyone, Anywhere; Urges Americans to Work With CPF to Find a Cure SAN JOSE, Calif., March 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF) claims a life every 13 minutes in the U.S., the same number of lives each...

ZERO Outraged Docs Don't Offer Solution in PSA Crisis

More Research Funding Needed to Make Progress to End Prostate Cancer WASHINGTON, March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new study of the effectiveness of the PSA test for prostate cancer is yet another claim prostate cancer screening has little to no value in lowering the death rate with offer...

Many Older Men Won't Benefit from PSA Test

Screening may prove an unnecessary expense in men 75 or older, researchers say FRIDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Routine prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood tests offer no benefit to many men ages 75 to 80, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed data from 727 prostate cance...

January 2009 Mayo Clinic Health Letter Highlights Improved PSA Tests, Dry Eyes and Colds

ROCHESTER, Minn., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Here are highlights from the January issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter. You may cite this publication as often as you wish. Reprinting is allowed for a fee. Mayo Clinic Health Letter attribution is required. Include the following subscr...

Video: Supermodel Kim Alexis Joins Forces with the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists in a National PSA to Raise Awareness About Thyroid Problems

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Kim Alexis is a supermodel, athlete, mother-of-five and host of TV Land's hit show "She's Got the Look," where women compete to be the world's next supermodel at 35 and older. To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/aace/3...

Men who take aspirin have significantly lower PSA levels

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The use of aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is significantly associated with lower PSA levels, especially among men with prostate cancer, say researchers at Vanderbilt University. This large analysis known as the Nashville Men's Health Study in...

Study finds more PSA screening awareness needed among high-risk groups

DURHAM, N.C. -- In one of the first examinations of PSA screening in younger men, a study published by researchers at Duke Medicine's Prostate Center finds that one-fifth of men under age 50 reported undergoing a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test to detect prostate cancer in the previous year, ...

Adalimumab therapy effective in AS, RA and PsA patients refractory to other anti-TNF therapies

Paris, France, Thursday, 12 June 2008: Adalimumab therapy is effective and well-tolerated in ankylosing spondylitis (AS), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients with a previously inadequate response to anti-tumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapies etanercept and inflix...

Now Playing: Spike Lee Stands with Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, Cookie Johnson and Abbott to Launch National PSA Campaign

LOS ANGELES, June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, Earvin "Magic" Johnson ( http://www.magicjohnson.com/index.php?/foundation/ ), Cookie Johnson, Abbott ( http://www.abbott.com/ ) (NYSE: ABT ) and the Magic Johnson Foundation launched a public service announcement campaign as part of the "I...

Biopsy techniques have made PSA test less predictive

Prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels typically have correlated with prostate biopsy results in the detection of prostate cancer, but that correlation no longer exists for men with a normal prostate exam, according to a new study published in the April 15, 2008 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed jo...

Overweight and obese men have lower PSA values, even before they get prostate cancer

DURHAM, N.C. -- Men who are overweight or obese have lower concentrations of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in their blood than their normal-weight counterparts, according to a new study led by Duke University Medical Center researchers. The finding echoes earlier results on PSA concentrations...

Early warning: PSA testing can predict advanced prostate cancer

Researchers who showed that a single prostate specific antigen (PSA) test at age 50 or under could predict the presence of prostate cancer up to 25 years later, (regardless of clinical significance) have now found that a single PSA can be used to predict advanced prostate cancer. The findings,...

Study suggests adjusting PSA scores for obese men or cancers may be missed

DURHAM, N.C. -- Doctors may be missing cancers in obese men because the telltale blood marker used to detect the disease can be falsely interpreted as low in this population, according to a new study led by Duke Prostate Center researchers. Obese men have more blood circulating throughout their...

Obesity associated with lower PSA levels in men with prostate cancer

Higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with higher plasma volume, which may be related to lower prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels among obese men, according to a study in the November 21 issue of JAMA. Recent evidence has suggested that prostate cancer screening may be adversely affec...

Obesity-linked high blood volumes render PSA prostate cancer test less effective, study suggests

The extra blood volume produced in the obese may so dilute levels of a telltale protein produced by prostates that the popular PSA test may be essentially useless for diagnosing prostate cancer in men carrying extra pounds, a new study in The Journal of the American Medical Association suggests. ...

Why Obese Men Post Lower PSA Levels

Research suggests their higher blood volume explains it TUESDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- In recent years, doctors have learned that they need to adjust the results of blood tests to properly diagnose prostate cancer in obese men, but now researchers think they know why. It turns...

Foundation for Biomedical Research Releases Groundbreaking PSA

"Jen's Story" is a riveting 60-second spot depicting a biomedical researcher, with breast cancer, in search of a cure WASHINGTON, March 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR) announced today the release of its new PSA "Jen's Story." The 60-second sp...

AUA 2008: Low cholesterol leads to lower PSA

ORLANDO, FL, May 21, 2008 Managing your cholesterol may also help you manage your prostate- specific antigen (PSA) level. Data presented today at the 103rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association explored the relationship between low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol ...

High Pretreatment PSA Velocity Predicts Worse Outcome

The most significant single predictor of aggressive prostate cancer is an elevated rate of increase in prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels, according to a new study. The study found that a pre-treatment rate of PSA increase, called PSA velocity, of more than 2 ng/ml/year was strongly associated...

Hair-Growth Drug Artificially Lowers Psa Levels in Prostate Cancer Screening

The popular hair-growth drug finasteride, taken by millions of balding men, artificially lowers the results of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test,// the standard screening test for prostate cancer, a multicenter study has found. The study, involving 308 men ranging in age from 40 to 60 y...

Age Can Affect PSA Reading And Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

Prostate specific antigen is a tumor marker, elevated level of which is strongly suggestive of prostate cancer in men. PSA testing is routinely used by doctors to spot early signs of prostate cancer, // if any. A new study has now suggested that a different criterion may be needed for establishmen...

Annual PSA screening reduces risk of prostate cancer deaths

Findings presented at the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) reveal that yearly screening for prostate specific antigen (PSA) // significantly reduces the mortality associated with prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the second most prevalent type of cancer found in men ...

Sudden Rise in PSA Dangerous for men

Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in men and kills nearly 30,000 men each year. The lifetime risk of being diagnosed, one in six, is higher than the one in eight risk of breast cancer in women. // A new study shows the rate of rise in prostate-specific antigen levels, or P...

Body Weight Found To Influence PSA Levels

A new study shows obese men generally have lower prostate specific antigen levels than men of normal weight. // However researchers say this finding suggests the PSA test may not be as good at identifying early prostate cancer in such men. Researchers studied about 2,800 men with no evidence of ...

Ferring Pharmaceuticals Announces Trade Name FIRMAGON(R) (degarelix for injection) for Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatment

..., and remained suppressed throughout the one year of treatment.(1,2) These psa results should be interpreted with caution because of the heterogeneity of ...the patient population studied. No evidence has shown that the rapidity of psa decline is related to a clinical benefit. FIRMAGON is the exact same...

Brookhaven Lab and Hybridyne Imaging Technologies Inc., win R&D 100 award

...ncer is through a blood test that measures the levels of a protein produced by the prostate gland called prostate-specific antigen, or PSA. Elevated psa levels may indicate prostate cancer, but with a high number of false-positive detections. Often, then, men must have an invasive biopsy, normally guid...

Small Molecule Might Play Big Part in Lung Cancer

... cigarette. Japanese and American researchers involved in this new study believe that the miR-21 protein is not merely a marker of disease, such as psa levels are in prostate cancer screenings, but an actual contributor to the cancer process. The findings appear in this week's online issue of the Pro...

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New Hampshire Gives Boost to Help Small Businesses in the Granite State

...annual gynecological exams and family planning visits, an annual care plan for members with chronic illnesses, mammograms, pap smears, lead screening, psa (prostate screening), and other routine preventive screenings such as total cholesterol, lipids and diabetic screenings. Routine hearing exams are al...

SNICKERS(R) Brand and David Arquette Make a Big Move to Help Feeding America Bar Hunger

...munity and across the country, visit www.feedingamerica.org . Facebook(R) is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc. (1) 1 in 8 psa Campaign, Feeding America and Ad Council ** A one-time donation of $5 will be added to your mobile phone bill or deducted from your pre...

Nick Jonas Joins with Washington Nationals to Support Children with Diatbetes

...x at Children's National Medical Center in the nation's capital. In a new psa aired at the Washington Nationals game July 5, 16-year-old Jonas, who has T...Children's National Medical Center is billed to the donor's phone bill. The psa appears on the Children's National website at http://tinyurl.com/jonas-tex...

Prostate Drug Appears Safer Than Thought

...nalyzed data on 1,304 men who'd had an abnormal digital rectal exam or high psa test results and had been referred to Stanford. None of the men was taking...eld a diagnosis of high-grade cancer, they said, and the more likely a high psa level would predict the disease. For example, the diagnostic rate for one l...

Prostate cancer patients disease free after 5 years likely to be disease free after 10 years

... beam radiotherapy (EBRT) between 1991 and 2002. None of these patients had recurred during their first five years post-treatment. They found that the psa level taken at five years was an indicator of how well a patient would do in the future and the overall chance of being cancer free at 10 years was 97...

Prostate cancer patients disease free after five years likely to be disease free after 10 years

... beam radiotherapy (EBRT) between 1991 and 2002. None of these patients had recurred during their first five years post-treatment. They found that the psa level taken at five years was an indicator of how well a patient would do in the future and the overall chance of being cancer free at 10 years was 97...

Predicting the return of prostate cancer: New Johns Hopkins study betters the odds of success

...n method comprises the length of time it takes for psa (prostate-specific antigen) to double, Gleason sco...l removal of the prostate and the first detectable psa level. According to Johns Hopkins investigators, ... patients may benefit from additional therapy when psa levels rise after surgery to remove the prostate. ...