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Hair-growth drug artificially lowers PSA levels in prostate cancer screening, study finds

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 years old, is available online in the British medical journal The Lancet and is scheduled to be publ...

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Goat Anti-Human PSA (Isoform 1) Polyclonal Antibody, Unconjugated from AbD Serotec

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Capsaicin patches help reduce post-shingles pain

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have reported that those who sufferfrom post-herpetic neuralgia or pain following an attack of shingles can now getrelief through a patch of Capsaicin, the active ingredient of chili peppers.Shingles is caused the varicella zoster virus, which also causes chicken pox.Shingles results in the occurrence of painful rashes on one side of the body and...

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 prostate cancer. Results showed PSA levels declined as weight increased. The association held...

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 PSA velocity, before prostate cancer diagnosis is a more powerful indicator of eventual death...

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 after skin cancer. The prostate itself is a small gland in the male reproductive system, which...

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 establishment of prostate cancer diagnosis in young men and those above 70 years of age. The researc...

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ImmunoCard STAT! HpSA

Description:Rapid 5 minutes immunoassay, based on a lateral flow chromatography technique using a monoclonal antibody, for the qualitative detection of Helicobacter pylori Antigens in human stool. The Premier Platinum HpSA, a microtiter assay from Meridian Bioscience, after extensive evaluation, was accepted as an accurate tool for non-invasive Helicobacter pylori infection diagnosis. This single test format...
Company:Meridian Bioscience, Inc.

Human PSA ELISA Kit

Description:ANOGEN's ELISA-PSA kit is an enzyme immuno-assay designed for the quantitativemeasurement of prostatic specific antigen (PSA) in human serum. This in vitro device isstrictly intended to help in the screening, management and prognosis of patients withprostate cancer at various stage of the disease....
Company:YES Biotech Laboratories Ltd.

Rabbit Polyclonal PSA

Description:This SIGNET anti-PSA antibody gives positive staining of prostatic epithelium in all cases of benign hyperplasia. In cases of prostatic cancer, 65% give intense staining and 34% give definite but weak staining or positivity in only a minority of cells; this pattern of staining permits clear identification of the prostatic nature of tumor cells....
Company:Signet Laboratories, Inc.

Access Hybritech PSA Test

Description:A blood test, called the Prostate Specific Antigen (total PSA) test, has been used to help doctors decide how to manage patients with prostate cancer. Of the different PSA blood tests available, the Hybritech PSA test, was the first approved for the detection of prostate cancer when used in combination with digital rectal examination (DRE) in men aged 50 years or older. Depending on the res...
Company:Beckman Coulter, Inc.

PSA Screen (Prostate Specific Antigen)

Description:This is a self-collected laboratory analysis that measures a substance produced by the prostate gland called Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA). Annual PSA testing is a safe and effective aid in the detection of prostate disease such as prostate cancer. One BIOSAFE Collection Kit, return postage to the Lab, test analysis by BIOSAFE's CLIA Certified Laboratory, and review of results by a licensed He...
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PSA TestingHow Much is Too Much?

For more than 20 years, the PSA test has been widely used as the gold standard for prostate cancer screening. In one of the most dramatic reversals in recent diagnostic science, a recent study at Stanford University School of Medicine and findings by other researchers have now put the utility of the procedure in grave doubt. Indeed, The PSA era is over in the United States, said Thom...

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