What Doctors Don't Tell YouMen with prostate cancer may not need to undergo radical prostatectomy (removal of prostate gland). ...
Prostate cancer patients treated with gonadotrophin releasing hormone agonists (GnRH-a) have significantly lower bone mineral density (BMD) at almost all skeletal sites compared with both healthy ...
Male sterilisation is a permanent form of contraception that tends to be favoured by men in the older age- groups. In the US, 20 per cent of men over 35 have had a vasectomy, and around a half-million procedures are carried out each year. It is...
A diet low in fat and high in soya products can protect men from prostate cancer, according to a comparison of 14 Japanese and 14 Finnish men. ...
Men with prostate cancer are unlikely to gain any real benefit from androgen suppression procedures, either surgical or pharmacological, which are aimed at controlling male hormones. ...
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How you treat prostate cancer should depend on two factors: your age and the stage of the disease. If you are over 70, and found to have prostate cancer, the majority medical opinion is that you ...
PSA (prostate specific antigen) screening may be unable to detect prostate cancer, some scientists believe. More men who were screened died from prostate cancer compared with those who were not, ...
Consider using the following tests instead:
* The AMAS (antimalignin antibody in serum) test can identify cancer years before it is seen on film or a scan with an accuracy rate of 95-99 per cent
Hot flushes, loss of libido, weight gain - sound familiar? For our female readers who are currently in, or have already gone through, menopause, the answer is probably a resounding ‘yes’. However, these symptoms are not exclusive to women undergoing...
