Men's Health
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Parents -not just teens-are distracted while driving
Major finding: Almost 90% of parents who were surveyed engaged in at least one technology-related distraction while driving their child in the...
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Prostatectomy follow-up guidelines released
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Novel biomarker may measure prostate cancer aggressiveness
Major finding: The level of proteolytic enzyme activity of PSA (aPSA) was significantly higher in patients with nonaggressive prostate cancer than...
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No higher risk of cancer after 9 years of testosterone replacement therapy
Major finding: Overall, 55 men developed cancer during a mean follow-up of 8.7 years; 22 were on testosterone replacement therapy (6.6%) and 33...
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New test beats PSA in predicting significant prostate Ca
Major finding: The probability of significant prostate cancer was 8.5% for men with a Prostate Health Index (phi) level of 27.0-35.9, 14.4% for...
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Consequences of not screening for prostate cancer prove dire
Major finding: Men who first presented with a PSA score of 100 ng/mL or greater survived a median of just 18 months.Data source: A study of 71 men...
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Postop surveillance sufficient for stage I testicular cancer
Major finding: The 10-year cancer-specific survival was 99.6%.Data source: Retrospective, nationwide cohort study of surveillance in 1,822 men...
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Cardiorespiratory fitness predicts cancer risk, outcomes in men
Major finding: Compared with men in the lowest cardiorespiratory fitness quintile, hazard ratios for incident lung and colorectal cancer among men...
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FDA approves radiotherapy for metastatic prostate cancer
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Erectile dysfunction: 75% with diagnosis go untreated
Major finding: Among men over the age of 30 who received a diagnosis of erectile dysfunction, 25% were treated.Data source: A study of 6,228,509...
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Forecast warns of urologist shortage
Major finding: The forecast model estimates a 29% head count reduction and a 25% decrease in the full-time equivalent (FTE) supply of urologists...