Prostate News Archive
08-Feb-2007
Rock Musician and Prostate Cancer Survivor Talks about E. D. (KSLA-TV Shreveport)
It's a subject that's not easy for men to talk about. Yet millions of men suffer from erectile dysfunction and incontinence after prostate cancer surgery. Iris files for FDA prostate test OK (Sharewatch)
The company applied for marketing clearance for its prostate-Specific Antigen test with Nucleic Acid Detection Immuno Assay technology. prostate-Specific Antigen is a protein that is made by the prostate gland in small amounts except when cancer or some other disorder is present. Severe Form Of 'Enlarged Prostate' Disease Discovered (Science Daily)
Millions of middle-aged and older men experience the symptoms of an enlarged prostate multiple times during the day and night. What they may not know is that the disease known as BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia), marked by urgency and frequent urination, is not one but at least a pair of disorders, and that one of the pair -- tied to a newly identified gene -- has far more serious implications. Selenium may cut prostate cancer risk in some men (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Despite widespread interest in selenium for warding off prostate cancer, a new study shows that a high blood level of selenium is not in itself generally associated with reduced prostate cancer risk.
Back to Prostate News Archive
