Prostate News Archive
09-Nov-2008
British Man Sings Bangkok Hospital (Thailandnews.net)
A British man has praised Bangkok Hospital's physicians and procedures after undergoing prostate cancer surgery at the hospital, in preference to having treatment at his home in England. Herb Studied For Enlarged Prostate - Saw Palmetto Therapeutic For Urinary Symptoms? (Medical News Today)
Physician-scientists are studying an herbal supplement that might aid in reducing the symptoms of an enlarged prostate in men. Recent figures show that benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) occurs in an estimated 50 percent of men over the age of 50 and in 75 percent of men 80 and older. The research team, led by Dr. Steven A. Teen's research may improve diagnosis of prostate cancer (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Since ninth grade, Akansh N. Murthy has been developing a better way to diagnose prostate cancer, and he could be on the verge of a breakthrough. Men form brotherhood over experiences with prostate cancer (Daily Press)
The da Vinci Fraternity aims to get survivors to "discuss our situation and talk about it openly." Once a month, three dozen or so men across Hampton Roads get together to talk about things most guys don't want to talk about ? incontinence, erectile dysfunction, prostate cancer. Health Discovery Corporation: Four Genes Comprising the New Molecular Diagnostic Signature for Prostate Cancer ... (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 6, 2008 -- Health Discovery Corporation today announced that the RT-PCR assay for the four genes comprising HDC's recently commercialized gene-based molecular diagnostic test for prostate cancer, which is currently available at Clarient Inc.'s Clinical Laboratory, can be successfully used in urine samples for gene testing.
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