Prostate News Archive
23-Sep-2007
Pain meds may worsen symptoms of enlarged prostate (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Common painkillers like ibuprofen and naproxen may act as a double-edged sword when it comes to men's prostate function, according to a report in the Harvard Men's Health Watch. New prostate radiation shows promise (UPI)
A U.S. clinical trial is testing the effectiveness of stereotactic body radiation therapy, or SBRT, to treat prostate cancer in five, 30-minute sessions. Genetic test for prostate cancer (BBC News)
A genetic test which may improve accurate diagnosis of prostate cancer is launched in the UK. HEALTH MATTERS: Fighting prostate cancer (Princeton Packet)
By Alexander P. Vukasin, M.D., and Henry Davison Jr., M.D. Special to The Packet Prostate cancer is a cancer of the reproductive gland in men ? the small, walnut-shaped gland that produces seminal fluid, the fluid that protects and transports sperm. JACKSON AREA: Serial murderer Watts dies from prostate cancer (Detroit Free Press)
Coral Watts, one of the nation's most prolific serial killers, died Friday of prostate cancer in the prison ward of a Jackson-area hospital. Watts, 53, confessed to killing 13 women in Michigan and Texas, and he was convicted of killing two more in Michigan. Investigators said he may have killed as many as 80 people.
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