Oncology & Cancer
Enlarged prostate doesn't raise a man's odds for cancer: study
Does having an enlarged prostate doom you to prostate cancer?
Aug 25, 2021
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News tagged with benign prostatic hyperplasia
Cardiology
Medications for enlarged prostate linked to heart failure risk
Widely used medications for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)—also known as enlarged prostate—may be associated with a small, but significant increase in the probability of developing heart failure, suggests a study ...
Feb 22, 2021
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Medications
Researchers find evidence support relationship between finasteride and suicidality
In the last decade, concerns have emerged around finasteride, a drug used for treating male-pattern baldness and prostate gland enlargement. Organizations such as the Post-Finasteride Syndrome Foundation have warned about ...
Nov 11, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Noninvasive treatment for men suffering from enlarged prostate
Physicians from Sapienza University in Rome have published promising results of a small prospective interventional trial using noninvasive pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (PEMF) to treat men suffering from benign prostatic ...
Apr 09, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers announce progress in developing an accurate, noninvasive urine test for prostate cancer
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have made significant progress toward development of a simple, noninvasive liquid biopsy test that detects prostate cancer from RNA and other specific metabolic chemicals ...
Feb 28, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Novel MRI-guided ultrasound treatment destroys prostate cancer
A novel MRI-guided procedure that uses therapeutic ultrasound effectively treats prostate cancer with minimal side effects, according to a new study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North ...
Dec 02, 2019
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Surgery
Urinary catheters not needed for joint replacement surgery
Patients undergoing joint replacement under epidural anesthesia have no increased risk for postoperative adverse genitourinary (GU) complications by skipping preoperative indwelling urinary catheters, according to a study ...
Oct 03, 2019
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Big data, bench science suggests drug may slow Parkinson's progression in people
A drug used to treat enlarged prostate may also be able to slow the progression of Parkinson's disease.
Sep 16, 2019
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Medical research
Study links progenitor cells to age-related prostate growth
The prostates of older mice contain more luminal progenitor cells—cells capable of generating new prostate tissue—than the prostates of younger mice, UCLA researchers have discovered.
Aug 06, 2019
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Health
AUA: Marijuana tied to increased risk for LUTS medications in BPH
(HealthDay)—Marijuana use is associated with both sperm functional defects and an increased risk for being on a lower urinary tract symptom (LUTS) medication among men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)/LUTS, according ...
May 06, 2019
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