Despite advances in the detection and management of prostate cancer, this disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in men. Increasing attention has focused on the role of chemopreven...
If you are one of the older men (70s - 90s+) the internal prostate massage may not be right for you. It may even be
— New medications are helping older people remain sexually active. There are drugs for erectile dysfunction as well as injectable medications that can help a man achieve an erection (typically after prostate removal). According to the Michigan study, nearly 1 in 5 men had taken medications or s...
Conclusions Prostate cancer in older adolescent and young adult men has increased in most countries. There is some evidence that this may be caused in part by underdiagnosis, prostate‐specific antigen screening, and overdiagnosis. It also may be caused by trends in obesity, physical inactivity, ...
The discovery that self-transcendence is relevant to this group of older men with prostate cancer provides a basis for nurses to investigate the phenomenon in this population and help their clients explore the benefits of the self-transcendence resource. 展开 关键词: Keywords Older men Prostate ...
Prostate specific antigen levels in men older than 50 years without clinical evidence of prostatic carcinoma. J Urol. 1993;150(6):1837–9.Dalkin BL, Ahmann FR, Kopp JB (1993) Prostate specific antigen levels in men older than 50 years without clinical evidence of prostatic carcinoma. J ...
Setting and participants 4208 older men aged 70–88 years in Perth, Western Australia Main outcome measures Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentration was measured by immunoassay. New diagnoses of prostate, colorectal and lung cancers were determined via electronic record linkage. Results ...
Taking the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men, prostate cancer, as an example, one study in locally advanced disease, found that the likelihood of patients receiving radical treatment was more than halved with every 10 year age increase [7]. Similarly, Yang et al. (2017) examined the ...
Better social connectedness was a strong predictor of having both fewer mental health problems and better quality of life for those with autism. In open-text responses, some of those surveyed said they struggled with being autistic in a world designed for non-autistic people, Stewart said. They...
Several investigations have determined that the serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) concentration is dependent upon patient age and, as a result, reference ranges wider than 0.0 to 4.0 ng./ml. have been suggested for men 60 years old or older. To determine the clinical usefulness of the age...