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What makes this tricky is that, while about 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, it often grows so slowly that about 80% of those men, if untreated, would end up dying of another cause, including old age. But sometimes prostate cancer is fast-growing, and a real threa...
THERE has been much said about screening men for prostate cancer but still nothing has been done and men in the UK are dying at the rate of 10,000 a year - one man every hour. Most men show no symptoms of the disease, but when they do it is already too late. If we do not s...
Why Prostate Cancer Is Picking On Black Men.Investigates the reason Afro-American men have much higher death rates from prostate cancer than any other racial or ethnic group. Two strong suspicions why so many Afro-American men are victims of prostate cancer; Details on a study conducted by the...
Black men die more often of prostate cancer yet, paradoxically, have greater survival benefits from immunotherapy treatment. A new Northwestern Medicine study discovered the reason appears to be an increase of a surprising type of immune cell in the tumor. The findings could lead to immune-based ...
Women used calcium products for “bone health” (36%), whereas men were more likely to report supplement use for “heart health or to lower cholesterol” (18%). Older adults (≥60 years) were more likely than younger individuals to report motivations related to site-specific reasons like ...
Men do sometimes get secondary lymphedema; it can develop afterprostate cancerand other cancer treatments, research reveals. Yet for primary lymphedema—which has genetic underpinnings—women arethree times more likelyto be diagnosed with it, per a study published inACS Pharmacology and Translational Sc...
For men who are not experiencing enlarged prostate and who are 45 years old or older, they might wish to use the saw palmetto herb for prevention. Instructions Pregnenolone is most effective when taken in the morning, before eating. Some physicians recommend starting with just 5mg daily, unless...
cancers — from 99.96 cases per 100,000 people in 2010 to 102.97 cases per 100,000 in 2019, for an annual percentage change (APC) of 0.28% (P=.01). At the same time, there was a reduction in the incidence of cancer for individuals aged 50 years and older (APC, -0.87%;P<.0...
Overtreatment of Prostate Cancer Among Men With Limited Longevity in the Active Surveillance Era JAMA Internal Medicine Research November 11, 2024 Regional Variation in Deescalated Therapy in Older Adults With Breast Cancer JAMA Network Open Research October 24, 2024 Patterns of Undertreatment and Ove...