Prostate Cancer News
- Grape extract kills cancer cells Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 1:50AMAn extract from grape seeds can destroy cancer cells by encouraging them to commit suicide, US research suggests.
- Now globetrotting grandma Rosie runs off with an MBE Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 1:39AMGLOBETROTTING grandmother Rosie Swale Pope is awarded an MBE today – just a few months after returning from her gruelling five-year run.
- Local deaths of 2008 Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 2:21AMNorthside Middle School Asst. Principal Brad Maine died Jan. 9 after a battle with cancer. Maine, 28, became assistant principal and athletic director at Northside in August 2006, after having taught for four years at Wilson Middle School. He graduated from Delta High School in 1998 and Ball State University in 2002.
- Litigation and Arbitration Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 1:28AMAustralia: Can A State Or Territory Tribunal Hear A Dispute Involving The Commonwealth?
- Know your health numbers, target your time in 2009 Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 12:13AMStart out the New Year knowing your personal health numbers and in 100 days see a better you. Spencer Hospital Community Health Services offers a Comprehensive Wellness Screening on Tuesday, Jan. 13...
- Another prostate cancer obstacle set aside Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 11:36PMAnother obstacle is out of the way for men at risk of developing prostate cancer. The Ontario government recently announced it will cover the cost [...]
- DTH Archives Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 11:28PMFreshman Bill Bobbitt, an environmental studies major, traded his Nalgene water bottle in for a stainless steel bottle three months ago because he worries about the safety of plastic bottles.
- My Christmas alphabet Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 9:51PMScrooge can keep his "Bah, humbug!" and put it where the turkey stuffing goes. My own exclamation, if I had to think of one, would have been "Bah, hambug".
- Gay/bisexual black men lag behind others in prostate cancer screening Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 9:15PMMany doctors recommend that once men reach 50, they should be screened for prostate and colorectal cancer. However, not all men get those tests, and a recent study has found that discrepancies exist among some groups.
- Prostate Cancer Risk Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 6:30PMMen with a high risk of prostate cancer are less likely to get screened if they live alone.
- Dr. Paul Donohue: Many cures for enlarged prostate Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 12:28AMDear Dr. Donohue: About three years ago, I had a procedure to reduce the size of my prostate. It was Greenlight PVP laser procedure. My doctor did it on an outpatient basis. Since then, I have a normal flow for someone who is 79 years old. I sleep through the night without having to get up to go to the bathroom. Perhaps you could comment on this treatment.
- Prostate cancer treatment options continue to grow Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 11:27PMTo treat or not to treat? And if the decision is to undergo treatment for prostate cancer, which of the half-dozen or so treatments to choose?
- Clinical trials evaluate new prostate drugs Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 11:27PMResearch on prostate cancer treatments continues in Pittsburgh. Dr. John Lech is involved in two studies at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital.
- Debate argues need for screening Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 11:27PMWhether men should undergo routine screening for prostate cancer is hotly debated in the medical community.
- IN BRIEF Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 11:20PM QUIT SMART Stop-smoking courses held A three-session Quit Smart smoking cessation course will begin at 6 p.m. Jan. 5 at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Cardiac Rehabilitation.
- Menu of treatment for prostate enlargement is long Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 11:19PMDEAR DR. DONOHUE: About three years ago, I had a procedure to reduce the size of my prostate.
- Shawnee Mission Medical Center sued over accident Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 11:08PMShawnee Mission Medical Center, already facing a major lawsuit over an X-ray table accident, is now facing another lawsuit involving an operating-room table accident.
- Hormone Therapy For Prostate Cancer Does Not Appear To Increase Cardiac Deaths Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 10:17PMTreating prostate cancer patients with drugs that block hormonal activity does not appear to increase the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, according to a study. While a 2006 report from members of the same study team found that treatment with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists increased the risk of diabetes and heart disease, the current study is the first to examine whether ...
- Friends, family remember TallGrass founder Ben Banky Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 11:16PM VANCOUVER - If you measure a man by the way he mixed family, friends, fun and career success, then Ben Banky soared.
- Bombilla Gourd tea Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 11:12PMProduct: Bombilla Gourd tea (green, white and oolong), $1.69-$1.89 for a 16.9 fluid ounce bottle, at Whole Foods and Wild Oats.
- UK ceremonies mark 20th anniversary of Lockerbie Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 9:50PMCeremonies were held Sunday in the Scottish town of Lockerbie to mark the 20th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, in which 270 people were killed.
- Ceremonies mark Lockerbie 20th anniversary Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 9:09PMLONDON -- Ceremonies were held Sunday in the Scottish town of Lockerbie to mark the 20th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, in which 270 people were killed, including Shannon Davis, of
- Lockerbie: "Nobody but God knows who all the victims are" Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 5:38PMOn December 21, 1988, terror rained down on a small Scots town. Yesterday, its residents gathered to remember those events
- 20th anniversary of Lockerbie bombing observed Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 4:36PMLONDON — Ceremonies were held today in the Scottish town of Lockerbie to mark the 20th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, in which 270 people were killed.
- Health Care Heroes 2008: Health Care Professional Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 8:51PMScott Broome, service line director for the Roper St. Francis Cancer Center, has had his share of helping cancer patients receive care. It got a lot more personal, though, about a year ago, when a tumor was found in his chest. He was 29.
- New forensic evidence could free Libyan convicted of Lockerbie bombing Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 6:22PM Fresh evidence has cast doubt on the conviction of a Libyan for the Lockerbie bombing 20 years ago that killed 270 people.
- DENNIS PRIESTLEY CANCER BATTLE Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 6:19PMDENNIS PRIESTLEY is facing the hardest battle of his life — and cannot wait to get the all-clear.
- Longer wait for elective surgery Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 3:55PMTHE number of people waiting for elective surgery in NSW has increased by more than 4500 this year, despite $43.3 million in federal funds to cut waiting lists.
- Alan Jones discharged from hospital Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 11:04AMProminent radio broadcaster Alan Jones has been discharged from hospital following a three-hour operation to remove a benign brain tumour.
- 20 years is too soon to forget, or for give Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 9:17AMA jailed Libyan terrorist, convicted in the bombing 20 years ago of Pan Am Flight 103, has incurable cancer and wants to be released on bail pending his appeal.
- Doubts remain 20 years after Lockerbie disaster that killed 3 Staten Islanders Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 4:12PMAssociated PressPart of the wreckage of the Boeing 747 that was Pan Am Flight 103, and which exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. Much of the political fallout from the Lockerbie air disaster -- which claimed the lives...
- Amgen asks FDA to approve osteoporosis drug Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 3:10PM Biotechnology company Amgen Inc. said Friday it asked the Food and Drug Administration for approval of its osteoporosis drug candidate denosumab.
- Amgen Submits Biologics License Application for FDA Approval of Denosumab in Women With Postmenopausal Osteoporosis ... Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 3:06PM Amgen Inc. , today announced submission of a Biologics License Application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for denosumab, an investigational RANK Ligand inhibitor. The indications for which Amgen is seeking FDA approval are treatment and prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis in women, and treatment and prevention of bone loss in patients undergoing hormone ablation for either ...
- Building a bright future for cancer patients in New Brunswick Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 2:53PMRobert Wood Johnson University Hospital is making progress on a construction project that will bring the first proton beam radiation treatment center of its kind to the New Jersey and New York region.
- Jones recovering after tumour operation Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 1:50PMRadio personality Alan Jones is recovering in a Sydney private hospital following a three-hour operation to remove a brain tumour. In July, Jones underwent surgery for prostate cancer.
- Alan Jones recovering from brain tumour Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 11:47AMRadio personality Alan Jones is recovering in a Sydney private hospital following a three-hour operation to remove a brain tumour.
- Doubts remain 20 years after Lockerbie Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 10:42AMFri, Dec 19, 2008 (8:30 a.m.) Much of the political fallout from the Lockerbie air disaster has been resolved, but doubts remain about who was behind the explosion 20 years ago Sunday in the skies above Scotland.
- Doubts remain 20 years after Lockerbie Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 10:02AM Much of the political fallout from the Lockerbie air disaster has been resolved, but doubts remain about who was behind the explosion 20 years ago Sunday in the skies above Scotland.
- OHIP to cover tests for prostate cancer Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 8:24AMNext month, OHIP will start covering community lab prostate cancer tests. Chatham-Kent Essex MPP Pat Hoy said his government is following through on a promise [...]
- Doubts remain 20 years after Lockerbie disaster Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 8:11AMLONDON - Much of the political fallout from the Lockerbie air disaster has been resolved, but doubts remain about who was behind the explosion 20 years ago Sunday in the skies...
- Doubts remain 20 years after Lockerbie Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 8:06AM(By GREGORY KATZ, Associated Press Writer) Much of the political fallout from the Lockerbie air disaster has been resolved, but doubts remain about who was behind the explosion 20 years ago Sunday in the skies above Scotland. A cancer-stricken Libyan secret agent is in prison, the sole person convicted in the tragedy, but he has earned a second appeal by convincing judges that "a miscarriage of ...
- Promising Investigational Treatment for Qualifying Men with Locally Recurrent Prostate Cancer Using Ultrasound Energy ... Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 8:00AM A Phase III clinical trial at New York University is investigating the safety and efficacy of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound for the treatment of locally recurrent prostate cancer following failed external beam radiation therapy using the Sonablate® 500.
- Doubts remain 20 years after Lockerbie Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 7:58AMMuch of the political fallout from the Lockerbie air disaster has been resolved, but doubts remain about who was behind the explosion 20 years ago Sunday in the skies above Scotland. A cancer-stricken Libyan secret agent is in prison, the sole person convicted in the tragedy, but he has earned a second appeal by convincing judges that "a miscarriage of justice" may have occurred during his ...
- Combining Radiotherapy With Hormone Treatment Halves Mortality In Men With Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer, UK Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 7:11AMThe Prostate Cancer Charity comments on an article to be published in The Lancet which claims that combining radiotherapy with hormone therapy treatment halves mortality in men with locally advance prostate cancer.
- Cancer Treatment Services of Casa Grande, Arizona, Begins Treating Cancer Patients Using Fast, Precise RapidArc(TM) ... Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 7:00AM Year Old Prostate Cancer Patient Benefits From Speedy New Treatment
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health adds Non-Invasive Stool-Based DNA Screening to Colorectal Cancer Screening ... Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 6:26AMEXACT Sciences Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAS) today announced that stool-based DNA (sDNA) screening for colorectal cancer has been added as an approved colorectal cancer screening option to the Massachusetts Care Coordination Program (MA-CCP) of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The MA-CCP is a state and federally funded program for low-income men and women over age 40 seeking ...
- First Patient Treated With New Tissue-Specific UroCool(TM) System In Robotic-Assisted Prostate Surgery Study Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 6:11AMCardium Therapeutics (NYSE Alternext US: CXM) and its operating unit InnerCool Therapies, Inc., announced enrollment of the first patient in a study of Hypothermic Radical Prostatectomy being conducted by researchers at the University of California, Irvine.
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health adds Non-Invasive Stool-Based DNA Screening to Colorectal Cancer Screening ... Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 6:00AM MARLBOROUGH, Mass.----EXACT Sciences Corporation today announced that stool-based DNA screening for colorectal cancer has been added as an approved colorectal cancer screening option to the Massachusetts Care Coordination Program of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
- National Cancer Institute Awards Small Business Innovation Research Contract to Rules-Based Medicine, Inc. Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 6:00AM Rules-Based Medicine, Inc. and Correlogic Systems, Inc. today announced the award of a National Cancer Institute Small Business Innovation Research contract to RBM that will further research on ovarian cancer diagnostic tests.
- Combo treatment for prostate cancer cuts deaths Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 1:27AM Treating advanced prostate cancer with radiation and hormone-blocking drugs cut the death rate in half in a study of Scandinavian men, researchers report. In the United States, the combination has been standard care since the 1990s. But in Europe, many doctors have avoided the combo treatment and used hormone drugs alone, thinking the pair would be too harsh for most patients.
