Prostate News Archive
18-Apr-2007
Measuring Calcium Intake Can Help To Identify Osteoporosis In Men With Prostate Cancer (Medical News Today)
Measuring a man's daily calcium intake is an effective way of identifying prostate cancer patients with a higher than average risk of osteoporosis, according to the April issue of the urology journal BJU International. Researchers from the Autonoma University School of Medicine, Barcelona, Spain, looked at a cross-section of 372 men with prostate cancer. [click link for full article] PGI offers new technology for treating prostate enlargement (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News)
THE Potassium-Titanium-Phosphate (KTP) laser was inaugurated on Tuesday at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI). The institution claimed that it is the first machine of its kind for treating prostate enlargement to be installed in the government sector all over India. It is to be noted that the conventional methods of treating prostate enlargement suffer from ... Non-High School Graduates Especially At Risk For Lower Quality Of Life After Prostate Cancer Treatment (Medical News Today)
Among men who have received similar treatments for prostate cancer, those with less education - particularly those who did not graduate from high school - experience a significant drop in their quality of life after treatment compared with men who have more education, according to a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC). [click link for full article]
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