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PSA Screening of Informed Patients
By Nancy Muller , Health Expert...established. This is complicated by the fact PSA levels generally rise with age even without... Read more »
Preserving Erectile Function During Prostate Cancer Treatment
By Dr. Justin Harmon , Health Expert...analyzed. This is done with laboratory studies (prostate specific antigen, or PSA), physical... Read more »
Treating Elevated PSA with Antibiotics
By Marc Greenstein , Health Expert...reason to see the urologist is for an elevated PSA, or prostate specific antigen. A man's PSA... Read more »
Prostate Biopsy: What is It and How Does It Work?
By Marc Greenstein , Health Expert...prostate biopsy might be performed. A man has a high prostate specific antigen (PSA) level. This... Read more »
More Foods to Prevent Prostate Cancer
By Marc Greenstein , Health Expert...prostate tissue and it has been suggested that these levels diminish as a man gets older.... Read more »
Health Guide
PSA Test: How it Works and What Your PSA Level Means
...a blood test that is commonly used to help predict the presence of prostate cancer. It stands for Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) and refers to a protein first identified in 1979 that is made... Read more »New Early Dectection Method for Prosate Cancer Developed
...cancer has led to a dramatic increase in the number of prostate cancer cases discovered. However, PSA levels are not exact and many men with elevated PSA levels do not have cancer while some men... Read more »Octogenarians are Not Too Old for Cancer Surgery
...solely based on age, are available today in Urology. “Increased life expectancy and generally higher levels of wellness, as well as safer forms of anesthesia and less-invasive surgical... Read more »Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Screening
...following:Men ages 50 to 70 should be offered annual screening. (Some experts believe that men whose PSA levels are under 1.0 and possibly under 2.0 may safely be screened only every two years... Read more »PSA Levels: Normal PSA or Elevated PSA?
...for varying age ranges, but there is not universal agreement about the accuracy of the age-adjusted levels. Many times urologists are faced with the dilemma of the young patient with the... Read more »Images
Medications
...prostate cancer (prostatic-specific antigen or PSA levels). Make sure laboratory personnel and... Read more »
...medical tests (e.g., prostate specific antigen-PSA levels, liver and kidney function tests,... Read more »
...(e.g., prostate exams, prostate-specific antigen or PSA) should be performed periodically to... Read more »
...(e.g., prostate exams, prostate-specific antigen or PSA) should be performed periodically to... Read more »
...(e.g., prostate exams, prostate-specific antigen or PSA) should be performed periodically to... Read more »
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Study: Lower cholesterol=lower prostate cancer risk
October 03, 2008Miami researchers say that men who keep their cholesterol levels low may also be lowering their risk of developing prostate cancer. In a new study,... Read summary »
Study: Painkillers may mask prostate cancer
September 14, 2009Men who take daily doses of aspirin or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have significantly lower levels of prostate-specific antigen... Read summary »
Painkillers may hinder prostate cancer screening
September 08, 2008New research suggests that taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as aspirin and ibuprofen may affect the results of a common... Read summary »
Prostate Screening Awareness
August 15, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research finds many men are not following the prostate screening guidelines, especially black men who are considered high... Read summary »
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