9. February 2010 05:52
Fewer prostate cancers were detected by prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening in the U.S. than in a European randomized trial because of lower screening sensitivity, according to a new brief communication published online February 8 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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9. February 2010 03:19
Amgen today announced that a pivotal, Phase 3, head-to-head trial evaluating denosumab versus Zometa® (zoledronic acid) in the treatment of bone metastases in 1,901 men with advanced prostate cancer met its primary and secondary endpoints.
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Tags: Antibody, Arthritis, Biotechnology, Bone, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cell, Denosumab, Hormone, Kidney Disease, Lung Cancer, Metastasis, Monoclonal Antibody, Multiple Myeloma, Oncology, Osteonecrosis, Osteoporosis, Prostate Cancer, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Zoledronic acid, Zometa
8. February 2010 07:11
Repros Therapeutics Inc. today announced that the Company, as requested by the FDA during the Type C meeting held on January 25, 2010, has sent a revised indication statement to the FDA’s Division of Reproductive and Urologic Products for the use of Androxal® in the treatment of men wishing to preserve fertility while being treated for their hypogonadal state.
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5. February 2010 03:57
Men with no sperm in their ejaculate—a condition known as azoospermia—may no longer need invasive procedures to determine if they have sperm in their testes according to a new study published in Human Reproduction.
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4. February 2010 02:13
Ipsen, an innovation-driven global specialty pharmaceutical group and Debiopharm Group (Debiopharm), a Swiss-based global biopharmaceutical group of companies with a focus on the development of prescription drugs that target unmet medical needs, announce the launch by Ipsen in France of Decapeptyl(R) LP 22.5 mg 6-month sustained-release formulation for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic hormone-dependent prostate cancer.
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Tags: Cancer, Drug Delivery, Endocrinology, Endometriosis, Gonadotropin, Hormone, Hypothalamus, Infertility, Neurology, Oncology, Prostate Cancer, Puberty, Testosterone
3. February 2010 04:15
Older male Italian immigrants are almost twice as likely to suffer from depression as their Australian-born counterparts, researchers from the University of Sydney's School of Public Health have found.
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3. February 2010 01:18
Repros Therapeutics Inc. today announced that the Company has received verbal confirmation from the Division of Metabolic and Endocrine Drug Products of the Food and Drug Agency that the Company may initiate its Investigational New Drug Application for the study of oral Androxal® in the treatment of hypogonadal men with Type II Diabetes (T2D) with a Phase IIa trial.
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Tags: Andrology, Cell, Cellular Biology, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Erectile Dysfunction, Hormone, Hospital, Insulin, Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolism, New Drug Application, Pathology, Testosterone
28. January 2010 07:33
Would you trust men to take a 'male pill'? That's the question posed to 380 people in North East England by a team from Teesside University which questioned people about the male contraceptive pill currently undergoing trials.
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27. January 2010 07:38
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, a commercial-stage biotechnology company with a primary focus in oncology, today announced that it is discontinuing development of ozarelix in benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH).
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25. January 2010 01:05
Researchers at Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego and colleagues have found that prostate cancer treatments varied significantly between county hospitals and private providers. Patients treated in county hospitals are more likely to undergo surgery while patients treated in private facilities tend to receive radiation or hormone therapy. These findings were published online by the journal Cancer on January 25.
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23. January 2010 01:43
Men ages 65 and older who have ever smoked should have a one-time, say cardiologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Men age 60 and older with a family history of abdominal aortic aneurysm should also consider screening. High blood pressure and a history of smoking can increase your chances of having an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
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20. January 2010 04:11
Research by UK, Swedish and American researchers shows that taking internet drugs can kill and bypassing health systems can leave life-threatening problems undiagnosed. It's estimated that 90% of counterfeit drugs are sold on the internet, 44% of internet Viagra is fake, the global sale of counterfeit drugs will reach $75 billion this year and EU seizures have risen dramatically. Counterfeit drug deaths include men who took fake erectile dysfunction drugs, pregnant women injected with fake iron for anaemia and children who took paracetamol syrup contaminated with antifreeze.
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20. January 2010 02:43
PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (PTC) today announced the initiation of an additional clinical trial of ataluren (PTC124®) in boys and young men with nonsense mutation Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy (nmDBMD) who have permanently lost the ability to walk independently.
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Tags: Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Dystrophin, Fibrosis, Friedreich's Ataxia, Hemophilia, Hospital, Muscular Atrophy, Muscular Dystrophy, Neuromuscular Disease, Oncology, Pfizer, Spinal Muscular Atrophy
20. January 2010 00:35
In the first study of its kind, New England Research Institutes, Inc. (NERI) in collaboration with the Division of Cardiology, San Francisco General Hospital and the University of California, San Francisco tested whether erectile dysfunction (ED) can be used to reclassify patients according to their future risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) beyond traditional risk factors (such as smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, etc).
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Posted in: Men's Health News | Medical Condition News
Tags: Atherosclerosis, Biotechnology, Blood Pressure, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Cholesterol, Diabetes, Erectile Dysfunction, Heart Failure, Hospital, Nutrition, Obesity, Smoking, Stroke
18. January 2010 04:12
Men who were previously deemed sterile due to aggressive cancer treatments may still be able to biologically father children according to a new study published in the journal, Bone Marrow Transplantation.
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