Testosterone Therapy In Hypogonadal Men And Potential Prostate Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review UroToday.com - In the online edition of the International Journal of Impotence Research, Dr. R. Shabsigh and his associates presented a systematic review of testosterone therapy for hypogonadism and its relation to prostate cancer (CaP). The data did not suggest that testosterone therapy is associated with increased CaP risk in hypogonadal men nor demonstrate a consistent effect on PSA levels.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Survey Reveals How The Credit Crunch Is Affecting Our Mental Health, UK A new survey out today on World Mental
Health Day has revealed that whilst the credit crunch has understandably made many people a little more depressed and anxious, just 8% had become a lot more depressed and anxious. The YouGov survey commissioned by mental
healthcare specialists Affinity found that overall 51% of people surveyed said that they were in fact unaffected by the current financial circumstances, and a further 37% had been a little more anxious or depressed.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLifestyle And Testicular Dysfunction: A Brief Update UroToday.com - A variety of testicular pathologies to include testicular cancer, cryptorchidism and defective spermatogenesis have been increasing. While genetic factors play a role, growing evidence suggests that the testicle is damaged by environment and lifestyle-related factors either prenatally or at puberty.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWashington Post Examines Mental Health Parity Law The Washington Post on Friday examined how mental
health parity legislation, which was included in the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street firms that President Bush last week signed into law, is "a culmination of a decade of lobbying and negotiating among advocates for the mentally ill, the insurance industry, the business community ...
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLeading Drug Database To Be Housed At U-M The University of Michigan received $5 million from the National Institutes of
Health to develop the world's leading resource of high-quality experimental data sets of drug-making compounds that will ultimately take computer-aided drug design to a new level. The resource will house the data needed to improve computer programs that can predict the effectiveness of potential new
drugs, said Heather Carlson, associate professor in the U-M College of Pharmacy and Medicinal Chemistry.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comThe Case For Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening Starting At Age 40 UroToday.com - Dr. Robert Nadler, of Northwestern University, wrote an excellent editorial in a recent issue of Cancer regarding the commencement of prostate cancer (CaP) screening at age 40. The National Comprehensive Cancer Care Network (NCCN) recommends an initial PSA at age 40 for men of all races. The frequency of subsequent PSA tests would depend on the initial level.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBBC Headroom Is Cracking Up For World Mental Health Day This week, as the world's attention turns to issues of good mental
health for Friday's World Mental
Health Day, BBC Learning's own mental
health and wellbeing campaign - BBC Headroom - celebrates with the transmission of Alastair Campbell's moving film, Cracking Up, some new faces at bbc.co.uk/headroom and a dedicated action line: 08000 933 193[i].
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSexually Transmissible Infections And Prostate Cancer Risk UroToday.com - Circulating antibodies against infectious agents and self-reported history of syphilis and gonorrhea represent an individual's cumulative lifetime exposure or past infections, and thus are particularly suited for risk evaluation of cancer with a long latent disease process.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCalifornia Pharmacists Association Urges Consumers To Talk To Their Pharmacist During American Pharmacists Month This year alone more than one in every 200 Americans will experience injury or death because of medications. Many of these problems occur in a place we least expect - our homes. The home is where the most medications are taken with the least amount of medical supervision. American Pharmacists Month provides patients and pharmacists with an opportunity to reduce this risk and improve medication outcomes through dialogue. Recently, the U.S.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMedical Research Council Funds New Centre To Make Medicines Safer, UK The Medical Research Council (MRC) has awarded £3.7 million to develop a new centre aimed at reducing the risks of adverse drug effects. Scientists at the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester will work with leading pharmaceutical companies to improve understanding of adverse drug reactions and investigate how to improve the design, tailoring and selection of
drugs. The new MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science will help develop new
medicines for the future.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com
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