JAMA - Men's Health Briefing
An estimated 10 million men 40 years or older have symptoms consistent with overactive bladder.
Now, new research shows a combination of two medicines which work differently works better than using only one medication.
The researchers compared using detrol la—which works on the bladder and flomax—which works on the prostate-- either alone or in combination in men with overactive bladder and a benign enlarged prostate and who complained of having to go to the bathroom a lot.
Dr. Steven Kaplan, the study author at Weill Cornell Medical College, says, “The particular symptoms that we actually are concerned about is getting up at night to urinate, going frequently to the bathroom. This is actually the largest study ever done in men who have both a bladder problem and a prostate problem and we found that by treating both we have enhanced the quality of life in men with urinating symptoms.”
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Two new studies highlight the risk men with prostate cancer face concerning osteoporosis risk. Both show that hormone treatment for cancer can up the chances of developing the bone brittling disease.
One study in Wednesday’s New England Journal of Medicine confirms that hormonal therapy for prostate cancer increases the risk of fracture. The other, in Friday’s issue of cancer, shows that the problem of osteoporosis is often overlooked as a risk for men with prostate cancer and being treated with hormones.
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It’s the best screening test we have for prostate cancer, but the latest research shows it falls far short in acceptability. The PSA test has been used for over two decades now to guide treatment for prostate cancer, but how to use it remains blurry at best.
Doctors are not putting the PSA test out to pasture yet, but the latest data reaffirms what we’ve been seeing lately, that it’s not clear what an abnormal PSA value might be and it’s even fuzzier concerning how to address it.
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No doubt, you’ve heard about the dangers of sun exposure and the risk of skin cancer. But new research suggests that getting sunshine can help prevent another of the most common cancers- prostate cancer.
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If you know anyone diagnosed with prostate cancer, you know about the confusion surrounding which treatment course to take, and even which doctor to see.
Medical specialists from several fields are getting together for the first time at a major conference to better coordinate the knowledge, treatment, and approach to prostate cancer, something that has been lacking for this very common and important cancer in men.
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Prostate cancer is second only to skin cancer
as the most common types of cancer among men. The prostate is a male sex organ. It's the size of
a walnut and produces the thick fluid in semen.
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“It was a living hell, a living nightmare.” Larry Schwartz is describing the excruciating pain he experienced as a result of an enlarged prostate. Larry who works as an events planner said at times the pain was paralyzing.
“I could not pass my urine and I had a blockage,” says Larry.
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69 year old Eugene Brown didn’t understand why he just couldn’t shake some lingering flu symptoms. “My illness hung on for 2 months maybe even three months,” says Eugene.
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It was ten years ago now that Bill Littlefield had a routine screening blood test called PSA-prostate specific antigen. The PSA test is used to detect prostate cancer. A PSA of four or higher indicates the need for a workup for this disease.
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“The initial shock hit me like a ton of bricks.”
Joseph Califano was diagnosed with prostate cancer in spite of the fact his PSA was by current guideline standards, completely normal. PSA is the blood test that detects prostate cancer when elevated. “My PSA was still low, I think the highest it’s ever been was a 1.7,” recalls Joseph.
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