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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Enzyte
You’ve likely seen the ads for the popular supplement called Enzyte.
It’s for what they call “male enhancement”.
So what is that exactly, and can it work?
The name sounds so medical, doesn’t it?
In fact, the company which makes Enzyte has a whole line of products that have pharmaceutical sounding names.
But make no mistake, these are not FDA approved pharmaceutical products, they are nutritional supplements, which means Enzyte is not an approved drug.
But its makers claim to give men--how should we put this--a firm hold on their sexuality.
You have to admit, bob, Enzyte’s catchy pitchman, with the campy, Andy Griffith type whistling in the background, makes the Enzyte commercials so fun to watch.
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Prostate Cancer Detection
There is a brand new tool for detecting prostate cancer that could make a huge difference in reducing the chances a cancer will be missed.
The bottom line here is not only will cancers be detected more accurately and be less likely to be missed, but it could make it easier to avoid a complete prostate removal, a big, aggressive surgery.
Instead, doctors could use targeted therapies that will just destroy the cancer spots, leaving the rest of the prostate intact.
Jan winston had been followed by his doctor for a suspicious psa test, the blood test that is a marker for prostate cancer.
That number kept rising. “He had done a previous biopsy that was negative. And then he talked about using this machine, and he found it with the biopsy using this mapping capability,” says Jan.
Target scan helps minimize the problem of missed diagnosis on biopsy, particularly as a result of inadequate, inaccurate sampling of prostate tissue.
Dr. Samir Taneja, Director of Urologic Oncology at NYU Cancer Center, says, “We’re probably missing about a third of cancers on the first biopsy go round so we believe this machine reduces that miss rate and that is something we would like to test in our upcoming clinical trial.”
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Pro-bono Kidney Surgery
Imagine living in an African country with few medical resources, and suffering from unbelievable pain due to a worsening kidney problem….knowing that there is a more sophisticated world out there that could help you--and you’re only 16.
Like so many people who have come to this land, for Moro Addy, America has become more than just the clichés of freedom and second chances and hope.
He’s experiencing them and more because of the kindness and compassion of total strangers.
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ED and Cardiovascular Risk
Well, it’s not an easy issue to discuss, but there’s an important warning tonight for men who may be experiencing any symptoms of erectile dysfunction, or E.D.
This could be a big warning sign of a future heart attack or stroke.
There’s no question that cardiovascular disease is common; it’s the leading killer in America.
And the fact is, so is erectile dysfunction.
More than 10 million men in the United States are affected. In fact, around 40 percent of men at age 40 have it to some degree; that number rises to 70 percent in men at age 70.
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Diabetes and Cholesterol Improvements
Amidst all the news that we’re getting fatter as a nation and are killing ourselves with diets, come two glimmers of hope in the form of medical studies that maybe we’re doing a little better with regards to cholesterol and diabetes complications.
According to researchers, cholesterol levels among older adults are falling. And, the likelihood of kidney disease among diabetics is lower than previously thought.
It’s all good news in an environment when there is much concern about cardiovascular disease, cholesterol and diabetes complications.
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Health Wrap Up
According to a new national survey, married women are more likely to have sexual difficulties than either single women or married men.
Women were significantly more likely than men to say that they had experienced a short or longer term problem with their sex lives over the past year. And married women were significantly more likely to report a problem with their sex lives than single women, as were mothers with young children at home.
The study also revealed the importance of good communication. Men and women who felt they could not talk to their partner about sex were around twice as likely to report problems with their sex lives.
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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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EECP- a little known non-drug treatment for heart disease has now been shown to be a promising therapy for impotence in a small research study.
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