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Report: No Mortality Benefit with Routine PSA Screening, Longer-Term Follow-Up Shows

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According to a report in the Jan. 9, 2012, “Journal Watch,” screening with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing does not lower the risk for death from prostate cancer, according to a 13- year follow-up report from the PLCO trial. The abstract for the follow up report was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. This finding extends the trial's 10-year results, which similarly showed no mortality benefit. “Journal Watch” noted that the PLCO trial, some 77,000 men aged 55 to 74 were either randomly placed in 6 years of PSA testing plus 4 years of digital rectal examinations, or to usual care (which could include opportunistic screening). “At 13 years' follow-up, there was no difference between the groups in prostate cancer mortality. The incidence of prostate cancer, however, was significantly higher with screening than with usual care (108.4 vs. 97.1 per 10,000 person-years),” “Journal Watch” reported. The researchers conclude: "There is no evidence of a benefit [from screening]. Indeed, there is evidence of harms, in part associated with the false-positive tests, but also with the over diagnosis inseparable from PSA screening."

[Report] Advises Against Routine Prostate Cancer Screening

Last Updated on Thursday, 12 January 2012 12:59
 

Speaking Out for Women

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Michelle King Robson is the Founder, Chairperson and CEO of www.EmpowHERcom, one of the fastest-growing and largest social health companies dedicated exclusively to women's health and wellness and whose site Vibrance sites partner with. Share your thoughts with Ms. Robson by going to our boards by going to www.empowHER,com or by clicking here for Vibrance forums.

 

Prostate Cancer: by EmpowerHER.com

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Prostate Cancer (Cancer of the Prostate; Prostatic Carcinoma) by Krisha McCoy, MS Definition Prostate cancer is a disease in which cancer cells grow in the prostate gland. The prostate is a walnut-sized gland in men. It surrounds the urethra. The prostate makes a fluid that is part of semen. This disease occurs in men.

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Last Updated on Thursday, 29 September 2011 07:48
 

What the JAMA Estrogen Only Study Means To You

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A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA, April 6,2011)) sheds new light on taking estrogen. Here is what it means to you.

Estrogen versus Estrogen and Progesterone and Uterine Cancer

Like all medications, estrogen is a powerful hormone with benefits and risks that have to be weighed and personalized for each woman. Forty years ago estrogen was so popular and considered so beneficial that almost all women were encouraged to take it from the time of menopause until death. Unfortunately, it was found that estrogen alone can cause cancer of the uterus. Women who have had a hysterectomy and had their uterus removed don’t have this problem.

Then researchers discovered that women who take daily estrogen combined with progesterone for at least 10 days of the month did not get uterine cancer. There were some risks of blood clots and strokes, but overall it was believed that estrogen plus progesterone protected the uterus from uterine cancer and estrogen helped to prevent heart disease. The heart disease part of this changed with more research.

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Last Updated on Friday, 22 April 2011 08:44
 

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Seniors: Sex, Health, and Good Years

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There's a report in the British Medical Journal on sex and aging and health.  There were some genuine surprises, but the bottom line is that middle- and older-age men and women who perceive themselves to be in very good health are more likely to be sexually active. Researchers analyzed interview data from two nationally representative samples of some 6000 U.S. adults aged 25 through 85.

Last Updated on Thursday, 25 August 2011 12:15 Read more...
 
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