Could Francis Collins's Prostate Cancer Story Deter Men From Active Surveillance? Experts suggest his apparent situation is rare Apr 17, 2024
Can Testosterone Aid Women's Menopausal Symptoms? Some physicians prescribe the hormone to women, while others call for more data Apr 16, 2024
CMS Officials Pressed on Catheter Fraud Issue at Accountable Care Meeting "We just kindly ask that you address the issue with higher urgency," said one ACO member Apr 12, 2024
Francis Collins Discloses His 'Aggressive' Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Former NIH director said he went public to "share lifesaving information" Apr 12, 2024
Novel PARP1 Inhibitor Shows Promise in Breast Cancer The drug had favorable safety compared with first-generation PARP inhibitors in phase I/II study Apr 09, 2024
D-Mannose Fails to Prevent Recurrent UTIs Supplement unlikely to curb antibiotic overuse, health system burden, researchers say Apr 08, 2024
Can Late-Stage Cancer Incidence Serve as an Endpoint for Screening Trials? Study shows it may be an alternative to cancer-specific mortality for some cancers, but not all Apr 08, 2024
PSA and Biomarker Testing Plus MRI Appears to Improve Prostate Cancer Screening Early results suggest approach reduces overdiagnosis while better detecting high-grade cancer Apr 06, 2024
Bracing for a Surge in Prostate Cancer Diagnoses Report: Demographic changes will lead to a doubling of cases, 85% increase in mortality by 2040 Apr 05, 2024
More Bird Flu Spread; FDA to Allow Gay Men to Donate Sperm; 'Oatzempic' Trend Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Apr 05, 2024
Some Cancer Patients Can Find It Hard to Tell Family and Friends Recent high-profile examples highlight this reluctance Mar 31, 2024
Telehealth Sites Promise Cure for 'Male Menopause' Despite FDA Ban on Off-Label Ads Websites make big promises, experts urge caution Mar 24, 2024
Mutation Linked to Increased Risk of Prostate Cancer Mortality Cancer-specific mortality twice as high in patients with specific genotype for HSD3B1 allele Mar 20, 2024
England's NHS Clinics No Longer Offering Puberty Blockers to Trans Youth Final policy will allow prescriptions only via clinical trials, or for existing patients Mar 14, 2024
Beyond Kegels: Brittany Mahomes' Pelvic Floor Woes Post-Childbirth An ob/gyn and a pelvic floor physical therapist weigh in Mar 12, 2024
Trump-Obama Doc's Bad Behavior; Alzheimer's Drug Delayed; Death After Testicle Kick Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Mar 08, 2024
First-Line Nivolumab Plus Chemo Approved for Bladder Cancer Combination reduced risk of death by 22% Mar 07, 2024
King Charles' Cancer Diagnosis Highlights Long Wait Times Across the Pond Survival for common cancers in the U.K. consistently lags behind Mar 06, 2024
Study Tests Office-Based Transperineal Approach to Prostate Biopsies Antibiotic-free option resulted in zero infections in randomized trial Feb 29, 2024 video
FDA Approves Antibiotic Combination for Complicated UTIs Cefepime-enmetazobactam beat piperacillin-tazobactam in phase III study Feb 23, 2024
Another COVID Toll: Over 134,000 Undiagnosed Cancers During Height of Pandemic Diagnosis rates remained low throughout 2020, with mortality increase projected Feb 22, 2024
Male Fertility Problems in the Family Linked to Cancer Risk Low sperm levels were tied to specific cancers in family members Feb 22, 2024
Cabozantinib Plus Atezolizumab Improves PFS in Metastatic CRPC A non-hormonal therapy control arm is appropriate in trials, says Neeraj Agarwal, MD Feb 22, 2024 video
Radioligand Therapy Continues to Show Promise for Metastatic CRPC Median OS of 15.5 months, PFS of 7.9 months with Ac-225-PSMA in heavily treated patients Feb 16, 2024
More Data Support Olaparib-Abiraterone in BRCA-Mutant Prostate Cancer BRCAAway trial confirms role of combination in first-line setting Feb 15, 2024 video
Novel Antibiotic Combo Bests Meropenem for Complicated UTIs Cefepime-taniborbactam had sustained efficacy for up to a month after treatment Feb 14, 2024
Novel Oral Antibiotic Effective Against Uncomplicated UTIs Gepotidacin could be first new class of oral antibiotics for uncomplicated UTI in over 20 years Feb 12, 2024
Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Tied to Less Alzheimer's Risk Large U.K. study tracked health records of 270,000 men Feb 07, 2024
What We Know About King Charles III's Health History From COVID-19 to polo injuries to "sausage fingers" Feb 06, 2024
Improved Fitness May Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk Observational study finds reduced incidence in men who increased their cardiorespiratory fitness Feb 01, 2024
Peripheral IV Access for Chemo Better Than Central Lines in Testicular Cancer? Retrospective study suggests the technique results in fewer complications, thrombotic events Jan 30, 2024
Some 'Choosing Wisely' Recs Protect Older Folks From Low-Value Care Study looked at how three recommendations changed primary care decisions Jan 29, 2024
Penis-Pump Company Chided by FDA The agency is not enthused by the company's clitoral claims either Jan 29, 2024
One Class of Antidiabetic Linked With Lower Kidney Stone Risk Study compared SGLT2 inhibitors with GLP-1 agonists and DPP-4 inhibitors Jan 29, 2024
First-Line Combo for Cisplatin-Ineligible Bladder Cancer Just Misses Positive Result Cabozantinib-pembrolizumab induced responses in 16 of 35 evaluable patients, but needed one more Jan 29, 2024
More Evidence That ARSIs for Prostate Cancer Differ in Cognitive Effects More fatigue, depression, worse reaction time with enzalutamide as compared with abiraterone Jan 29, 2024
Another Prostate Cancer Screening Candidate Outperforms Standard PSA Testing Multiparametric Stockholm3 avoided far more unnecessary biopsies without sacrificing sensitivity Jan 28, 2024
Cabozantinib Plus Atezolizumab Delays Progression in mCRPC Combination improved PFS versus more hormonal therapy, but control arm questioned Jan 26, 2024
Olaparib-Abiraterone in Biomarker-Selected mCRPC Tops Each Agent Alone In small first-line trial, PFS more than doubled with combination Jan 26, 2024