Loss Of Protective Heart Failure Protein Causes High Blood Pressure

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Scientists at the Center for Translational Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have found that a protein that appears to have protective and perhaps healing effects for failing hearts also plays a similar role in high blood pressure. They found lower-than-normal levels of the protein S100A1 in cells that line blood vessel walls in animals with high blood pressure.
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April Showers Bring May Flowers… And Kick Allergy Season Into Full Bloom

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May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, and Carpenter Co., a leader in sleep technologies and the world’s largest producer of comfort cushion products, offers relief for the more than 60 million Americans who suffer from these ailments. The company’s innovative SlumberFresh™ pillow Read the rest of this entry »

Dust Mites Outlast Heroic Efforts To Help Asthma Patients

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Asthma sufferers might as well stop wasting energy and money on labor-intensive or costly interventions to get rid of household dust, according to a new review of studies.
"We can conclude with confidence that there is no need to buy expensive vacuum cleaners or mattress covers or to use chemical methods against house dust mites, because these treatments do not work," said lead author Peter Gotzsche, M.D.
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Mapping of prostate cancer genes opens the door to new treatments

Posted by poster on July 3rd, 2008 under Uncategorized Tags: ,  •  Comments Off

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Genetic changes during the initiation and progression of prostate cancer have eluded scientists to date. Now for the first time researchers have identified a specific gene expression profile of prostate cancer stem cells, with important implications for future treatments.
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New Patient Research Shows Importance Of Early Success In Treating Erectile Dysfunction

Posted by poster on July 3rd, 2008 under Uncategorized Tags: ,  •  Comments Off

A UK study, made available at the 10th Congress of the European Society of Sexual Medicine in Lisbon, has warned healthcare professionals who treat erectile dysfunction (ED) of the importance of their first patient consultation. Authors observed that the success of the first consultation and treatment is important both directly - on measures of patient well being - and indirectly - in Read the rest of this entry »

Low levels of vitamin D in men linked to heart attack

Posted by poster on July 2nd, 2008 under Uncategorized Tags: ,  •  Comments Off

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Low levels of vitamin D appear to be associated with higher risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack) in men, according to a report in the June 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Studies have shown that the rates of cardiovascular disease-related deaths are increased at higher latitudes and during the winter months and are Read the rest of this entry »

VIVUS Initiates Avanafil Phase 3 Trials For Males With Erectile Dysfunction

Posted by poster on February 25th, 2008 under Uncategorized Tags: , ,  •  Comments Off

VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of novel therapeutic products, today announced it has initiated the first of several pivotal phase 3 studies of avanafil, our investigational product for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). Avanafil is a next-generation, fast-acting, selective, investigational oral phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitor. The Read the rest of this entry »

Vitamin K appears to slow development of insulin resistance in elderly men

Posted by poster on February 16th, 2008 under Uncategorized  •  Comments Off

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Vitamin
K slowed the development of insulin resistance in elderly men in a study of 355 non-diabetic men and women ages 60 to 80 who completed a three-year clinical trial at the Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA).
"Men who received vitamin K supplementation had less progression in their insulin resistance by the end Read the rest of this entry »

Regular exercise good for the sex lives of older men

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According to Turkish scientists regular exercise can increase men’s sexual prowess - the researchers say physical activity might also boost erections in old age.
The study by researchers at the Vakif Gureba Research and Education Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, involved using two year old rats which equates to 60 years in human terms.
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Discovery of novel approach to suppress prostate cancer progression

Posted by poster on February 15th, 2008 under Uncategorized Tags:  •  Comments Off

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Researchers
at the University of Southern California (USC) have found that inactivating a specific biomarker for aggressive prostate cancer blocks the development of prostate cancer in animal models.
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Married men more likely to be screened for prostate cancer

Posted by poster on February 15th, 2008 under Uncategorized  •  Comments Off

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Although the link between early screening and prostate cancer survival is well established, men are less likely to go for early screening unless they have a wife or significant other living with them, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
"In terms of motivating people to get screened, there may be benefit in targeting Read the rest of this entry »