Men's Health
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MSM Can Effectively Self-Test for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea
Major Finding: The only time a provider’s test was positive and a patient’s test was negative was a single case of pharyngeal gonorrhea.
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No Increased Bone Risk Seen With HIV Treatments
Major Finding: Neither antiretroviral therapy with tenofovir nor ART with boosted protease inhibitors was significantly associated with an...
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Short-Term ADT with Radiotherapy Ups Prostate Cancer Survival
Major Finding: Adding short-term androgen-deprivation therapy to standard radiotherapy raised overall survival at 10 years from 57% to 62%, cut...
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Prostate Cancer More Likely to Recur, Kill Men Who Smoke at Diagnosis
Major Finding: Among never smokers, 89.7% were alive 5 years after diagnosis and 74.8% at 10 years; among former smokers, survival rates were 86.2...
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Depressive Symptoms: Like Father, Like Child
Major Finding: In households where the father had clinically significant depressive symptoms as defined by a PHQ-2 score of 3 or greater, 15.5% of...
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FDA Adds Warnings About High-Grade Prostate Cancer to BPH Drug Labels
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Positive Data on Alpharadin Could Accelerate Filing Timeline
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PIVOT Trial: No Overall Benefit to Radical Prostatectomy for Localized Prostate Cancer
Major Finding: Radical prostatectomy compared with observation produced a 3% absolute reduction in all-cause and disease-specific mortality.
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Abiraterone Prolongs Survival in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
Major Finding: Abiraterone treatment reduced the risk of death by 35%, compared with placebo. Mortality was 42% with active treatment and 55% with...
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Inhaled Anticholinergics May Up Urinary Retention Risk in Men
Major Finding: Men who initiated inhaled anticholinergic therapy for COPD were at 40% higher risk of developing acute urinary retention, usually...