Combination Treatment Seen Best for Laryngeal Cancer.
• Alternative Medicine • May 27 04
Patients with cancer of the larynx are likely to retain their voice and avoid surgery if they are treated simultaneously with chemotherapy and radiotherapy,…
Weighing the costs of fertility treatments
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 26 04
Sondra Headrick is in the 27th week of a pregnancy perilous for herself and the six babies growing inside her. Her sextuplets resulted from…
Appeal of home testing of men’s fertility is in its privacy
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 26 04
In a couple’s efforts to get pregnant, the woman has her ovulation predictor kit, but what about the man? Men have fertility problems, too.
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A Patient’s Gift
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 26 04
I’ll tell you, after all the disappointments and all the grieving and sitting with people that I do, it was just like the sun…
In vitro fertilization or donor insemination may have a positive effect
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 26 04
Parents who use assisted reproduction technology (ART) may be more receptive and nurturing than those who conceive their children naturally, researchers report.
A follow-up…
Italy Doctor Says Three Cloned Pregnancies Exist
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 26 04
An Italian fertility specialist who has said he intends to create the world’s first human clone told a television show on Wednesday three women…
Fertility Hormones Do Not Boost Cancer Risk-Study
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 26 04
Hormone treatments, especially those used for in vitro fertilisation (IVF), do not seem to increase the risk of gynaecological cancer in the 6 years…
CDC: Fertility Procedures on Rise
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 26 04
Fertility procedures in the United States jumped by 27 percent in just two years, according to government researchers who said they are worried about…
Study Examines Human Fertility
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 26 04
New research has provided the most precise insight yet into when biological clocks start ticking loudly - and it’s sooner than once thought: age…
Gene Linked to Nerve Degeneration, Infertility
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 26 04
Scientists have linked mutations in a gene associated with regeneration in damaged spinal cells with nerve degeneration and male infertility in mice.
They say…
Research suggests long-term hormone use not effective against heart disease
• Menopause • May 26 04
Long-term hormone use doesn’t reduce heart attack risks in postmenopausal women with heart disease and may increase their chances of developing blood clots and…
Waiting cuts pregnancy risk
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 26 04
Women should wait six months before trying for a baby with a new partner to cut their risk of a potentially fatal pregnancy condition,…
Women ‘happier’ after menopause
• Menopause • May 26 04
Women’s lives change for the better once they are past the menopause, suggests a survey.
The Jubilee Report, which examined the lifestyles of women…
Swiss legalise abortion
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 26 04
The Swiss people have voted to decriminalise abortion in two referendums called to decide whether to liberalise the country’s 66-year-old law, or toughen it…
Prostate Cancer Therapies About Equal
• Cancer: Prostate • May 26 04
Men with prostate cancer who decide not to undergo surgery and instead opt to treat only the symptoms of their disease do just about…
Mouse becomes ‘sperm nursery’
• Gender: Male • May 26 04
A breakthrough by researchers could mean that testicle tissue from boys facing cancer treatment could be saved - by transplanting it into mice.
Experts…
Vasectomy not linked to prostate cancer
• Cancer: Prostate • May 26 04
Contrary to prior reports, men who undergo vasectomy do not appear to be at increased risk for developing prostate cancer, according to findings published…
Prostate cancer: A killer among us
• Cancer: Prostate • May 26 04
Prostate cancer is on the increase. Every year, more than 21,000 men are diagnosed with it and approximately 10,000 will die. And last week…
Men fail to discuss cancer
• Gender: Male • May 26 04
Men are backward at coming forward when it comes to discussing cancer, statistics show.
The charity Cancer Research UK has found that women are…
For The Enlarged Prostate, Two Drugs May Work Better Than One
• Gender: Male • May 26 04
In what may be the best definition of two heads being better than one, a new study suggests two drugs used individually to treat…
Many Impotent Men May Have Unrecognized Diabetes
• Diabetes • May 26 04
Men with impotence are more likely than others to have undiagnosed diabetes and should be screened for the disease with a blood sugar test,…
Painkillers ‘prevent prostate cancers’
• Cancer: Prostate • May 26 04
Men who take certain types of painkiller may be lowering their risk of developing prostate cancer, says a scientific study.
It is possible…
Male heart patients ‘jump queue’
• Gender: Male • May 26 04
Women with heart problems are less likely than men to get an intensive care bed, according to a study.
Male patients jump the queue…
Acne drug ‘should be banned’
• Skin Care • May 26 04
An acne drug which has been linked to teenagers’ deaths should be banned in the UK, campaigners will tell health officials on Friday.
Families…
10 Tips for Beating Holiday Stress
• Gender: Male • May 26 04
These tips can apply to ANY holiday or annual event in your life.