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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: American Urological Association

American Urological Association stories: 3 news summaries
OPINION

Don't Be Fooled: Prostate Cancer Screening Is Key

Guidelines against
PSA testing
could cost lives

Aug 26, 08 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - A national task force’s recent warning against prostate cancer screenings in some men could put their lives at risk, cautions physician and researcher William J. Catalona in the Washington Post. “It's important to note that consideration was not given to the overwhelming body of emerging evidence that screening... More »

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prostate cancer • American Cancer Society • cancer screening • PSA • American Urological Association • prostate-specific antigen

 Panel: Don't Screen
 Older Men for
 Prostate Cancer

Treatment may be more harmful than helpful after the age of 74

Aug 5, 08 2:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Physicians should stop screening men 75 and older for prostate cancer, according to new guidelines issued by national health task force. Prostate cancer is "overdiagnosed" in up to 44% of cases—that is, the cancer is present but so slow growing that it would probably never produce symptoms in... More »

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prostate cancer • American Cancer Society • PSA • American Urological Association • Veterans Administration • prostate-specific antigen • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force • Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

 'Little Blue Pill' is 10 Years Old 

Viagra changed sexual landscape

Mar 24, 08 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The little blue pill that rescued the sex lives and saved marriages of couples worldwide is 10 years old this month. Viagra, which has been used by some 35 million men, moved the treatment of impotence out of the shadows to lead a multi-billion-dollar industry. The drug has also triggered... More »

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hypertension • prostate cancer • diabetes • erectile dysfunction • Pfizer • sex • Viagra • Levitra • Cialis • nitric oxide • high cholesterol • erection • American Urological Association

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