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Prostate health month: Survival story
Published September 7, 2008, 2:10 am, The Courier News
Repairing an old football injury probably helped save Larry Wahl's life -- and illustrates the importance of men getting screened for prostate cancer. • Online: Sherman Health, then click on da Vinci Surgery System for a list of doctors using the system.
New Doubts That Dust Killed a 9/11 Rescuer
Published September 6, 2008, 11:06 pm, New York Times
A 2003 pulmonary biopsy of James Zadroga found only minor abnormalities and no signs of the foreign materials found in his lungs after he died, according to a new report.
Prostate biopsy
Published September 4, 2008, 11:40 pm, Mayo Clinic
The prostate is a small, walnut-shaped gland in men that produces fluid that nourishes and transports sperm. During a prostate biopsy, also called a core needle biopsy, a fine needle is used to take a number of tissue samples from your prostate gland.
September 2008 Mayo Clinic Health Letter Highlights Cataract Removal, Severe Headache And Dual Energy X-Ray Imaging
Published September 4, 2008, 3:09 am, Medical News Today
One aspect of aging that's usually fixable is cloudy vision due to cataracts. In an otherwise healthy eye, cataract removal results in improved vision 95 percent of the time, according to the September issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter. Cataracts are common. By age 65, about half of all Americans have developed some degree of lens clouding due to cataracts.
Advances in medical technology
Published September 2, 2008, 5:19 pm, WABC-TV New York
They are cutting edge technology that will change the medical world.
September 2008 Mayo Clinic Health Letter Highlights Cataract Removal, Severe Headache and Dual Energy X-Ray Imaging
Published September 2, 2008, 12:30 pm, PR Newswire via Yahoo! News
Cataract Removal - New Choices for This Common and Successful Surgery
Dual Energy X-Ray Imaging -- A Better View
Published September 2, 2008, 12:28 pm, Newswise
An emerging imaging technology shows that using two different levels of X-ray energy is better than one, according to the September issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter.
MR-Guided Biopsy Of The Prostate: An Overview Of Techniques And A Systematic Review
Published September 2, 2008, 3:12 am, Medical News Today
UroToday.com - Next to digital rectal examination and PSA level, biopsy of the prostate is an essential procedure for determining optimal treatment. Systematic TRUSBx is the gold standard, but it fails to detect numerous tumors. This systematic approach is characterized by low sensitivity (39-52%) and high specificity (81-82%).
You can stop cancer
Published August 31, 2008, 11:56 pm, Toronto Sun
Not smoking, eating right and exercising can influence our genes
Taking the mystery out of midlife health exams
Published August 31, 2008, 10:09 pm, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
By NANCY KALISH It’s a fact of midlife: After 40, we’re more likely to need certain medical tests to preserve our health. Learning that you have to undergo something with a hard-to-pronounce name (what is a colposcopy, anyway?) can be unsettling, but it doesn’t have to be. Here’s what to expect during five of the most common procedures, and how long you can expect to wait for results. Stress ...
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