Topic: Ian Thompson
A United Kingdom-based firm has offered to become the Federal Government's partner in the execution of the performance contract policy jointly...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Older men with low-risk prostate cancer may be better off getting regular check-ups that rushing to get surgery or radiation, researchers using a computer model suggested on Tuesday.That is largely because most men have at least one side effect ...
A new review suggests that doctors need to address the problem of overdiagnosis in cancer care -- the detection and possible treatment of tumors that may never cause symptoms or lead to death.. "Whereas early detection may well help some, it undoubtedly hurts ...
Adjuvant radiotherapy shortly after radical prostatectomy in men with extraprostatic prostate cancer is associated with improved survival, according to research released online Jan. 22 in advance of publication in the March issue of the Journal of Urology.. Ian M. Thompson, M.D ...
3/10/2008 Print E-mail Changes in medical practice have undermined the value of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test as a diagnostic tool for prostate cancer, a new study asserts.. "In men with an abnormal digital rectal examination, it [the PSA test ...
An extensive re-analysis of the drug finasteride (Proscar) shows that it reduced the risk of developing prostate cancer by about 30% compared with the initial finding of a 25% reduction in risk.. But the new analysis, which used data that included endpoints ...
Men with advanced prostate cancer that hasn't spread beyond the gland should receive radiation therapy as soon as the prostate has been removed, a new long-term study says.. "Here we had a study that shows that radiation improves survival," said study ...
10/5/2007 Print E-mail Few men may realize it, but if they're having problems achieving or sustaining erections, it may signal underlying heart trouble.. "Erectile dysfunction is often caused by vascular disease," explained Dr. Ian Thompson, professor and chairman of ...
7/9/2007 Print E-mail Too many American men are receiving inappropriate PSA (prostate-specific antigen) blood tests for prostate cancer, researchers say.. "PSA screening is performed inappropriately in a great proportion in many cases," said lead author Dr. B. Price Kerfoot, from ...
Last updated at 11:22am on . Doctors: 'Drinking alcohol on the streets should be banned' Hospital admissions for drink problems soared 14 per cent after Labour relaxed the licensing laws in November 2005. They also show a doubling of alcohol-related hospital admissions ...
