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Anchor lead: A new grading system should reduce fears for many men with prostate cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports Among the many prognostic indicators for prostate cancer is the Gleason score, used for decades by pathologists to identify how advanced a …
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Anchor lead: Fewer men are being screened for prostate cancer using PSA testing, Elizabeth Tracey reports In the wake of the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendations a few years ago, fewer men are having PSA screening for prostate …
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Hormone deprivation therapy and dementia, happiness and health, a sickle cell drug, and too much HbA1c testing. Program notes: 0:38 Happiness and mortality 1:32 17% unhappy 2:35 Advocate for Eyore-like behavior? 3:01 Too much HbA1c measurement 4:02 Why is too …
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This week’s topics include diabetes and mortality, red meat and death, flavored tobacco, and mortality trends in the US. Program notes: 0:39 Processed meats and cancer risk 1:31 No randomized controlled trials 2:31 Carbon footprint with meat production? 3:36 Mortality …
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Anchor lead: What are the options for men with low risk prostate cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Men with low risk prostate cancer can be safely monitored carefully over time, with intervention undertaken only if their cancer begins to look threatening, …
