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When To Test For Prostate Cancer? : NPR
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When To Test For Prostate Cancer?: Ads urge men of a certain age to get screened for prostate cancer. But is... http://n.pr/duJFRK from NPR
Doctors Revamp Guidelines For Pap Smears : Shots - Health Blog : NPR
npr.org — “For years, doctors have recommended that women start getting Pap smears every year or two to try to catch signs of cancer early, when it's easiest to prevent and treat. But new guidelines say that testing every three years is a better idea for most women.” View full resource at npr.org
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Doctors Revamp Guidelines For Pap Smears : Shots - Health Blog : NPR
npr.org — “For years, doctors have recommended that women start getting Pap smears every year or two to try to catch signs of cancer early, when it's easiest to prevent and treat. But new guidelines say that testing every three years is a better idea for most women.” View full resource at npr.org
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Doctors Revamp Guidelines For Pap Smears : Shots - Health Blog : NPR
npr.org — “For years, doctors have recommended that women start getting Pap smears every year or two to try to catch signs of cancer early, when it's easiest to prevent and treat. But new guidelines say that testing every three years is a better idea for most women.” View full resource at npr.org
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Test pattern: Doctors rethink paradigm for cancer screening » The Commercial Appeal
commercialappeal.com — “Some years before his retirement, when my father-in-law went in for his routine physical, his doctor ordered a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test, along with a cholesterol test and blood count. My father-in-law was not having any symptoms, and no one in his family had a history of prostate cancer.” View full resource at commercialappeal.com
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Test pattern: Doctors rethink paradigm for cancer screening http://t.co/w5V57BXn
A PSA scare becomes chance to get better informed on prostate tests - latimes.com
latimes.com — “When panic ensues after news of rising PSA levels, one man decides to get a grip, get better informed about prostate cancer and screening, and live life sensibly.” View full resource at latimes.com
Most Recently Shared on December 19, 2011 at 9:51 pm By:
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good piece. RT @KentBottles: My Turn: PSA scare prompts reflection and education http://t.co/iP7vJ0Lu
Mother Spreads Message About Prostate Cancer After Son Dies At Age 36 - Video Dailymotion
dailymotion.com — “Sherry Galloway lost her son, Jeremy Paster, when he was just 36 years old. Doctors misdiagnosed his condition. It turns out he had prostate cancer. Now, Galloway is encouraging young men to take control of their health and get a PSA test.” View full resource at dailymotion.com
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Arnon Krongrad, MD is a board certified urologist with special interest in laparoscopic prostate surgery; he is the surgeon who introduced the minimally invasive technique into the United States in 1999. Dr. Krongrad has a practice focused on localized prostate cancer and severe, chronic prostatitis. Some of his papers are listed on Academia." /> Arnon Krongrad, MD Active Health Library, Doctor, Surgeon, Urologist, and Physician
Mother speaks about son's death of prostate cancer at age 36. http://t.co/gd4wwj6n
Doctors' Orders: Keep Men Involved in PSA Decision : Shots - Health Blog : NPR
npr.org — “Confused about the fuss over PSA screening for prostate cancer? A commentary in the New England Journal of medicine says there's a middle ground between business-as-usual and throwing PSA tests out altogether.” View full resource at npr.org
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Advice To Guideline-Writers: Keep Patients Involved in PSA Decision http://t.co/HMvmmUYe
Shannon Brownlee on Why Men Will Continue to Get PSA Tests—But Shouldn't | TIME Ideas | TIME.com
ideas.time.com — “Last week’s news that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force now recommends that men should not get a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test has been a hard pill for many men to swallow, at least judging by the flood of outraged responses from prostate cancer survivors who believe that getting a PS...” View full resource at ideas.time.com
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@ShannonBrownlee on TIME Ideas: the deafening silence of the men harmed by PSA testing. http://t.co/vFfiEqb8
Vitamin E Pills May Raise, Not Lower, Prostate Cancer Risk : Shots - Health Blog : NPR
npr.org — “The largest study yet to test whether daily vitamin E supplements could reduce the risk of prostate cancer finds they may have the opposite effect, raising the chances of illness by 17 percent.” View full resource at npr.org
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NPR: Vitamin E Pills May Raise, Not Lower, Prostate Cancer Risk-More at http://t.co/nwD3pT59
PSA Test Report Shows Difficulty of Weighing Evidence - Margot Sanger-Katz - NationalJournal.com
nationaljournal.com — “The evidence has long been shaky on the benefits of the PSA screening test for prostate cancer, so it should have been little surprise when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a group of primary care doctors that advises the Department of Health and Human Services, downgraded its rating of the test from I (for insufficient evidence) to D (evidence that there is no benefit) for men without symptoms of disease.” View full resource at nationaljournal.com
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PSA Test Report Shows Difficulty of Weighing Evidence - Margot Sanger-Katz - NationalJournal.com
nationaljournal.com — “The evidence has long been shaky on the benefits of the PSA screening test for prostate cancer, so it should have been little surprise when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a group of primary care doctors that advises the Department of Health and Human Services, downgraded its rating of the test from I (for insufficient evidence) to D (evidence that there is no benefit) for men without symptoms of disease.” View full resource at nationaljournal.com
Most Recently Shared on October 11, 2011 at 11:05 am By:
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I rest my case: RT @EvidenceBsdMed: PSA Test Report Shows Difficulty of Weighing Evidence: http://t.co/TShMOxPd #EBM #pm101 #hcsm
Prostate cancer: A PSA researcher questions PSA tests - baltimoresun.com
baltimoresun.com — “Richard Ablin discovered the PSA protein. For 40 years he has argued that testing for it doesn't help doctors save lives.” View full resource at baltimoresun.com
Most Recently Shared on October 10, 2011 at 9:27 pm By:
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Prostate cancer: A PSA researcher questions PSA tests: When news came Thursday evening that the U.S. Preventive... http://t.co/pWi8BLSy
Prostate cancer test: More 'discomfort' not knowing? - Health - Men's health - msnbc.com
msnbc.msn.com — “When it comes to your prostate, is it really better not to know? An influential government panel's recommendation that healthy guys not get tested for prostate cancer -- because that knowledge can do more harm than good -- leaves some male patients and their doctors in a rather uncomfortable situati” View full resource at msnbc.msn.com
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Prostate cancer test: More 'discomfort' not knowing? http://t.co/84RPJ2wS
Influential Panel Gives Thumbs Down To Routine Prostate Cancer Test : Shots - Health Blog : NPR
npr.org — “Routine testing of men's blood to detect prostate cancer is unwarranted, and causes more harm than good, according to findings of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The panel of experts sets the agenda for doctors and, increasingly, insurance payments.” View full resource at npr.org
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NPR: Influential Panel Giving Thumbs Down To Routine Prostate Cancer Test-More at http://n.pr/o6H0Hw
Influential Panel Gives Thumbs Down To Routine Prostate Cancer Test : Shots - Health Blog : NPR
npr.org — “Routine testing of men's blood to detect prostate cancer is unwarranted, and causes more harm than good, according to findings of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The panel of experts sets the agenda for doctors and, increasingly, insurance payments.” View full resource at npr.org
Most Recently Shared on October 7, 2011 at 4:33 pm By:
David Rubin Doctor, Internist, and Physician
Discoverer of #PSA: it "should absolutely not be [used in all] men >50," as "pushed by those who stand to profit." http://t.co/WculU6eB #NPR
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