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Gov. Jerry Brown: Some information about early prostate cancer
Gov. Jerry Brown is undergoing treatment for localized prostate cancer, according to a statement released by the governor’s office. In it, Brown’s UC San Francisco oncologist was quoted as saying that "fortunately, this is early stage...
Tags: Jerry Brown, National Institutes of Health, Government, General Practitioners, Medical Specialization
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No overall increased cancer risk for those exposed to WTC site
A new study has some good news for people who lived or worked in lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center – exposure to dust and debris from the fallen twin towers has not resulted in an overall...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Mesothelioma, Health, Health and Safety at School, Science and Technology
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Cancer awareness grows with mustaches on L.A. City Hall officials
L.A. NOWSome are slim and Zorro-like. Others are bushy. And still others, like L.A. City Councilman Joe Buscaino’s, look like they belong on the mug of a biker dude named Bubba. Buscaino’s handlebar mustache, one of a handful that have recently... -
The Cutting Edge
When Dr. Amir Abolhoda recently performed robot-assisted lung cancer surgery at UC Irvine Medical Center — the first procedure of its kind in Orange County — it marked the latest leap in the fast-evolving field of robotics. The minimally...
Tags: Immune System, Intuitive Surgical Incorporated, Hospitals and Clinics, Blood, Lung Cancer
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Men's Health Spotlight
Robotic surgery was initially developed to target prostate cancer — and today four in five prostectomies are performed by this revolutionary system, according to the National Cancer Institute. Although robotics — the pioneering da Vinci...
Tags: City of Hope, Health Treatments, Medical Research, Prostate Cancer, Hospitals and Clinics
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My Turn: PSA scare prompts reflection and education
Special to the Los Angeles TimesWhen my family doctor called five years ago with the news that my PSA levels had spiked, I hung up the phone and did what all of us do. I panicked. I thought, "So this is how I'm going to die." Then came the delayed second reaction: This can't be right!...Tags: Mammogram, Ibuprofen (drug), Blood, Health Organizations, Health
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Steve Lopez: A second opinion about the PSA prostate cancer test
L.A. NOWSo the PSA test for prostate cancer should be abandoned, according to a government advisory panel? Not in the opinion of highly regarded Santa Monica urologist Milton Krisiloff, who was my doctor in the late 1990s when I lived on...... -
Robotic surgery grows, but so do questions
These days, some surgeons have four arms and are made of metal and plastic. Use of a robotic assistant called the Da Vinci Surgical System has quadrupled in the last four years, and the machine now helps with incisions and sutures in 2,000 hospitals...
Tags: Marketing, Hospitals and Clinics, Intuitive Surgical Incorporated, Hands, Johns Hopkins University
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Many men with low-risk prostate cancer overtreated, study finds
About three-quarters of men with low-risk prostate tumors that can safely be ignored for months or years receive aggressive treatment, despite the risk of complications, researchers reported Monday. The findings, published in the Archives of Internal...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Internal Medicine, Internists, Physical Therapists, Health
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DNA referees
Your life story depends upon a combination of the DNA you're stuck with plus your environment, including all the little choices and events that happen over that lifetime.
But in recent years, researchers have discovered that, while DNA lays out the...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Alcoholic Beverages, Hospitals and Clinics, Science, Suicide
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Cancer screening: What could it hurt? A lot, actually
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
In 1984, Japan began screening the urine of 6-month-old infants for neuroblastoma, the most common type of solid tumor in young children. The test was simple and could show signs of cancer long before clinical...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Biopsy, Mammogram, Biotechnology, Soccer
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