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Three Palestinian Militants Killed in Raid on West Bank; Israel Threatens Invasion Over Rocket Attacks
By ALI DARAGHMEH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NABLUS West Bank - Israeli troops killed three Palestinian militants during a raid Thursday in the West Bank city of Nablus and tension increased on the Gaza-Israel border as militants and the army traded rocket and artillery fire. With homemade rocket attacks increasingly approaching sensitive Israeli sites including a power station and a fuel depot an Israeli leader threatened a fierce response including an invasion by ground troops - ...
Over-Diagnosing Prostate Cancer (News 14 Carolina)
Each year, more than 230,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in America. The disease will kill about 30,000 of them. Some researchers, however, are beginning to question whether we need to do as many prostate screenings as we do.
Bulletin Board for Palm Beach County (Sun-Sentinel)
Bill of Rights Dinner and Fundraiser, with proceeds going to the Constitution Committee, which raises money to give constitutions to students, with speaker Rebecca Townsend, 6:30 p.m. at Lin's Seafood Buffet, 2950 Jog Road, West Palm Beach. $17.50. Call 561-262-4854.
Prostate cancer drug to be made available (The Herald)
The threat of men with prostate cancer being denied a life-prolonging treatment available to women with breast cancer was lifted yesterday.
OR-Live.com Presents a Close-Up View of Robotic Surgery for Prostate Cancer (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Two forms of high technology will join together this January to allow the public and physicians to view a less invasive surgery for prostate cancer from the comfort of their home or office.
Prostate Cancer Treatment Causes Bone Loss (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
THURSDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Many men diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer receive testosterone-reducing therapy, because the hormone is thought to spur tumor growth.
Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall in U.S. Total Cases Stabilizing; Better Screening Cited
By Randolph E Schmid Associated Press WASHINGTON - The rate of cancer cases diagnosed in the United States has stabilized but the cancer death rate continues to decline including the four most common types of cancer - prostate breast lung and colorectal - the National Cancer Institute said Thursday. Americans are taking some steps to help prevent cancer the agency said and some screening tests are being used at higher rates in an effort to ...
Battling Ferguson shares special time with his son
But Toronto Maple Leafs GM John Ferguson can claim extenuating circumstances for letting one of the enemy into his lair. For one thing the visitor was his father John Sr.
DETROL LA Significantly Reduced Daytime and Nighttime Urinary Frequency in Men Who Had Previously Tried Alpha Blocker (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Pfizer Inc's Detrol® LA significantly improved lower urinary tract storage symptoms from baseline in men following unsuccessful treatment with alpha blocker therapy, according to a study published in the December issue of the Journal of Urology. More than 17 million men over the age of 40 experience lower urinary tract symptoms.
Body backs Sanofi's Taxotere in prostate cancer (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
A cost-effectiveness watchdog said on Friday it was provisionally recommending that Sanofi-Aventis SA's chemotherapy drug Taxotere should be used to treat prostate cancer on the state health service.

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