Viagra improves urinary tract symptoms in men with erectile dysfunction
... hyperplasia (BPH), an enlargement of the prostate gland that causes an obstruction in the flow of urine through the urethra. Study participants were assessed for changes in erectile function, self-esteem, LUTS associated with BPH, quality of life and maximum urinary flow rate. Results of the study showed...Jefferson scientists show protein in heart and adrenal gland plays critical role in heart failure
...gic receptor function were affected in the adrenal gland as well. They subsequently looked at adrenal gland... group is going to use gene therapy in the adrenal gland to decrease GRK2 activity and try to find out whether or not targeting the protein only in the adren...Johns Hopkins celebrates its first century of neuroscience
... that hormones secreted from the brain's pituitary gland promote growth. Walter Dandy, who succeeded Cushing, figured out in 1918 that air could be used to enable X-rays of the brain. His technique remained the best way to see into the skull to identify brain tumors and other problems until the invention o...Growth hormone illegal for off-label anti-aging use, study warns
..., or HGH, is a substance released by the pituitary gland that spurs growth and development in children and adolescents. As a drug, it can be prescribed legally only for three rare conditions: HGH deficiency-related syndromes that cause short stature in children, adult HGH deficiency due to rare pituitary t...Bladder problems increase in men as they age, Mayo Clinic study reports
...their bladder function can worsen and the prostate gland may be responsible. Their findings remind patients and their physicians that urination difficulties in men can be better cared for at early onset. Additionally, the study notes that as men age, the possibility increases that they will experience prob...Have researchers found a biomarker to signal a more agressive form of prostate cancer?
...ostate cancer will metastasize beyond the prostate gland and indicates an increased chance of death from the disease. The study involved 469 men treated with radiation and short- and long-term androgen deprivation therapy. The median follow-up was 70.5 months. An immunohistochemical analysis was cond...Radiation after prostate cancer surgery increases survival
...nd to have cancer extending outside their prostate gland are at a very high risk for recurrence," said Gregory Swanson, M.D., a radiation oncologist for the Genitourinary Committee of the Southwest Oncology Group, which was the main sponsor of the study. "To see a 25 percent reduction in recurrence of any ...Old mystery solved, revealing origin of regulatory T cells that 'police' and protect the body
... of these round blobs of cells in the human thymus gland has now been explained. The answer, in turn, ends an intense hunt for the origin of regulatory T cells that has been under way for years. Reporting in the Aug. 25 issue of Nature, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center fo...Penn surgeons use completely robotic surgery to treat prostate cancer
...ts the robotic instruments to dissect the prostate gland and surrounding tissue. Unlike standard laparoscopic approaches that require counter-intuitive movements by surgeons (whereby the surgeon must move his hand to the left in order to move the mechanical device to the right), the robotic technology af...Study of new treatment for short stature underway at Rush University Medical Center
... is secreted into the bloodstream by the pituitary gland and binds to growth hormone receptors on liver and other cells, where it stimulates the cellular production and secretion of IGF-1 into the bloodstream. "For decades, the only available drug treatment for short stature has been shots of growth hormo...Men continue to have normal life after radiation for prostate cancer
...ive seeds are implanted directly into the prostate gland to battle the cancer. Patients were given three separate health-related quality of life questionnaires a total of five times before, during and after undergoing radiation therapy to allow researchers to evaluate what effect their treatment was havin...Mayo Clinic finds kidney disease associated with 'benign' prostate obstruction
...rdiovascular events," says Dr. Rule. The prostate gland is located just below a male's bladder and surroun...ns urine from the bladder. "Growth of the prostate gland can lead to a bladder outlet obstruction," says Dr. Rule. "An obstruction of the bladder can cause i...Special scalpel reduces blood loss, facial nerve trauma in salivary surgery
...s in patients who need a portion of their salivary gland removed, surgeons say. Infection of the sponge-like parotid gland is uncomfortable but temporary, says Dr. Christine G. Gourin, otolaryngologist at the Medical Colleg...New approach to thyroid surgery reduces incision size
...enabling removal of all or part of the peach-sized gland that controls metabolism. Growths on this gland can cause jitters and weight loss. "We use retractors to get exposure and use telescopes and other l...Obesity is risk factor for aggressive prostate cancer
... the relationship between the size of the prostate gland and severity of disease also looked at patients in the SEARCH Database. "Men with smaller prostates tend to have smaller cancers than men with larger prostates. But this is not as good as it sounds," says Dr. Terris, a Georgia Cancer Coalition Distin...Birth weight and breastfeeding in infancy may affect premenopausal breast cancer risk
...have been suggested as critical windows in mammary gland development," said Maddalena Barba, M.D., research instructor in the UB Department of Social and Preventive Medicine and lead researcher on the study. "In utero and early childhood exposures might affect breast cancer risk by altering the hormonal e...Immune system lab model overcomes ethical limits on human hematopoietic stem cells studies
...fficiently turning HSCs into T cells in the thymus gland was the finding of so-called "T cell receptor excision circles" (TRECs). Receptors are made up of protein building blocks, each of which is coded for by a specific gene. TRECs form during a "mix-and-match" rearrangement of these genes into any one o...A recent study found that tumors of the pituitary gland are more common than many health care professional...sult of abnormalities in the pituitary or "master" gland at the base of the brain. Many times this association is overlooked," Rosseau said. "These types o...