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• GPS-like tech helps diagnose prostate tumors

  May 7, 2013 in Features, Health on Page C3 MELVILLE, N.Y. – The lead investigator of a way to obtain images of prostate tumors and accurately diagnose them said last week that the new technology is the medical equivalent …

• Most men don’t need PSA tests, group says

  May 5, 2013 in Health, Nation/World on Page A4 A man with no risk factors for prostate cancer can go his whole life without ever taking a PSA test, according to the American Urological Association. In a new clinical … 2

• Studies link cholesterol drugs to growth of men’s breasts

  January 22, 2013 in Features, Health on Page C3 Q. At 65 years old, I’ve been active all my life. I’ve been a runner since returning from Vietnam in 1969 and also lifted weights. I stopped lifting weights 10 …

• Calif Gov. Brown being treated for prostate cancer

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown is being treated with radiation for early stage prostate cancer, his office announced Wednesday. The 74-year-old Brown is receiving a short course …

• The Sandy 15? Superstorm comfort-eating on menu

  November 1, 2012 in Health Jamie Sanders went to the grocery store in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy with good intentions. Cucumbers and apples were on her list.

• Study: Multivitamins may lower cancer risk in men

  October 17, 2012 in Nation/World America’s favorite dietary supplements, multivitamins, modestly lowered the risk for cancer in healthy male doctors who took them for more than a decade, the first large study to test these …

• NYC, rabbis clash over circumcision ritual

  October 11, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — A group of rabbis is clashing with New York City health officials over the safety of an ancient circumcision ritual. Three rabbis and three Jewish groups …

• Prostatitis is a common condition

  September 25, 2012 in Features, Health on Page C2 DEAR DOCTOR K: I have chronic prostatitis. Antibiotics haven’t helped. What other treatment options are there? DEAR READER: Prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate. This walnut-sized gland secretes fluid …

• One treatment left standing for gonorrhea

  September 18, 2012 in Health on Page C1 As health advocates have warned for years: This is not your father’s gonorrhea. In the old days, all it took to wipe out most cases of “the clap,” a sexually …

• Testosterone marketing frenzy draws skepticism

  September 9, 2012 in Health WASHINGTON (AP) — “Are you falling asleep after dinner?” “Do you have a decrease in libido?”

• Official: Ritual circumcision legal in Berlin

  September 5, 2012 in Health BERLIN (AP) — A top state official says infant male circumcision for religious reasons is legal in Berlin, making the capital the first of Germany’s 16 states to specify that …

• Circumcision pluses outweigh risks: Pediatricians

  August 27, 2012 in Health CHICAGO (AP) — The nation’s most influential pediatricians group says the health benefits of circumcision in newborn boys outweigh any risks and insurance companies should pay for it. In its …

• Aged dads may pass on more mutations

  August 23, 2012 in Health, Nation/World on Page A1 Men who become fathers later in life pass on more brand-new genetic mutations to their offspring, a study has found – probably contributing to disorders such as autism and schizophrenia … 4

• CDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C

  August 16, 2012 in Health All baby boomers should get a one-time blood test to learn if they have the liver-destroying hepatitis C virus, U.S. health officials said Thursday.

• Study: Higher egg yolk consumption leads to accelerated thickening of arteries

  August 14, 2012 in Health Just as you were ready to tuck into a nice three-egg omelet again, comforted by the reassuring news that eggs are not so bad for you, here comes a study … 2

• Elderly more satisfied with health insurance than younger Americans, survey finds

  July 18, 2012 in Health Elderly Americans on Medicare are substantially happier with their insurance coverage than their younger counterparts who rely on commercial insurance, according to a new national survey. 2

• In brief: House of Charity cutting back services

  July 13, 2012 in City on Page A6 The House of Charity will begin shutting down its daytime services two days a week beginning this Sunday. That includes its meal program and day room. The closures will be …

• Former Cougar Gleason tackles ALS head-on

  June 26, 2012 in Health, Sports on Page B1 About a year ago, Steve Gleason paid a call on his old position coach at Bill Doba’s retirement man cave on the shores of Birch Lake in Michigan. There were … 3

• Itchy rash caused by skin fungus

  June 26, 2012 in Features, Health on Page C2 DEAR DOCTOR K: I have terrible jock itch. Please tell me how to get rid of it! DEAR READER: Jock itch is uncomfortable, and scratching where this rash usually appears … 1

• Heaps of positive energy

  June 19, 2012 in Features, Health on Page C5 As a runner who completed the 50-mile Le Grizz Ultramarathon in Montana as a younger man – and then did it 19 more times – Steve Heaps is slower than … 1

• CDC finds 2% of surface miners have black lung

  June 18, 2012 in Health A new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds black lung disease isn’t limited to miners who work underground. About 2 percent of surface miners tested …

• A welcome let-up in health costs that may not last

  June 18, 2012 in Health Is it too good to be true? Health care spending has eased up recently, bringing a welcome respite for government and corporate budgets. But experts who track health care’s economic … 1

• WHO’s cancer agency: Diesel fumes cause cancer

  June 13, 2012 in Health Diesel fumes cause cancer, the World Health Organization’s cancer agency declared Tuesday, a ruling it said could make exhaust as important a public health threat as secondhand smoke. 5

• Romney discusses health care plans

  June 13, 2012 in Health, Nation/World on Page A1 ORLANDO, Fla. – Anticipating the death of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, Mitt Romney outlined his plans Tuesday to expand coverage to the nation’s uninsured, while protecting at least … 39

• Some insurers to keep health law’s provisions

  June 12, 2012 in City, Health on Page A1 Some of the nation’s biggest health insurers will keep some popular parts of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul even if the law fails to survive Supreme Court scrutiny. UnitedHealthcare, … 18

• Treating what ails us

  June 9, 2012 in City, Health on Page B1 Second of two parts 2

• Shawn Vestal: Drug eases my arthritis pain, and Spokane played a role

  June 8, 2012 in City, Health on Page A5 First of two parts Every six weeks, I drive to the Sacred Heart Doctors Building, take the elevator to the sixth floor, go to my doctor’s office, sit down, and … 3

• Spokane ranks among ‘most charitable’ cities

  November 20, 2009 in City Spokane may have its shortcomings, but one thing it doesn’t lack is charity, according to a national men’s magazine.