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		<title>Prostate cancer treatment misused</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hot flashes, weakness, fatigue, cognitive impairment, and depression are the “substantial unintended side effects” of ADT, aka chemical castration. The VA study is not the first to link ADT to an increased risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, but it shines a light on unproven uses of this drastic therapy. The shows that ADT is given as the primary treatment for men with local and regional prostate cancer who have no symptoms of the disease, as well as symptomless men whose post-treatment PSA test show rising levels. The rise in the use of ADT can be chalked up to the fact that the PSA screening test was introduced in the late 1980s. This <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalconsumers.org&amp;blog=7088906&amp;post=4023&amp;subd=medconsumers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just Say No to the PSA Prostate Cancer Test</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The results from two long awaited clinical trials were released early and simultaneously by The New England Journal of Medicine on March 18.  Despite the seemingly conflicting messages of these sample headlines, it is now clear that symptomless men should consider refusing this test.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalconsumers.org&amp;blog=7088906&amp;post=1209&amp;subd=medconsumers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Treatment for Early Prostate Cancer</title>
		<link>http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/03/01/treatment-for-early-prostate-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A common treatment given to men with early-stage prostate cancer—one that has significant harms—was found to be no more effective in extending life than the “wait-and-see” approach.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalconsumers.org&amp;blog=7088906&amp;post=1207&amp;subd=medconsumers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Overtreated—Why too much medicine is making us sicker and poorer</title>
		<link>http://medicalconsumers.org/2008/03/01/overtreated%e2%80%94why-too-much-medicine-is-making-us-sicker-and-poorer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a nutshell, overtreatment is unnecessary treatment. It’s treatment that has no positive impact on health or longevity, and in many cases, causes harm. It’s the coronary-artery opening procedures given yearly to more than one million Americans for whom drug therapy has been proven to be the better choice. It’s the long-term drug regimens recommended to people at low-risk for hip fracture, heart attack or stroke. It’s the PSA blood test for finding prostate cancer at its earliest stage, despite the fact that studies have yet to prove immediate treatment is better than no treatment at all. Just to name a few.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalconsumers.org&amp;blog=7088906&amp;post=222&amp;subd=medconsumers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Screening for Prostate Cancer: The More They Test, The More They Find</title>
		<link>http://medicalconsumers.org/2007/11/01/screening-for-prostate-cancer-the-more-they-test-the-more-they-find/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a controversy that has been roiling among research physicians for two decades: Does the prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, blood test for prostate cancer cause more harm than good? Does the early detection of prostate cancer—that is, before symptoms appear—actually save lives? These questions still haven’t been answered, though many physicians automatically test their middle-aged and elderly male patients as if they have.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=medicalconsumers.org&amp;blog=7088906&amp;post=1112&amp;subd=medconsumers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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