A researcher in the Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute and Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center has found a way to identify which men need a second prostate biopsy because they may be harboring life-threatening prostate cancer even though they were given a clean bill of health after their first biopsy.
UK gay men, who are demanding vaccine Gardasil, may be wasting their money because Gardasil vaccine protects men from genital warts and genital cancers if they get the jab early in their sexual life before coming into contact with a person who has HPV.
Castle Produce, a subsidiary of Tropical Produce, Inc., a wholesale importer of fresh fruit and vegetables announced the recall of cantaloupes in California due to potential health concerns. Some cantaloupes delivered on or after 2/16/2007 have tested positive for Salmonella, although no illnesses have been reported.
On 22 February 2007 the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion, recommending to grant a marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Sebivo, 600 mg, film-coated tablet intended for treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in adult patients.
In UK increasing numbers of gay men are requesting a vaccine – HPV vaccine – which protects against a sexually transmitted infection that can cause cervical, penile and anal cancers, reported by Cancer Research UK.
HIV prevention research was responsible for the recent revelation that male circumcision can play an important role in protecting men from infection with the deadly virus.
Americas Kitchen of Alpharetta, GA, is recalling its 32-ounce packages of “Wellsley Farms” Green Bean Casserole sold from September 1, 2006 through February 22, 2007 because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause illness, mild, moderate or even severe.
Children should not be left unsupervised to play with a dog, say experts in this week?s BMJ. Their advice is part of a review aimed at doctors who deal with dog bites.
United Nations health agencies have convened an international meeting of AIDS experts for early March to examine the latest findings that male circumcision cuts the risk of HIV infection in men in heterosexual relations by up to 60 per cent.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UNAIDS Secretariat welcome the publication today in The Lancet of the detailed findings of two trials undertaken in Kenya and Uganda to determine whether male circumcision has a protective effect against acquiring HIV infection.