| Peter Boyle, Dad from Everybody Loves Raymond Dies at 71
Peter Boyle, famed for his roles in Young Frankenstein and in the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond has died. He was 71. He suffered from both multiple myeloma and heart disease. Boyle died at New York Presbyterian Hospital Tuesday evening. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
He will best be remembered for his role as Frank Barone, father of Ray Romano, in the hit series Everybody Loves Raymond. He was a versatile actor, with starring roles in Young Frankenstein and Monster's Ball. What You Need to Know About Multiple MyelomaMultiple myeloma is a type of cancer that affects cells in the bone marrow. It is a relatively uncommon type of cancer, with an estimated 16,000 people in th U.S diagnosed in the U.S in 2006. Over 11,000 people will die of the disease this year.
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Short-term Testosterone Use OK for Prostate?
Summary: A group of 41 men who received testosterone replacement therapy for 6 months saw no increased risk of prostate cancer, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. But with such a small group followed for such a short time, experts say, it's too soon to say for sure just how safe testosterone replacement might be. Why it's important: Testosterone replacement therapy is increasingly common in the United States, say study author Leonard S. Marks, MD, and colleagues. Doctors wrote 1.8 million prescriptions for it in 2002; by 2005, that number had grown to 2.3 million, according to background information in the study. The treatment is often used to address symptoms of "male menopause" -- the sexual problems, depression, and muscle and bone loss that can occur as men's testosterone levels decline with age.
SIU 2006 : Moderated Poster Session on Trauma and Reconstructive ...
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA (UroToday.com) - The moderated poster session on Traumatic and Reconstructive Urology was chaired by Reynaldo Gomez from Santiago Chile. It consisted of 25 posters on a variety of topics. Some highlights of the session included: Poster 2 by Richard Santucci from Detroit was entitled The Burden of Male Urethral Stricture Disease in the USA. The poster involved an epidemiologic and economic review of the diagnosis of urethral stricture disease which had a lifetime incidence of 0.6%. In the year of 2000, the disease was estimated to cost US insurance companies over 200 million dollars and involved 1.5 million office visits to urologists a year. The most common presenting symptom was a UTI in 41%. Poster 3, also by Rich Santucci, examined which procedure, a buccal mucosa onlay or an anastomotic urethroplasty, is better for short and medium length urethral strictures.
Just 1.67 per day - the cost of a hospital patient's food
HOSPITALS in Scotland are failing to provide nutritious meals for patients, putting them at risk of malnutrition and slowing down their recovery, a critical report found yesterday. Daily spending on a patient's food varies from just £1.67 to £3.73, according to a survey of hospitals by Audit Scotland. .
Anemia has several possible causes
Dear Dr. Gott: I have been anemic for four years. The endoscopy, colonoscopy and swallowing the camera have not shown where I am losing blood. Do you know of another test that might find my problem? Dear Reader: As I have written before, anemia (a lowering of the red blood-cell count) is of three different types • 1. Blood loss is the most common. In the presence of active bleeding, the body cannot compensate for such a loss. Weakness and malaise follow. Bleeding can be from trauma or related to intestinal bleeding. Iron deficiency is common. • 2. The body may be unable to form new red blood cells due to a vitamin deficiency, leukemia or other diseases. • 3. The immune system may inappropriately attack the blood cells, leading to a destruction of these cells.
Exercise can stop bone density loss in dieting
DIETING without exercise could make you lose more than just fat. Research in the Archives of Internal Medicine this week shows that people who cut calories and don't exercise lose bone density, but losing weight through exercise doesn't have this effect. The study involved 48 overweight men and women with an average age of 57. They were divided into three groups: a calorie-restricted group, an exercise group and a control group. The calorie-restricted group decreased their energy intake by 16 per cent for three months, then by 20 per cent for nine months. The exercise group ate the same number of calories, but exercised to increase their energy usage by 16 per cent for three months, then by 20 per cent for nine months. The control group simply received information on leading a healthy lifestyle.
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