Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia News

Nearly every man over 45 has some degree of enlargement of the prostate gland, which slowly progresses throughout the aging process.

Can a healthy lifestyle lower risk of benign prostate enlargement? Benign prostatic hyperplasia, known as BPH, is an enlargement of the prostate gland that is not malignant .

Sanofi-Aventis received a warning letter from the FDA's division of drug marketing, advertising, and communications after the company distributed a misleading promotional card for Uroxatral, an alpha1-blocker used to treat urinary problems caused by an enlarged prostate.

Two of the most common prostate problems are the Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and the prostatitis.

The FDA today posted on its website a letter sent to Sanofi-Aventis regarding a voucher tent card for Uroxatral.

WYRE Foresta s MP is backing a campaign highlighting a prostate problem affecting more than a third of men aged over 50.

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Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation is pleased to announce that NX-1207, the Company's lead drug in development, has been shown to produce strongly positive and repeatable results in laboratory studies of human prostate cancer.

"For many men BPH is a progressive disease causing discomfort, inconvenience and embarrassment.A CombAT provides evidence that dutasteride and tamsulosin together may benefit these men, potentially reducing the long-term risk of disease progression and improving their symptoms." said Dr Claus G. Roehrborn, principal investigator and lead author of ...

AEterna Zentaris Inc. , a global biopharmaceutical company focused on endocrine therapy and oncology, today reported that the 043 Thorough QT trial, which is part of the cetrorelix pamoate clinical development program in benign prostatic hyperplasia , met its primary endpoint.

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Main Category: Urology / Nephrology Also Included In: Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Article Date: 07 Oct 2009 Impax Laboratories, Inc.

HAYWARD,A Calif. A specialty pharmaceutical company announced the tentative approval of its benign prostatic hyperplasia treatment.

DEAR MAYO CLINIC:I was recently diagnosed with BPH. At what point would you recommend treatment? What are my treatment options? ANSWER: Many options exist to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia , including watchful waiting, medications, nonsurgical therapies, and surgery .

Holmium Laser Enucle ation of the Prostate : The Endourologic Alternative to Open Prostatectomy.

The US FDA has granted tentative approval to wockhardt Ltd for marketing its 0.4mg tamsulosin hydrochloride capsules, used for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia .

India Gazette Tuesday 29th September, 2009 Pharma major Wockhardt Tuesday got the US Food and Drug Administration's tentative approval for marketing Tamsulosin Hydrochloride capsules.

A man's risk of developing benign prostatic hyperplasia decreases as his consumption of alcohol increases, but not the risk of lower urinary tract symptoms , according to a meta-analysis reported in the October issue of the Journal of Urology .

Sunday, September 13, 2009 What is the prostate gland? The prostate is a small organ about the size of a walnut.

When Business Secretary Lord Mandelson was admitted to hospital with prostate problems, it sounded serious.