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Currently a man must undergo a series of diagnostic tests, including a surgical biopsy, to confirm that he has prostate cancer. But no test is able to determine reliably whether the cancer is slow-growing and probably nonfatal or aggressive and in need of immediate treatment. (Read "Halting Hormone Therapy Reduces Breast-Cancer Risk Quickly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can a Urine Test Detect Deadly Prostate Cancer? | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

...main issues with prostate cancer is trying to distinguish aggressive prostate cancer that goes on to metastasize from the slow-growing version of the disease, and what we end up doing as physicians is overtreating our patients because we can't distinguish between them," Chinnaiyan said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can a Urine Test Detect Deadly Prostate Cancer? | 2/11/2009 | See Source »

...residents filled the seats in City Hall and others stood in the aisles, waiting their turn to discuss the controversial measure. Some residents attended the meeting as representatives of local unions and said that they hoped the rezoning measure would provide construction jobs that are otherwise lacking in a slow economy. “This is not only good for labor. It’s good for the City of Cambridge and it will provide much needed tax revenue,” said Joseph Power, the business representative for the Carpenters Local Union. Other residents were skeptical that the measure...

Author: By Sarah J. Howland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cambridge Council Approves Rezoning | 2/10/2009 | See Source »

...formalization of recycler associations by granting them government recognition. The legislation has the support of President Alan Garcia's administration through the Environment Ministry because of the contribution it could make to cleaning up this Andean country's towns and cities and contributing to Peru's efforts to slow global warming. (See the top 10 green ideas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peru's Scavengers Turn Professional | 2/10/2009 | See Source »

...need for University cutbacks has spurred calls to slow down Harvard’s expensive expansion project, with news emerging this week that plans are being made that may keep the Department of Stem Cell Regenerative Biology—meant to be a centerpiece of the new Allston campus—in Cambridge...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEAS Weathers Economic Storm | 2/6/2009 | See Source »

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