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SAN DIEGO -- Allergic fungal sinusitis deserves a place of its own at the table of nasty chronic rhinosinusitis infections, researchers asserted here.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt. -- For women soldiers being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder, symptoms improve when the therapy homes in on the original index event, no matter how long ago it occurred, researchers here found.

BOSTON -- Eating rich ice cream and drinking whole-fat milk, and using heavy cream for coffee, may help reward women shooting for pregnancy, researchers here reported.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Radiation and androgen deprivation appears to bestow survival times for prostate cancer patients that are similar to the life expectancies of men of the same age who did not have cancer, researchers here reported.

COPENHAGEN -- The antioxidant supplements beta carotene and vitamins A and E have a dark side, carrying an increased risk of all-cause mortality, according to a meta-analysis.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Fusion imaging with the capromab pendetide (ProstaScint) imaging agent allows for more precise placement of radioactive seeds for brachytherapy, researchers here reported.

KISSIMMEE, Fla., Feb. 26 -- For early prostate cancer, a five-year follow-up revealed that prostatectomy or brachytherapy had a small but statistically significant survival advantage over external-beam radiation in more than 2,300 patients.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Androgen deprivation for prostate cancer in men older than 65 may contribute to increased cardiac mortality, suggested a retrospective analysis of registry data.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- A test that tallies the number of androgen receptors in a single prostate cancer cell may be an effective predictor of disease metastasis, researchers here reported.

ATLANTA -- Radiologists should avoid the use of contrast agents that contain gadolinium in patients with advanced renal disease if at all possible, according to the CDC.

KISSIMMEE, Fla.- The investigational drug satraplatin, the first oral platinum-based agent, given with prednisone, significantly slowed the progression of hormone-refractory prostate cancer, albeit briefly, investigators said here today.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Aerobic or resistance exercise improved quality-of-life measures among men undergoing radiation treatment for prostate cancer, researchers here reported.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Men who undergo external-beam radiation treatment for rectal cancer appear to have a long-term reduced risk of prostate cancer.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Dutasteride (Avodart), a drug used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia, may also prevent the development of prostate cancer by inducing genetic changes at the cellular level, researchers reported today.

BOSTON -- Nursing home residents taking 800 IU of vitamin D were less likely to fall and had a 72% decrease in falls compared with those taking a placebo, according to a five-month study.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Only 9% of the men whose early prostate cancer was judged to be indolent agreed to active surveillance, an aggressive form of the so-called watchful waiting, urologists reported here today.

HEIDELBERG, Germany -- A natural family-planning method based on fertility self-monitoring may be as effective as hormonal contraception, but only when used correctly, researchers reported.

LONDON -- The beneficial effects of five years of tamoxifen to healthy high-risk women in preventing breast cancer persist for at least 10 years, whereas most side effects fade, according to two major trials.