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A new study has found that ovarian cancer patients taking beta blocker medications for heart disease had better survival rates than those who didn’t.

HOW THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED

The research, a retrospective study of the health records of 1,425 women who had undergone ovarian cancer treatment between 2000 and 2010, was led by Dr. Anil Sood of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. 269 of the women whose records were researched took beta blockers of two kinds: a nonselective beta antagonist (NSBB) and a beta-1-adrenergic receptor selective agent (SBB).

THE RESULTS

Of the patients who took the NSBB, the median survival rate was 94.9 months and the same median rate was 38 months in the patients that took SBB, indicating that NSBB has some anti-ovarian cancer properties. Of those patients with hypertension, the ones who took NSBB had a median rate of 90 months; the others that took SBB had a median rate of 38.2.

WHAT ARE BETA BLOCKERS?

Beta blockers are used often to help patients with heart issues like hypertension, and they can be used to treat the body’s physical response to stress, which can make a heart beat rapidly.

“Beta-blockers treat a variety of conditions, such as heart disease, high-blood pressure, glaucoma and migraines. They target a receptor protein in heart muscle that causes the heart to beat harder and faster when activated by stress hormones,” Sood said in a statement to the press.

The property of beta blockers that could be helping the ovarian cancer patients, according to researchers, is the way that the drugs protect stress pathways that have a role in the spread and growth of tumors. “Our research has shown that the same stress mechanisms impact ovarian cancer progression, so these drugs could play a new role in cancer treatment,” said Sood.

IMPLICATIONS OF THE STUDY

According to the press release, the data from the study will be used to make “prospective, randomized clinical trials” that further measure the effects of NSBBs on patients. “[The study] also builds on the mounting evidence that beta-blockers may become a key treatment component for many patients in the future,” said Sood.

The entire study can be read in the journal, CANCER.

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Drug Increases Ovarian Cancer Survival Rates

Why you shouldn"t brush off #erectiledysfunction. - http://clapway.com/2015/07/21/men-with-erectile-dysfunction-might-have-diabetes111/

According to the results of a new study, erectile dysfunction can be a predictor of undiagnosed diabetes. Previous studies showed that erectile dysfunction might be an early sign of cardiovascular disease. However, researchers confirmed that there can be a connection between erectile dysfunction and undiagnosed hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, as well as diabetes.

Erectile Dysfunction Hides Serious Problems

Many people feel uncomfortable when talking to their doctor about their sex life. However, men should take the problems they have in the bedroom very serious since those can be signs for another health problem.

The Connection between Impotence and Blood Sugar

The results were the product of gathering information from over 4,500 men from the United States, all above 20 years of age between the years 2001 and 2004. The reason for this study was to find a connection between impotence and blood pressure, cholesterol, as well as blood sugar. The researchers did not find anything to link having trouble achieving or keeping an erection to undiagnosed high blood pressure or high cholesterol.

However, in accordance with the results, 11.5% of the men who had undiagnosed diabetes had confirmed the existence of erectile dysfunction problems. In addition to that, the rate lifted even higher for men between the ages of 40 to 59 years old, since 19% showed unnaturally high blood sugar.

1 in 3 People Might Be Diagnosed with Diabetes

All men–but especially those who are middle-aged–have to be aware that there is a possibility to have diabetes type 2 even without having been diagnosed. This is why researchers suggest that doctors should get–not only screenings–but also the sexual histories of middle-aged men.

Unfortunately, diabetes is a serious disease, and it seems that the rate of patients with confirmed cases of diabetes is growing extremely rapid. The fact that the number of patients with this problem has doubled since 2000 is raising concerns among doctors. They believe that at this rate, 1 in 3 people might be diagnosed with diabetes by 2020.

This is the why men who encounter erectile dysfunction must get tested as soon as possible. This is the only way to catch the disease early.

The report was recently published in The Annals of Family Medicine.

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