NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Is an erection worth becoming hard of hearing?

NY animal shelter seeks Viagra donations to treat a pit bull with a heart condition. A New York animal shelter is seeking donations of Viagra to treat a pit bull with a heart condition. Staff members at the Little Shelter Animal Rescue and Adoption Center in Huntington, on Long Island, say 6-year-old Ingrid needs two of the little blue pills every day or she will risk heart failure. They said a vet suggested it.

Texans LB Cushing says he tested positive for HCG, denies using any banned substance. Houston Texans linebacker Brian Cushing said Thursday he never used any banned substances even though he tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The various forms of prostate cancer treatment -- from surgery to radiation to hormones -- can all have long-term effects on men's quality of life when it comes to sexual function and urinary problems, a new study finds.

Treatment results in slightly extended life expectancy. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Provenge (sipuleucel-T), a treatment that stimulates a patient's own immune system to respond against the cancer.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are investigating potential risks from Abbott Laboratories Inc's HIV drug Kaletra, GlaxoSmithKline Plc's prostate drug Avodart and other medicines.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is examining if certain hormone treatments for men with prostate cancer pose a greater risk of diabetes or heart problems than other therapies.

The prostate cancer program at the Veterans Affairs Department's medical center in Philadelphia, where 97 patients were given an incorrect radiation dose, went four years without a peer review or quality assessment, the agency's internal watchdog said Monday.

VA investigation says Philadelphia hospital went 4 years without peer review. The prostate cancer program at the Veterans Affairs Department's medical center in Philadelphia, where 97 patients were given an incorrect radiation dose, went four years without a peer review or quality assessment, the agency's internal watchdog said Monday.

The Food and Drug Administration is looking into data suggesting a group of prostate cancer drugs increase the risk of diabetes and heart disease.

FDA warns that early evidence shows links between prostate cancer drugs and diabetes. The Food and Drug Administration is looking into data suggesting a group of prostate cancer drugs increase the risk of diabetes and heart disease.

Goldman Sachs, Transocean, Halliburton, D.R. Horton among big market movers Friday. Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:

American cyclist Lance Armstrong, a testicular cancer survivor and seven time Tour de France champ, announced that he and his girlfriend are expecting their second child in a year.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California college professor who sequenced his own genome has had it analyzed -- and discovered he has a high risk of dropping dead of a sudden heart attack, as well as a high prostate cancer risk.

Novel drug for prostate cancer rallies body's immune system against tumors. A first-of-a-kind prostate cancer treatment that uses the body's immune system to fight the disease received federal approval Thursday, offering an important alternative to more taxing treatments like chemotherapy.

US regulators have approved a ground-breaking treatment for advanced prostate cancer that uses a patient's own immune system to fight the disease, officials said Thursday.

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A first-of-a-kind prostate cancer treatment that uses the body's immune system to fight the disease received federal approval Thursday, offering an important alternative to more taxing treatments like chemotherapy.

FDA approved Dendreon's Provenge drug to stimulate immune system against prostate cancer. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-a-kind prostate cancer treatment that uses the body's immune system to fight the disease, offering an important alternative to decades-old approaches.

Brazil's top appeals court has ruled that the patent on Viagra expires next month in the South American nation, a year earlier than argued by the manufacturer.