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Of the more than 200,000 U.S. men diagnosed each year with the disease, nearly half have the kind cancer involved in the study: An exam and imaging indicates it hasn't spread but other tests indicate it might have.

Treatment for such men often involves radiation alone or radiation combined with long-term use of hormone-fighting drugs, often for as long as three years or more. But long-term drug use may cause thinning bones, heart abnormalities that can lead to sudden death and impaired mental function.

The study found that using hormone-blocking drugs for six months had the same survival benefits as long-term use but without the potential health risks. Some men did have side effects including impotence, but that can occur with other prostate cancer treatments, including surgery and radiation.

"It's a very important and useful study and should have nearly immediate impact on the fashion - http://de.bab.la/woerterbuch/englisch-deutsch/fashion in which men are treated," said Dr. Durado Brooks, director of prostate cancer programs at the American Cancer Society.

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Brooks said radiation plus short-term medication is likely to become prevalent given the study results.

Researchers studied 206 men aged 49 to 82 randomly assigned to receive about seven weeks of daily radiation treatments, or radiation plus six months of medication overlapping the radiation treatment. Six of those only on radiation died from prostate cancer while none of those getting combined treatment died from prostate cancer.

More than twice as many radiation-only men had evidence of cancer recurrence, 46 versus 21 in the combined treatment group.

The study by researchers at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute appears in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.

The patients had prostate cancer that physical exams and imaging tests indicated had not spread. But they also had high blood levels of PSA - prostate specific antigen - and high Gleason scores, which measure the degree of abnormality found in cancer tissue.

The high levels raise the possibility of cancer elsewhere, said lead author Dr. Anthony D'Amico, a radiation oncologist at both institutions.

The drug treatment studied involved flutamide pills three times daily with periodic injections of either leuprolide acetate or goserelin. The drugs suppress production of testosterone, which can fuel prostate cancer growth.

Men in the drug-radiation group had more severe impotence and more breast tissue enlargement than the radiation only group. But they had no obvious evidence of the potentially more debilitating complications of long-term treatment. Although those weren't specifically measured, they usually don't appear until after at least a year of treatment, D'Amico said.

In a JAMA editorial, 양산출장안마 - https://www.opanma.com/7-sunshade Dr. Theodore DeWeese of Johns Hopkins University, said the study did not address how the drug treatment affected patients' quality of life. He also said the radiation dose was lower than is frequently given, which might explain the differing survival rates.

Still, he called the study "extremely important" because of the survival advantage shown.

By Lindsey Tanner

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani anti-government protesters stormed the state TV building on Monday, forcing the channel briefly off air as they clashed anew with police and pushed farther into a sprawling government complex in the capital, Islamabad, in an effort to reach the prime minister's residence.

The violence is the latest in the turmoil roiling Pakistan, where anti-government cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri and cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan have been leading twin protests since mid-August calling on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign.

Over the weekend, three people died and hundreds were injured in what amounted to running street battles between the police and the demonstrators.

The rallies against Sharif constitute the biggest threat to his government little more than one year since he took office. Qadri and Khan allege widespread fraud in the country's May 2013 election, in which Sharif's party won by a landslide.

Pakistan's army chief, Raheel Sharif, met Prime Minister Sharif (the two are note related) on Monday, an army source told the Reuters news agency. On Sunday, Raheel Sharif urged the government and opposition leaders to resolve the crisis through negotiations talks and warned against the use of

force to end the demonstrations, Reuters says.

International observers found no evidence indicating rampant election tampering. Several rounds of negotiations between representatives of Khan and Qadri and the government have failed to make any headway.

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The protesters made it to a gate that surrounds the prime minister's residence where they were met by paramilitary Rangers and army troops. The gate is the first of at least two layers of security protecting the house and is a few hundred yards from the residence itself.

Once at the gate, the protesters staged a sit-in and did not appear to seek to go farther, as Qadri asked his followers to stay put.

Pakistan's state broadcaster said protesters also attacked its building, located in another area of the Red Zone. It went off the air briefly while private channels showed images of protesters inside the state TV building, moving through the corridors with sticks and clubs and smashing equipment as visibly nervous employees looked on.

Army troops and paramilitary Rangers then reached the building and began to clear it of protesters. As the TV came back on air, it broadcast images of protesters embracing the Rangers and agreeing to leave.

There were no immediate reports of injuries in Monday's violence.

CAIRO -- Yemen's warring parties will meet in Sweden this week for another attempt at talks aimed at halting their catastrophic 3-year-old war, but there are few incentives for major compromises, and the focus is likely to be on firming up a shaky de-escalation.

U.N. officials say they don't expect rapid progress toward a political settlement but hope for at least minor steps that would help to address Yemen's worsening humanitarian crisis.

Both the internationally-recognized government, which is backed by a U.S.-sponsored and Saudi-led coalition, and the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels say they are striving for peace. A Houthi delegation arrived in Stockholm late Tuesday, accompanied by U.N. envoy Martin Griffiths. The government delegation and the head of the rebel delegation were heading to Sweden on Wednesday.

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Confidence-building measures before the talks included a prisoner swap and the evacuation of wounded rebels for medical treatment. The release of funds from abroad by Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi to pay state employees in rebel-held territory is also in the works.

Yemeni scholar Hisham Al-Omeisy, who has written extensively about the conflict, said the talks would focus on "de-escalation and starting the political process."

"It's not much, but given the humanitarian situation and toxic political atmosphere currently prevalent in Yemen, it's better than nothing."

The conflict began with the Houthi takeover of the capital, Sanaa, and much of northern Yemen in 2014. The Saudi-led coalition went to war with the rebels the following March.

The war has claimed at least 10,000 lives, with experts estimating a much higher toll. Saudi-led airstrikes have hit schools, hospitals and wedding parties, and the Houthis have fired long-range missiles into Saudi Arabia and targeted vessels in the Red Sea.

The fighting in Yemen has generated the world's worst humanitarian crisis. The executive director of the U.N.'s World Food Program, David Beasley, said Tuesday that 12 million people suffer from "severe hunger."

"I've heard many say that this is a country on the brink of catastrophe," Beasley said. "This is not a country on the brink of a catastrophe. This is a country that is in a catastrophe."

The mounting humanitarian needs, and outrage over the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, have galvanized international support for ending the war. The United States has called for a cease-fire and reduced some of its logistical aid for the coalition. Iran has also signaled support, urging all sides "to have constructive and responsible participation in the talks."

But previous peace efforts have failed, with neither side willing to compromise.

Saudi Arabia is unlikely to tolerate what it views as an Iranian proxy on its doorstep, and the Houthis have little incentive to withdraw from the capital and other territories they have captured and held at great cost. Other armed groups taking part in the chaotic civil war, including southern separatists and local militias, will not be taking part in this week's talks.

At the same time, the two main parties could see the other as weakened, tempting them to make maximalist demands. Saudi Arabia has come under heavy U.S. pressure since the killing of Khashoggi, and the Houthis are under intense financial strain.

The impasse is on vivid display in Hodeida, a Red Sea port city where Yemen imports 70 percent of its food and humanitarian aid. Forces backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been trying to capture the city for months, but have been held off by rebels dug in on its outskirts, with neither side willing to back down.

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In an appeal from Yemen, the regional director of the U.N. agency for children called for an immediate end to the years-long war.

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One idea likely to be discussed at the talks is a proposal for the rebels to hand over Hodeida to some type of U.N. administration. The two sides might also discuss further prisoner releases.

But the Houthis are unlikely to agree to withdraw from territory or lay down their arms, as the Yemeni government has repeatedly demanded. And Hadi's administration is unlikely to agree to a power-sharing arrangement that would grant the Houthis a larger role in government, which was one of the original aims of the rebellion.

"I don't expect much from this round," said Baligh al-Makhlafy, a Yemeni pro-government analyst attending the talks as a technical consultant. "Maybe there'll be some more exchange of prisoners or some progress on the economy, but I don't think the Houthis will leave Hodeida peacefully. They believe they have a powerful card there."

Bonnie Valle often complained about an odd feeling in her chest in the years following a procedure at the Cleveland Clinic, family members said.

"She always said, 'On the left side, it feels like there's something there. It felt like something moved,"' said her daughter, Jeanne Clark.

Doctors told Valle the symptoms reflected the progression of her emphysema and that the benefits of the surgery would not last forever, Clark said.

When she died in June 2002, a day after her 60th birthday, Valle donated - http://www.medcheck-up.com/?s=Valle%20donated her body to the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. During dissection, a faculty member discovered a green surgical cloth the size of a large hand towel behind her left lung.

Clark filed a lawsuit last week seeking unspecified damages against the clinic and her mother's Canton-based physician, Jeffrey Miller. The lawsuit contends the towel produced costly complications and ultimately caused her mother's death.

"Her body was literally growing around it, trying to isolate it," said Clark's attorney, Mark Okey. "It's a foreign object, and her body was trying to fight it off."

Cleveland Clinic spokesman Cole Hatcher said the hospital had not seen the lawsuit yet and does not comment on pending litigation. Dr. Thomas J. Kirby, who performed the surgery, is no longer with the clinic.

A message left seeking comment from Miller was not immediately returned Friday.

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In a letter to the medical school, Miller wrote that he did not think the towel affected the duration or quality of Valle's life.

"She lived seven years ... which is certainly as well as one would have expected her to survive given her severe emphysema and poor pulmonary function and overall condition," Miller wrote.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - A good teacher will do almost anything for a student, but few have gone as far as Donna Hoagland, a teacher at Marsh Pointe Elementary in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. It all started when Donna noticed a change in one of her 4th graders, Troy Volk.

"It did affect his morning behavior, and he was just shut down at times," Donna said.

"She suspected there was something going on," said Troy's mother, Anahita. "So she asked me if anything had changed at home."

Anahita told Donna the truth, that for the past year, she's been in stage 5 kidney failure. She has severe pain almost daily and because she has a rare blood type, the odds of finding a donor are slim.

"When my parents told me about the kidney failing stuff, I was getting a little down," Troy said.

He added that his worst fear was his mom "not getting a kidney ever." 

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"I'm like, 'what are you talking about?' She turns around and she's like, 'we're a match,'" Anahita said.

How could she say thank you? "You can't," Anahita said. "You really can't."

The transplant happened over Christmas break and now everyone is doing well -- donor, recipient, and the boy they both cherish.

"The one thing I love about my mom's kidney transplant … is that we all get a gift," Troy said. "The same gift – it's not a gift that can be wrapped in a present. It's like a miracle. A perfect match is a miracle."

Of course the other miracle is Donna and teachers like her – who love our children as their own. No, they don't all give up their kidneys, but make no mistake, teachers save us parents, every day.

To contact On the Road, or to send us a story idea, email us: OnTheRoad@cbsnews.com    

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"Frankly, it's hard to give a damn about this Wind," said the headline in Wednesday's Daily Express about the show that opened Tuesday at the West End's New London Theatre. The Times' Benedict Nightingale was gentler. "I did give a damn," he wrote. "But not as big a damn as I had hoped."

The show was cut down from a four-hour running time in previews, but many felt it was still too long.

"How do you cram a 1,000-page novel into three-and-a-half hours of stage time?" asked Michael Billington in The Guardian. "With great difficulty."

Critics were impressed by some of the performers, particularly Jina Burrows as Prissy and Natasha Yvette Williams as Mammy. And Billington said Jill Paice "does an excellent job" with the feisty but often trying heroine Scarlett. He felt Darius Danesh's Rhett had a "graceful virility," although some felt he and Paice lacked sexual chemistry.

Nightingale said he found himself "hankering for Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, who breezed and dazzled their way through the film."

The music also failed to impress: "so-so," said The Times' Nightingale; "lackluster," said the Telegraph's Spencer.

A previous attempt to turn "Gone With the Wind" into a musical, "Scarlett," opened in Tokyo in 1970 and came to London in 1972. But a planned Broadway run was canceled, and the show has not been staged in 30 years.

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CMS administrator Mark McClellan said his agency is beefing up its financial management staff to review Medicaid spending.

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While the report said it could not put a dollar figure on the extent of Medicaid fraud, it detailed several schemes uncovered by state and federal prosecutors. In California, for example, 15 laboratories billed more than $20 million for tests that were never ordered by physicians.

Also in California, an eyeglasses store fraudulently billed Medicaid for 59,574 pairs of glasses between 1995 and 2001, GAO said.

In addition, there are indications that Medicaid fraud involving drug pricing practices is increasing, said Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who requested the GAO study.

Federal and state prosecutors are investigating several allegations of improper drug pricing, following settlements in seven cases of alleged pricing and marketing fraud since 2001, said Grassley, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.

Grassley said the government needs to do more. "CMS has a problem with Medicaid fraud and its limited oversight is insufficient to protect the integrity of the program."

By contrast, he said, the government's Medicare health care program for older and disabled Americans, is more successful in rooting out abuse.

Other studies have found that the federal government recovers 20 times more money from prosecuting fraud in Medicare than in Medicaid - $1 billion compared with $43 million in 2001, according to the Washington-based Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund.

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A pilot program in California in one year produced a reported $58 million in savings and more than 80 cases against health care providers suspected of fraud, GAO said.

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