A robotic rectum may help doctors and nurses detect prostate cancer. The technology, which consists of prosthetic buttocks and rectum with in-built robotic technology, has been developed by scientists at Imperial College London. The idea is the device helps train doctors and nurses to perform rectal examinations by accurately recreating the feel of a rectum, as…
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We wish to congratulate Steve Sumner on receiving the Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit award in the recent Queens Birthday Honours. Steve has become a strong advocate for prostate cancer awareness since his diagnosis last year and will speak at our National Prostate Cancer Conference in Christchurch on 24 July. See the…
Researchers have shown that only 15 per cent of websites on prostate cancer are reliable, they say they can be easily identified. All people need do is download a free toolbar which indicates if a site is accredited by the World Health Organisation. The criteria for accreditation are strict and commercial websites or those that…
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