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During this same period, for women aged 50 years and older, about 92% of cases and 83% of controls reported annual or more frequent clinical breast exams, and 93% of cases and 87% of controls reported annual or more frequent pelvic exams and pap tests.
Nervous innervation of the prostate is believed to be mainly sympathetic [ 2 ] . These nerves descend through the hypogastric nerves and synapse on postganglionic neurons in the pelvic plexus (major pelvic ganglion in the rat) from which the prostate receives direct innervation.
But back in the main text he says Kinsey had an "infection in his pelvic region"--probably glomerular nephritis , a different and more probable diagnosis--which would make the public "cover story" (that a strep throat caused the problem) far likelier.
Although cytokines are traditionally associated with peripheral immune reactions as part of the innate response, evidence is accumulating that they may also be involved in normal brain function and may mediate pathological responses such as hyperalgesia [ 26 27 ] . In fact, the abundance of MIF in glia of the spinal cord is particularly interesting since glial cells have been suggested as involved in hyperalgesia through the release of cytokines and other substances [ 28 ] . Given the presence of MIF in the pelvic organs (bladder, prostate) and the central and peripheral nervous system tissues that innervate these organs, as well as the fact that bladder inflammation appears to upregulate MIF in these areas, it is possible that MIF represents a therapeutic target in reducing or preventing pelvic viscera inflammation.
Almost all women in this study had health insurance, and whereas women with breast cancer were more likely than controls to report having had four or more mammograms in the period 1990-94, they were about equally likely to report obtaining pelvic exams over the same period.
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