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For those who get their health guidance from the nightly news on television, this week’s health tip from Diane Sawyer (ABC), Katie Couric (CBS), and Brian Willams (NBC) was that drinking coffee — and even decaffeinated coffee at that — could prevent prostate cancer.
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For those who worry about these things, there is a mini-review in the most recent issue of BJU International on the association between coffee consumption and risk for prostate cancer.
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The conclusion of a meta-analysis of data from 12 prior studies suggests that drinking coffee has no significant impact on risk for prostate cancer. This news will no doubt come as a great relief to the good people at Starbucks!
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A report presented at a cancer prevention conference in Houston this week suggests that a compound found in hops — xanthohumol — might have activity as a prostate cancer preventive agent.
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In today’s news there are reports on: The impact of tea and coffee consumption on prostate cancer risk Quality of life after radiotherapy compared to watchful waiting at 10 years of follow-up The apparent impact of androgen deprivation on prostate cancer-specific mortality in men in different risk groups Plumbagin as a potential agent for treatment of HRPC [...]
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