Posted on November 20, 2019 by Sitemaster
There have long been suggestions that men already diagnosed with and receiving treatment for diabetes are at lower risk for a subsequent diagnosis of prostate cancer than non-diabetics. However, a very large, new, epidemiological analysis seems to suggest strongly that this may not be the case at all. … READ MORE …
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Posted on September 6, 2019 by Sitemaster
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) has recently issued a new “booklet” (it’s about 90 pages in length) entitled, The Science of Living Well, Beyond Cancer. … READ MORE …
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Posted on September 6, 2019 by Sitemaster
Well, maybe, … at least among men living in in the Miyagi and Ohsaki prefectures, in Japan. … READ MORE …
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Posted on May 7, 2019 by Sitemaster
The annual meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) is one at which a great deal of information is exchanged, but a lot of that information is of limited utility to patients. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Drugs in development, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Prevention, Risk | Tagged: active, atenolol, biopsy, genomic, MRI, PI-RADS, predict, prognosis, scan, surveillance, test | 4 Comments »
Posted on January 3, 2019 by Sitemaster
Two sets of results from a major trial focused on the use of supplements to prevent cancer and heart disease are published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Prevention | Tagged: calciferol, cancer, disease, fatty acid, heart, marine n-3, omega-3, Prevention, vitamin D | 12 Comments »
Posted on December 1, 2018 by Sitemaster
As our regular readers will be well aware, there have been a number of published papers suggesting associations between the use of statins and other lipid-lowering agents and risk for diagnosis with and progression of prostate cancer over time. … READ MORE …
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Posted on November 13, 2018 by Sitemaster
A new study just published in European Urology appears to have confirmed a connection between regular, vigorous exercise (in men of 45 to 75 years of age) and a reduced risk for aggressive (i.e., advanced and lethal) forms of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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