A newly published report has questioned the value of recommended doses of calcium and vitamin D supplements for men at risk for lower bone mineral density because of their use of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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Case-control studies based on data from self-reported questionnaires of people’s diets are rarely the most accurate predictors of reality. However, for what it is worth, a new study has reported that higher levels of calcium in a man’s normal diet may be associated with a lower risk for diagnosis of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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A new report from an independent panel of experts, coordinated by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), has recommended significant changes in the standard daily intake and the upper limits of daily intake of vitamin D. … READ MORE …
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In yet another example of the “maybe or maybe not” world of what helps to trigger increased risk for prostate cancer, we can now place serum calcium levels. Some recent studies (e.g., Skinner and Schwartz) have suggested an association between high levels of serum calcium and a high risk of prostate cancer death. Now an analysis of historical specimens from a large Swedish database suggests that there is no reason to believe that there is any association between serum calcium and prostate cancer risk. … READ MORE …
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Park et al. have just reported the results of the truly vast NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study, which included data from more than 490,000 older men and women (aged between 50 and 71 when the study started in the 1990s) over an average 7-year follow-up period. … READ MORE …
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A Reuters report issued today quotes US-based researchers as saying that men with elevated levels of calcium in their blood may have a much higher risk of getting fatal prostate cancer than the average man with a diagnosis of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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