Category: Prostate Cancer
Would You Change Your Diet to Prevent PCa?
Do you know what causes cancer? Do you believe that diet can affect your chances of either causing or preventing prostate cancer? Would you change what you eat if you thought it could make a positive difference? I ran across an interesting small study that grew out of a larger British program called the ProDiet keep reading
Depression Affects Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
Heads up, men. Those who suffer from depression were found out to be more likely diagnosed with a more aggressive stage of prostate cancer. Here’s more. These men received less effective treatments and survived shorter times compared to people who were not suffering from depression. Now, that’s something to think about. According to a study by the University of keep readingNews Flash: Exercise May Decrease Your Risk for Prostate Cancer
There could be another way to prevent prostate cancer – that is, exercise. According to HealthDay News, a new study has shown that regular exercise can help protect males form getting cancer of the prostate. Researchers from the United States gathered 190 men who have undergone prostate biopsy. Researchers found out that men who were keep readingAre You Likely to Get Prostate Cancer?
Prostate cancer may only occur when a man reaches the later stages of his life, but it is always best to know if the risk is high as early as possible! Studies show that about 80 percent of 80-year old men get prostate cancer cells and about one in 36 will die of the cancer. keep readingOverdetection of Insignificant Prostate Cancer
By: Dan Sperling, MD One of the problems with the conventional 12-core TRUS biopsy (transrectal guided ultrasound) has to do with the array of needle placement. It tends to miss cancers in two instances: a) cancers located in the anterior (front) zone of the prostate are easily missed, and b) tumors that have developed in keep readingLycopene and Prostate Cancer
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” So said Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician whose famous oath for new doctors established important medical ethics. Wouldn’t it be great if diseases like prostate cancer could be cured—or altogether prevented—by eating the right foods?
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