Category Archives: Prostate Cancer

Smoking Increases Prostate Cancer Mortality

Smoking Increases Prostate Cancer Mortality

These days, thanks to the deluge of health warnings, it’s hard to be ignorant to the deleterious health consequences of smoking. From cardiovascular disease to lung cancer, the message is clear…if you smoke, the habit is likely to kill you. … Continue reading

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Prostate Cancer Vaccine Heralded Promising

Prostate Cancer Vaccine Using Healthy DNA

Ground breaking research into the development of effective cancer vaccines has had its first success in treating prostate cancer…for a lucky few test mice at least. Hailed as a ‘completely new approach’ to the development of cancer vaccines, the new … Continue reading

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Coffee Drinkers Less Likely To Develop Prostate Cancer

Coffee May Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk

The results of research just published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggest that regular coffee drinkers may be less likely to develop prostate cancer. The research, which was conducted over a 20 year period from 1986 to … Continue reading

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Brisk Walking Slows Prostate Cancer

Brisk Walking Slows Prostate Cancer

We all know the importance of keeping fit and active for our general health, but new research co-authored by scientists at the University of California and Harvard School of Public Health suggests that an active lifestyle may also help to … Continue reading

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Risk of Fatal Blood Clots Higher For Men Suffering From Prostate Cancer

Blood Clot

Men suffering from prostate cancer may be more than twice as likely to suffer from potentially life-threatening blood clots according to researchers at King’s College School of Medicine, London. The study looked at blood clot rates in 76600 Swedish men … Continue reading

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Infertility Linked To Increased Risk of Prostate Cancer

Infertile men may be at more than twice the risk of developing high-grade aggressive prostate cancer, according to researchers at the Department of Urology, University of Washington. The research, published in the medical journal Cancer evaluated the incidences of diagnosed … Continue reading

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Eating Walnuts Slows Prostate Cancer

Eating 500 calories worth of walnuts a day may slow prostate cancer, reports a new study published in Science Daily. Researchers at the Davis Cancer Center, part of the University of California found that when mice with a genetically engineered … Continue reading

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