NEW PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK: The media and marketing arms of some prostate cancer organisations need to be reined in by the facts, with over-promotion of screening a real risk.
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Prostate organisation media departments accused of over-egging prostate cancer screening message.
Posted in AWARENESS and MEDIA, PROSTATE CANCER, Prostate claims, Uncategorized, tagged health education and communication departments, media partners, media promotion, New Prostate Cancer Info-link, over-promotion of screening, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer screening, prostate marketing, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Screening debate on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
New way to tell if a man has high risk prostate cancer and needs treatment? Yeah, right…
Posted in PROSTATE CANCER, Prostate claims, Prostate myths, tagged EMAX HEALTH, hidden prostate tumours, misleading prostate cancer story, MRI, predict aggressive prostate cancer, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER on October 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PROSTABLOG NZ: Researchers have found a way for doctors to predict aggressive prostate cancer, according to a story on a website called EMAX HEALTH. If only.
Some stories say soy protects against prostate cancer, while others confuse
Posted in Natural remedies, PROSTATE CANCER, Prostate claims, PROSTATE RISKS, tagged ELEMENTS4HEALTH.COM, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, protection against cancer, soy confusion, soy milk, tofu on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JULY 17: ELEMENTS4HEALTH.COM: It’s no wonder that men who have read the recent stories circulating about soy are confused.
PROSTATE BREAKTHRU? Researchers claim they have tool to predict cancer risk at diagnosis
Posted in Cancer aggression, Diagnosis, PROSTATE CANCER, Prostate claims, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Screening debate, tagged biology-driven tool, cancer research, patient-specific, predict outcome, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer diagnosis, prostate treatment debate, Screening debate on July 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JULY 4: URO TODAY: US researchers claim to have developed a patient-specific, biology-driven tool to predict outcome at the time of prostate cancer diagnosis.
PROSTATE CLAIM: Much more evidence needed to prove green tea prevents cancer
Posted in Avoidance, Dietary intervention, Natural remedies, PREVENTION/ALTERNATIVE REMEDIES, PROSTATE CANCER, Prostate claims, Treatment debate, tagged cancer research, controlled trials, double-blind, green tea, Mike Scott, New Prostate Cancer Info-link, Polyphenon E, preventing prostate cancer, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment debate, randomised on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JUNE 23: NEW PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK: A lot more evidence is needed – specifically including randomised, double-blind, controlled trials – to prove a substance found in green tea, Polyphenon E, prevents prostate cancer.
PROSTATE PREVENTION: Over-the-counter painkillers may provide protection from cancer
Posted in PROSTATE CANCER, Prostate claims, Treatment news, tagged aspirin, HEALTH DAY NEWS, ibuprofen, over-the-counter painkillers, prostablog, prostate, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate treatment debate on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JUNE 23: HEALTHDAY NEWS: Taking over-the-counter painkillers such as aspirin and ibuprofen might help men avoid prostate problems.
PROSTATE CLAIM: Flower root contains prostate cancer cure?
Posted in PROSTATE CANCER, Prostate claims, tagged cancer research, flower root cure, Germany cancer-science council, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment, prostate treatment debate, WORLD LATEST NEWS.COM on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JUNE 19: WORLD LATEST NEWS.COM: A substance from the root of a flower growing in many gardens may cure prostate cancer, says Germany’s cancer-science council.
PROSTATE LAWSUIT: Consumers threaten legal action over multi-vitamin claim
Posted in PROSTATE CANCER, Prostate claims, tagged consumers group, misleading claims, multi-vitamins, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate lawsuit, WEB MD on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JUNE 19: WEB MD: A consumers group complained to regulators and threatened a lawsuit Thursday over what it calls a drug company’s misleading claims that two of its multivitamins reduce the risk of prostate cancer.
PROSTATE PREDICTION: Warning about website that offers diagnosis service for a fee
Posted in Diagnosis, PROSTATE CANCER, Prostate claims, tagged accurate predictions, inappropriate website, New Prostate Cancer Info-link, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate treatment debate on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JUNE 19: NEW PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK: It is not possible to make accurate predictions for individual patients based on the available data, and asking patients to pay an annual fee for access to such a system is highly inappropriate.
PROSTATE TREATMENT: Hormone therapy may make tumours more aggressive
Posted in Cancer aggression, Hormone therapy, PROSTATE CANCER, Prostate claims, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Testosterone treatment, Treatment debate, tagged advanced prostate cancer, cancer research, HEALTH CARE BLOG, Hormone therapy, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment, prostate treatment debate, tumour aggression on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JUNE 12: HEALTH CARE BLOG: Researchers have found that although hormone therapy helps prevent growth of the prostate cancer, the treatment also changes its properties, thereby making the tumour more aggressive.
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