Men on cholesterol drugs have lower risk of prostate cancer

URO TODAY: Statin use is associated with a decreased risk of prostate cancer diagnosis, a survey of nearly 2500 men found. READ MORE>

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Get your cholesterol down if you want to avoid high-risk prostate cancer, another study finds

URO TODAY: Cholesterol levels and prostate cancer definitely seem to be conbnected, a new study at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore has revealed.

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To people unlikely to be reading this – 20-year-olds – get exercise and you may avoid prostate cancer

NEW PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK: If today’s 20-year-olds maintain a regular pattern of exercise throughout their lives, they will reduce their risks for all sorts of problems that are common in society today — prostate cancer included.

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Don’t wash sun-sourced Vitamin D off in the shower, says prostate cancer scientist

JULY 28: PROSTABLOG NZ: When you go out into the sun and get all that beneficial Vitamin D on your skin – don’t go home and wash it off in the shower, says top NZ immunology scientist Dr Richard Forster.

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Soy in research news again as possible protection against prostate cancer

JULY 24: URO TODAY: High intake of secondary vegetable substances found in soy, called isoflavones, may protect against prostate cancer, according to findings in a study of multi-ethnic populations in California and Hawaii.

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PROSTATE RISK: Columnist may be right in linking prostate cancer with folic acid

JUNE 29: PROSTABLOG NZ: Is NZ Herald columnist Deborah Coddington right when she warns of a prostate cancer risk from the mandatory addition of folic acid to bread? In her column today, titled Spoonful of meddling helps the medicine go down, she writes: The New Zealand Food Safety Authority warns we won’t know the effect [...]

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PROSTATE CLAIM: Much more evidence needed to prove green tea prevents cancer

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.

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PROSTATE PREVENTION: Study shows plant proteins have anti-cancer role

JUNE 10: URO TODAY: Research results suggest that Type I ribosome-inactivating proteins derived from plants are histone deacetylase-1 inhibitors that can be utilised in the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer.

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PROSTATE DIET: Cut out red meat and fat to avoid, treat cancer

JUNE 5: UPI.COM: A diet low in fat and red meat and high in produce may be beneficial in preventing and treating prostate cancer, say researchers in Australia.

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PROSTATE RISK: Exercise in youth wards off prostate cancer in black men

JUNE 3: MEDSCAPE TODAY: Moderate to vigorous physical activity during young adulthood may help offset the increased risk for prostate cancer in black men, according to a study presented here at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine.

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