Posted in PROSTATE RISKS, tagged cancer research, catheter, DAILY TELEGRAPH, index finger, long ring finger, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer risk on July 24, 2010| 1 Comment »
DAILY TELEGRAPH: A study of UK hospital patients found those whose ring finger on the right hand was significantly longer than the index finger were more likely to get the disease than those fingers were roughly same length. READ MORE>
However, Mike Scott at the New Prostate Cancer Infolink says such claims are at best unproven. READ MORE>
Posted in PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, PROSTATE RISKS, tagged androgenic alopecia, cancer research, catheter, Early baldness, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer risk on July 4, 2010| Leave a Comment »
URO TODAY: Early baldness may be a sign that a man won’t get prostate cancer, a new study suggests. READ MORE>
We did not find consistent positive associations between androgenic alopecia at different ages and prostate cancer.
Surprisingly, if anything, baldness at early age is inversely related to prostate cancer in this study. Androgenic alopecia is not useful as an indicator of men at high risk of prostate cancer.
Posted in Family history, Genetic testing, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, PROSTATE RISKS, tagged cancer research, European ancestry, genetic variants, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer genome-wide scans, prostate cancer risk, prostate cancer screening, URO TODAY on October 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »
URO TODAY: Two prostate cancer genome-wide scans in populations of European ancestry have identified several genetic variants that are strongly associated with prostate cancer risk. READ MORE>
Posted in PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, PROSTATE RISKS, tagged cancer research, High birth weight, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer risk, Sweden, twins, URO TODAY on September 25, 2009| Leave a Comment »
URO TODAY: High birth weight is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, according to analysis of twins in Sweden. READ MORE>
Posted in PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, PROSTATE RISKS, tagged cancer research, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer risk, URO TODAY on September 18, 2009| Leave a Comment »
URO TODAY: Taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may reduce the risk of prostate cancer, but the effect is small. READ MORE>
Posted in Obesity, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, PROSTATE RISKS, tagged cancer research, DRUGS.COM, excess weight rik, obesity, obesity and prostate, prostablog, prostate, prostate and ethnic groups, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer risk, University of Hawaii on September 2, 2009| Leave a Comment »
DRUGS.COM: Men who pack on excess pounds as young adults are at heightened risk of developing prostate cancer, although the risk varies by ethnic group, say researchers from the University of Hawaii. READ MORE>
Posted in Diagnosis, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Screening debate, tagged cancer research, MEDICAL NEWS TODAY, novel genetic mechanism, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer risk, prostate cancer treatments, Screening debate, University of Southern California on August 18, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Folic acid, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RISKS, tagged bakers, bread, folate, folic acid, Key Government, NZ Cabinet, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer risk, Sunday Star-Times on July 19, 2009| Leave a Comment »
JULY 19: SUNDAY STAR-TIMES: The NZ government’s plan to put folic acid – a suspected prostate cancer risk – in the country’s bread will be abandoned at tomorrow’s meeting of Cabinet, the paper predicts. READ MORE>
“The Key government will announce this week that it is throwing out the former government’s policy.
“Cabinet is expected to formalise the government’s position when it meets tomorrow, effectively putting the controversial issue on the back burner for three years and, crucially, beyond the next election.”
Posted in PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, PROSTATE RISKS, tagged cancer research, finasteride, heavy drinking, high grade prostate cancer, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer risk on July 14, 2009| Leave a Comment »
JULY 14: URO TODAY: Researchers conclude heavy, daily drinking increases the risk of high-grade prostate cancer and that heavy drinking made finasteride ineffective for reducing prostate cancer risk. READ MORE>
Posted in Folic acid, PROSTATE CANCER, tagged birth defects, folic acid, folic acid in bread, Kate Wilkinson, Paul Holmes, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer risk, Sue Kedgely, TVNZ on July 12, 2009| Leave a Comment »
JULY 12: TVNZ: Green Party MP Sue Kedgely has again raised the possible danger of folic acid causing prostate cancer, weeks before a new NZ law will force bakers to include folic acid in all bread as a “vaccine” against birth defects. TV presenter Paul Holmes – a prostate cancer survivor – today interviewed Kedgely and food safety Minister Kate Wilkinson, who says she can do nothing. SEE HERE>
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