Category Archives: prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer Risk of Obese Men Elevated by Use of Statins

June 14, 2009 – 3:15 am

There had been previous suggestions that statins, which are pharmaceutical drugs often prescribed to control cholesterol levels, could have a positive effect in terms of lowering prostate cancer risk. Could this be true?
The following article highlights research which suggests the opposite is in fact the case - that statins increase prostate cancer risk in obese [...]

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Overweight Prostate Cancer Sufferers More Likely to Die of the Disease

June 14, 2009 – 2:54 am

If one is obese, one has a much higher probability of contracting a host of various degenerative diseases, as well as to live a much shorter life.
Logically speaking, with a weaker body and a compromised immune system, an overweight person would also be less able to fend off and recover from various health conditions. [...]

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Kidney Cancer Risk May Be Lowered Through Fatty Fish Consumption

June 3, 2009 – 9:17 am

Fatty fish, which is also referred to as oily fish or cold-water fish, is very rich in the omega 3 fatty acids, DHA and EPA. And these essential fatty acids are well-studied and known to have a whole array of different health benefits.
Among their beneficial and healthful properties are anti-cancer effects, as highlighted in the [...]

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Cancer and Sugar - Studies Which Show The Link

April 17, 2009 – 2:19 am

One of the most important things a cancer suffererer needs to do is to avoid refined sugar in his or her diet. I’m talking candy bars, cakes, sugary beverages, and the like. Cancer cells love these sugars. It amazes me that, in hospitals, they actually serve items with refined sugar to cancer patients. Don’t they [...]

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Simple Lifestyle and Dietary Changes Stopped Aggressive Prostate Cancer; 36% Did Not Need Further Treatment

March 30, 2009 – 3:08 am

A study conducted at Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridgeshire found that, for almost 40% of aggressive prostate cancer sufferers, surgery and radiotherapy treatments which were planned were not needed after the men made simple changes to their lifestyle and dietary habits.
Not only did the changes slow the growth of the cancers, they even stopped it altogether [...]

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Bone Loss - A Side Effect of Conventional Cancer Treatment

March 10, 2009 – 9:59 am

The detrimental side effects of conventional cancer treatment are numerous. Many are devastating, too. It is indeed a travesty that so many people have to suffer the adverse effects of such poisons masqueraded as treatment or therapy.
Here, this study describes the potential of certain cancer treatment protocols to cause bone loss. Do read it with [...]

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Prostate Cancer Risk Elevated by Gonorrhea and Promiscuous Sex Life

February 19, 2009 – 11:39 am

A study conducted at the University of Michigan has found that men who had previously suffered from gonorrhea have a higher risk of getting prostate cancer.
Another risk factor is having multiple sex partners - having had more than 25 sexual partners in a man’s lifetime also raises his risk of prostate cancer to over 2.5 [...]

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Natural Substance Noscapine Found Effective Against Advanced Prostate Cancer

December 30, 2008 – 3:34 am

Have you heard of noscapine? I have not.
It is said to be a naturally-occurring substance, a non-addictive derivative of opium, which had been successfully and safely used as a cough suppressant for more than half a century. And recent research carried out on mice has found the natural substance to be effective against advanced [...]

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Exercise Is An Excellent Cancer Fighter

December 28, 2008 – 4:09 pm

Exercise is not only a great health booster, it is an excellent cancer fighter, too. Research is mounting that exercise can prevent cancer, slow the progress of the disease, and even boost recovery and lower the likelihood of relapse.
Well, in many ways, it is common sense, isn’t it, that exercise is critical for good health? [...]

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Consumption of Fish May Improve Prostate Cancer Survival

November 28, 2008 – 9:59 pm

A study jointly conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, as well as Columbia University in New York found that consumption of fish may improve prostate cancer survival.
Earlier epidemiological studies are not conclusive on whether eating fish and seafood n-3 fatty acids may prevent or slow [...]

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