Prostate News Archive
31-Jul-2006
Birch Bark: Prostate Cancer Treatment? (WebMD)
The bark of the white birch tree contains a compound that might help fight prostate cancer. Choice of prostate cancer therapy a personal decision (The Arizona Republic)
Treating prostate cancer can be emotional, but selecting the best course of treatment is a personal decision. Obesity, blood glucose tied to enlarged prostate (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
BPH, or benign prostate hyperplasia, is a common condition in older men, but the risk of developing the condition seems to be increased by obesity and high blood sugar levels, researchers report. 'Earl the Pearl' still gem of guy to his fans (Baltimore Sun)
Now shooting for goal of prostate awareness, Monroe recalls Bullets' glory days on stop here Robert Abrams had an effusive greeting for the sharp-dressed man he embraced outside the Men's Health Center on North Avenue yesterday. Prostate cancer-dairy food link quashed (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
A Victorian study has ruled out any links between prostate cancer and high consumption of dairy food. Treatment for colon, prostate cancers covered under new law (WCAX 3)
Under the Colon and Prostate Cancer Treatment Act, those people who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid yet too little to afford health insurance may now have their treatment covered through Medicaid.About 20 percent of people the state screens for colon cancer fall into this group.Additionally, the law will allow expedited enrollment into Medicaid for those who are eligible for the health Treatment for colon, prostate cancers covered under new law (WHEC-TV-10)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Governor Pataki today signed legislation that will help uninsured people diagnosed with prostate and colon cancers get treatment Under the Colon and Prostate Cancer Treatment Act, those people who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid yet too little to afford health insurance may now have their treatment covered through Medicaid. Fruit juice may slow prostate cancer (Moorpark Acorn)
Drinking an eight-ounce glass of pomegranate juice daily increased by nearly four times the period during which PSA levels in men treated for prostate cancer remained stable, a three year UCLA study has found.
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