Prostate News Archive
12-May-2009
Health news: How blood pills cut your risk of dementia, whether mud baths ease arthritic pain and how prostate results ... (Daily Mail)
In our pick of top health stories this week, researchers have found that blood pills can cut your risk of dementia, that mud baths are a boon to arthritic pain and that prostate cancer test results can vary greatly day to day. Chicago considers BPA ban in baby bottles, cups (Chicago Sun-Times)
The city that blazed a consumer protection trail by banning phosphates would become the first in the nation to ban baby bottles and cups containing the potentially harmful chemical bisphenol A, under a watered-down ordinance unveiled today. Tests of laboratory animals have linked the chemical, known as BPA, to breast cancer, prostate cancer, diabetes and neurological disorders. The federal Food ... Study: Dutasteride lowers risk of prostate cancer (Pioneer Press)
Tuesday, April 28 CHICAGO ? A drug already sold for other prostate problems significantly cut the chances of prostate cancer being found in men with an increased risk of the disease, doctors reported Monday. New Diet And Exercise Guidelines For Prostate Health Published By Prostate Cancer Foundation (Medical News Today)
The latest science-based guidelines on nutrition and exercise as they relate to prostate health and cancer prevention are now available in a new publication from The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF). The guide,Nutrition, Exercise and Prostate Cancer, is available in electronic form on the foundation's website, http://www.pcf.org. Individuals can also order a printed copy of the booklet online. Prostate test still needed (The Post and Courier)
The PSA test has long been touted as the go-to check for men, so early prostate cancer gets taken care of and doesn't cause guys long-term problems. But recently, the PSA test has come under fire as being as antiquated as a backyard bomb shelter.
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