Prostate cancer is serious—about one man in six will be diagnosed with the disease during his lifetime, and one man in 35 will die of it. But a vegetarian diet can help men avoid prostate cancer altogether. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer...
Now something for the gentlemen. There could also be some good news for men who've reached that stage in life when thoughts turn to the prostate.
Increased prostate screening is causing a wrong diagnosis in up to 44 per cent of men, a new report has discovered.
Drugs are not always prescribed to treat the condition for which they were originally intended, or for which they earned their original license. The latest to get the ‘off-label’ treatment is that great urban myth Viagra (sildenafil). It...
Q: I was diagnosed with prostate cancer several years ago, and had treatments initially with radiotherapy and then with a drug called Zoladex. Zoladex is meant to prevent a recurrence of cancer
Re ‘Drugs for prostate cancer’ (WDDTY vol 16 no 1, page 7), a recent study revealed that vitamin D could cut a man’s risk of prostate by almost half. Researchers in Boston analysed blood samples and found that those containing the highest levels of...
Certain constituents of the dietary supplement known as conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) may have a role to play in fighting prostatic and colorectal cancer cells,
Opt for watchful waiting if your tumour is localised while monitoring whether your cancer is progressing (and if so, how quickly). This conservative management approach entails regular PSA
Hot flushes, loss of libido, weight gain - sound familiar? For our female readers who are currently in, or have already gone through, menopause, the answer is probably a resounding ‘yes’. However, these symptoms are not exclusive to women undergoing...
Radical prostatectomy to remove the entire prostate - the walnut-sized gland located in front of the rectum, between the bladder and the penis - is the first port of call in the treatment of clinically localised prostate cancer. More than 30,000 of...
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