How does PC-Spes work? A number of laboratories have tackled the problem, testing the herbal formula on prostate cancer cell cultures and mice
* Can aspirin combat Alzheimer’s?Aspirin and other NSAIDs (non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs) may prevent Alzheimer’s disease, a meta-analysis has confirmed. Researchers from the
Doctors sell prostate cancer patients on surgery as the only way to treat the disease once and for all, but evidence is mounting that, in a high percentage of surgery cases, the cancer soon comes back.
One of the reasons given for the so-called advances in the war against cancer is that doctors are now screening for cancer, and so are able to detect and treat it earlier. This belief has become so entrenched in the medical mind that no amount of...
Radiation is a popular treatment for men with prostate cancer, and it's becoming the first choice therapy ahead of surgery, especially among older patients. Latest statistics suggest it is being used in 17 per cent of all cases, a figure that's been...
The conventional line has it that cancer is treatable the earlier it's detected. The trouble is that most people's starting point is the family doctor, and a new study has discovered that he's pretty bad at detecting cancer.
If you're a man aged 70 who's just been diagnosed with prostate cancer, what should you do? The answer is 'nothing' - and our opinion, which we've held for years, has finally been vindicated in new research findings. Prostate cancer is a very slow...
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,
It’s true to say that most men die with prostate cancer rather than from it. It’s now the most prevalent cancer in men, having overtaken lung cancer, but it’s also one of the most benign. Sadly, the same cannot be said for the...
COLITIS Aloe vera can ease symptoms A new study has found that aloe vera may ease the pain of ulcerative colitis. Of 44 patients with mild-to-moderate colitis, half were given 100 mL/day of aloe vera gel while the other half took a placebo for four...
