Prostate News Archive
07-Dec-2007
Better grades for prostate health in Alabama (NBC 15 Mobile)
Two years ago - when Alabama was one of five states to earn an "F" on a national prostate health ranking - Birmingham urologist Thomas Moody first shrugged it off... Berry juice shrinks prostate tumours in rats (The West Australian)
A cocktail of exotic berry juices has been found to slow the growth of tumours in mice with prostate cancer, Australian scientists say. Researchers at the University of Sydney are moving to test the commercially available juice concentrate on humans after good results in the laboratory. Putting on Pounds 'Doubles Prostate Cancer Death Risk' (ThirdAge)
The risk of dying from prostate cancer is doubled if the sufferer is carrying too much weight, according to new research. Doctors compared the chances of survival of 788 patients against their body mass index -- the measure of obesity that takes into account weight and height. Free prostate screenings Saturday (Asheville Citizen-Times)
ASHEVILLE -- The Asheville-Buncombe Institute for Parity Acheivement is offering free prostate screenings for African-American men over age 40 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at the W.C. Reid Center for the Creative Arts, 133 Livingston St. Biological Markers Of Prostate Cancer Shed Light On Cancer Burden Faced By African-American Men (Science Daily)
Researchers report the discovery of biological markers of prostate cancer which are involved in the growth of tumor cells, shedding light on the genetic basis for the prostate cancer burden faced by African-American men.
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