Prostate News Archive
16-Nov-2007
Low-carb diet may stunt prostate tumors (EARTHtimes.org)
Tumor growth was stalled and survival rates lengthened in mice fed a low-carbohydrate diet, U.S. researchers found. The study, published in the journal prostate, found mice fed a low-fat but high-carbohydrate diets had larger tumors. The mice on a diet h... Safeway Inc. and the Prostate Cancer Foundation to Fund Landmark Prostate Cancer Research Collaboration (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WASHINGTON, D.C.----Safeway Inc. and the prostate Cancer Foundation today announced they will collectively donate $6 million to fund the S.T.A.R. Program , an innovative research initiative focused on exploring the role of targeted heat in cancer therapy to treat prostate cancer, as well as other research strategies. Sex possible after prostate surgery (Detroit News)
Dear Dr. Donohue: I am 77 and have been "watchfully waiting" with an enlarged prostate for 20 years. Is there sex after prostate removal? Cutting Carbohydrates May Help Stunt The Growth Of Prostate Tumors (Medical News Today)
A diet low in carbohydrates may help stunt the growth of prostate tumors, according to a new study led by Duke Prostate Center researchers. The study, in mice, suggests that a reduction in insulin production possibly caused by fewer carbohydrates may stall tumor growth."This study showed that cutting carbohydrates may slow tumor growth, at least in mice," said Stephen Freedland, M.D. [click link ... New Technology Used to Treat Prostate Cancer (WTVO/WQRF Rockford)
Rockford, IL- Men in the stateline facing a diagnosis of prostate cancer now have a new option to fight their disease. The "da Vinci Surgical System" offers the most advanced technology and is minimally-invasive robotic surgery.
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