Prostate cancer News

Allspice, from the dried, unripe berry of Pimenta dioca, has several compounds that can fight prostate and breast cancer.

A new study shows that supplementing a low fat diet with fish oil can help fight prostate cancer. Eating lots of fish also produced a 63 percent reduction in prostate cancer-specific mortality.

Comedian and actor Billy Connolly has stated that he has had surgery for prostate cancer and that he has also been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

After all the hype about fish oil and how omega-3 fatty acids work for everything from heart disease to Alzheimer's, findings of a new study linking fish oil to increased risk of prostate cancer will come as a jolt.

A faulty gene leading to the most aggressive forms of prostate cancer has been identified and hope is that treatment will be able to target men with the BRCA2 gene earlier. Men with BRCA2 are in greater danger should they get prostate cancer.

Santiago - Today, April 8 at 8 AM (local time) is scheduled to begin the exhumation of the remains of Chilean poet, Nobel Prize winner 1971, Pablo Neruda, who according to the official report on his death, on September 23, 1973, died from cancer of the prostate.

A study in Australia found that men who become bald by the age of 40 have an increased risk of developing prostate cancer. The results support the data from earlier studies on the same subject.

Dubbed the 'month of the mustache,' you may notice a lot of men in your area wearing one for a global movement called Movember, to raise awareness and funds towards men's health, which brings me back to the memory of the only friend I've truly lost.

A newly released study shows that men who take a daily multivitamin may be able to reduce their risk of some types of cancer.

Two news items are worthy of note with regard prostate cancer research, each with promise. One says it is more often not the cause of the death of a man who has prostate cancer, the other gives hope for improved detection methods.