A nine year study involving 16,000 Australian men shows that there is no link between the amount and frequency of alcohol consumption and the risk of developing prostate cancer. However, there is evidence to suggest that men who drink alcohol in moderation may have a lower risk of having an aggressive type of prostate cancer and also dying from this cancer.

It is important to find out if moderate alcohol consumption protects against aggressive and fatal prostate cancer, the researches at the University of Melbourne pointed out, because currently “there are no established modifiable risk factors for this common type of cancer.”

Studies have shown an inverse relationship between the ingestion of tomatoes, tomato sauce, and pizza with the development of prostate cancer. Tomatoes and tomato sauce contain high amounts of lycopene, a carotenoid. Other cartenoids are a-carotene, lutein, and b-cryptoxanthin; however, lycopene is the most efficient scavenger of singlet oxygen among the common carotenoids

Just how effective is lycopene as prostate cancer prevention? In a six-year study involving 47,894 men, those who ingested 10 or more servings of tomatoes in several forms (sauce, juice, raw or on pizza) had a 41% reduction in prostate cancer while those who ate four to seven servings per week had a 22% reduction.

Prostate cancer is a very real risk and quite a grave one for all men. You shouldn’t be complacent and think that it won’t happen to you. All men are at risk, and some more than others.

But prostate cancer shouldn’t be something that men should really fear. With proper care and management, prostate cancer can actually be prevented. All you need to do is to have yourself checked up by a doctor. You should do this yearly especially when you reach the age of 40, because at this age, the prostate gland begins to enlarge. Have this annual checkup and you won’t have to worry about prostate cancer just appearing out of the blue.

A range of dietary supplements and herbal medicines claim to offer new methods in prevention or treatment of prostate disease. A quantity of supplements promise and are slowly gaining acceptance in conventional medicine. But even now, the benefits and risks of many products and practices remain unproved and untested. Unfortunately, the manufacturing of these products isn’t well standardized and the amount of active element may vary from one bottle to another bottle or even from pill to pill.

According to research, herbal goods marketed to alleviate common prostate problems, such as frequent urination or a weak urine flow, include:

§                  African plum tree (Prunus africana) §                  African wild potato (Hypoxis hemerocallidea, Hypoxis rooperi) §                  Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) §                  Rye grass (Secale cereale) §                  Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica, Urtica urens)

The ill-effects of excessive x-ray exposure has been known for quite sometime and researchers have found that unnecessary ones do heighten the risks of prostate Cancer. Medical professionals have long debated the importance of x-rays as a diagnostic tool which was of course the revolution of its day and was considered to be part of every medical exam. Today however as more and more knowledge about the mutating effects of radiation on cells of the human body are discovered and links are put together, they are now used only when necessary. Getting a medical exam which necessitates an x-ray should be considered only as necessary and the recommendation that one should get exposed to them only at least once a year is based on current trends.
Other tests which also use one form of radiation or another such as MRI’s and CT-Scans have also attained notoriety as a contributory factor that can lead to cancer so be sure to ask your doctor if it is necessary and do tell them of any underlying medical conditions to belay any untowards side-effects should you have it done.

This is a controversial statement, but researchers have found that increased intake of vitamins C or E have no beneficial effects for the prevention of prostate and other forms of cancer. It has long been promoted that high levels of vitamins to augment your dily intake requirements have the ability to help reduce cancer. True to this, such advertising on the benefits of vitamins have long been debated and even fought over by people who have claimed to benefit from such high vitamin intake. The study focused on the ability of the compounds in question to prevent the occurrence of the disease which was found to be zero. Take excessive amounts and you still get cancer wasting money thus defying common belief.

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Prostate cancer is one of the leading health problems and causes of death among men.
It is life threatening health condition and provides fear among men of losing one’s manliness. There is no scientific explanation or cause of these conditions, only symptoms that develop as the man ages. There is no certain prevention, only thing man can do is to undergo yearly examinations for early detection of prostate cancer.

Genetically speaking, the prostate cancer runs in the family. Families with this illness are likely to acquire it as early as they reach the age forty and it gets worse as bloodline get closer. To downgrade the risk factor is to exercise and have a balanced diet. Cutting back on red meat and add more fruits and vegetable helps strengthen your immune system. It helps in countering the growth of dangerous cancer cells.

The only way to save our lives is to have a healthy lifestyle together with proper nutrition.

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Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men. When detected early, before it has spread to other organs, prostate cancer may be curable. A man’s risk for prostate cancer increases with age, and most cases develop in men over age 65 but many older men with prostate cancer die of another cause like heart disease before the cancer has grown enough to cause problems. There is controversy about the value of using digital rectal exams and prostate-specific antigens (PSA) blood test to screen men for prostate cancer. Detecting early prostate cancer may not improve quality of life or prolong life, especially in men who are older or have other serious problems. Therefore many experts are uncertain whether routine screening is appropriate for all men. Since it’s really that much helpful to men, go and talk to your doctor to learn about your risk in getting prostate cancer and whether if screening test are still appropriate for you.

Researchers in the University of Michigan are developing and testing a urine test that is more accurate than current screening methods in the drive to detect prostate cancer earlier. The test that comes as a urine test screens for the presence of four different RNA markers has been successful in detecting 80% of all cases in a study that was done to detect the disease. It also has the ability to determine men with enlarged prostates that do not develop the disease thus prevents misdiagnosis and treatment for non-existent conditions.

“Relative to what is out there, this is the best test so far,” said the study’s lead author, Arul Chinnaiyan, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology at the University of Michigan.

The development of their prototype into a first generation testing kit is underway as more and more genetic markers are being discovered to be related to the disease.

Homeopathy, according to Wikipedia, is a form of alternative medicine that theorizes that an ill person can be treated using a substance that can produce, in a healthy person, symptoms similar to those of the illness. They also prescribe the consumption of natural herbs instead of medicines, supplements, and antibiotics; and plant-based food instead of the Western diets usually dominated by red meat.

This link provides useful information for healthy food and herbs that supposedly prevent and treat prostate cancer. Among the recommendations are:

• lessen your consumption of milk and dairy products
• eat food rich in zinc, vitamin D and E
• eat more tomatoes, fruit, garlic and soy-based food
• herbal remedies for prostate cancer are saw palmetto, pygeum, cernilton, and stinging nettle