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Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs advanced prostate cancer prevention

The potential link between a high cholesterol level and increased cancer risk is not a new one, nor is the idea that cholesterol-lowering statin drugs might offer a protective benefit for men when it comes to prostate cancer. However, a new research study completed by Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health offers up additional information that suggests while [...]

Can lifestyle changes help men with prostate cancer?

According to a recent study published in the July issue of Harvard Men’s Health Watch, lifestyle changes can help men with newly-diagnosed prostate cancer of low to moderate grade that is localized to the prostate gland. Half of the 93 men who were in the trial were assigned to a lifestyle program, and others were not. The program [...]

Kansas City Chiefs Lamar Hunt loses prostate cancer battle

Lamar Hunt, the man who owned the Kansas City Chiefs and coined the term Super Bowl, died Wednesday night of complications from prostate cancer. He was 74. Hunt had been battling cancer for several years. But he learned just before Thanksgiving while hospitalized for a collapsed lung that his cancer had spread. A founder of the American Football League [...]