Prevention


Cancer Prevention Overview

Our most feared disease, cancer, is the result of uncontrolled cell growth. Having a family history of cancer increases your risk, but most cancers are not strictly inherited- we inherit a predisposition or vulnerability to develop cancer. This vulnerability can be greatly influenced by our environment -- the carcinogens we are exposed to and the lifestyle we lead. We can't change our genes, but we can change our environment, particularly what we eat...Continue

June 10, 2005: An Aspirin a Day

I believe that a drug has now proven to be nearly as good as fruits and vegetables for cancer prevention. What is this exciting, new cancer-preventing drug? Plain old aspirin...Continue

May 11, 2005: Exercise and Prostate Cancer

A study in the recent in the Archives of Internal Medicine (Giovannucci, E. 165:1005-10, May 9, 2005) finds that men over the age of 65 who exercised vigorously 3 or more hours a week had a 70% reduction in prostate cancer....Continue

March 22, 2005: Making Sense of Recent Vitamin E and Prostate Studies

A recent study published in JAMA raises concern about the safety and effectiveness of high doses of Vitamin E and another study suggests cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may help prevent prostate cancer...Continue

March 1, 2005: High Dose Vitamins Affect Bladder Cancer

In a randomized comparison of standard multiple vitamins versus high doses of vitamins A, B6, C, E and zinc in patients with bladder cancer treated with BCG we found a statistically significant 40% reduction in bladder tumor recurrence...Continue

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Created: 8/2/2005

 

 
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