Tag Archives: Prostate

Diet and exercise limit heart disease risk in men undergoing hormonal treatments for advanced prostate cancer

Men with advanced prostate cancer are typically treated with drugs that prevent the body from making or using testosterone. A hormone (or an androgen, as it’s known), testosterone drives prostate cancer cells to grow faster, so shutting it down is essential to keeping the illness in check. About 600,000 men with advanced prostate cancer in… Read More »

Best supplements for the prostate: Taking this spice could help improve prostate health

Prostate problems affect one in three British men over the age of 50. These problems include urinary problems, such as needing to pee more often, which is often triggered by an enlarged prostate. An enlarged prostate isn’t always an indicator of prostate cancer, and is usually caused by hormonal changes. There are several lifestyle changes… Read More »

Investigators unveil metastatic prostate cancer’s genomic landscape

Localized prostate cancer that is diagnosed before it has a chance to spread typically responds well to surgery or radiation. But when a tumor metastasizes and sends malignant cells elsewhere in the body, the prognosis worsens. Better treatments for men with metastatic prostate cancer are urgently needed. In 2018, scientists advanced toward that goal by… Read More »