Is It True that Eating Broccoli Can Reduce Risk of Prostate Cancer?

Indeed there have been many studies and much research to determine what types of diets can prevent which types of cancers. Some of what you may have heard about which food you eat are merely folklore handed down, while others are actually based on data from actual studies. Eating lots of vegetables seems to lead one to think that there are in fact substantial benefits for all sorts of things to help us remain healthy. Eating fruits, drinking tea, proper intake of vegetables have all been among the things that are often recommended to prevent prostate cancer. It stands to reason that a healthy diet can assist you in reducing the risk of prostate cancer and there is evidence that broccoli indeed may just be one of those vegetables which can help.

One study seems to indicate the fruit intake did not substantially help in reduction of the risk of prostate cancer, but did help in reducing the risks of other cancers. Men who ate vegetables three times a day had a one-third or greater chance of not getting prostate cancer of those that did not have lots of vegetables in their diets.

Which vegetables were considered the best to eat? Well it seems brussel spouts, cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli were some of the best and could increase reduced risk by just over 40%. Orange colored vegetables also hit high on the list by other studies; carrots, sweat potatoes, squash and yams. You should be eating a wide range of to reduce your risk of cancer and different fruits and vegetables prevent different types of cancer. If you have some type of cancer which runs in your family, you ought to do a little research of your own and think on this.

Lance Winslow, a retired entrepreneur, adventurer, modern day philosopher and perpetual tourist.

The Best Prostate Cancer Treatment Is Early Treatment

Prostate cancer is a serious affliction that affects upwards of 200,000 men each year. Risk factors for prostate cancer can include age, race and health history. If diagnosed with prostate cancer your treatment options will be determined by these factors. Just like with any other form of cancer, the best prostate cancer treatment is available at the early stages.

Once diagnosed with prostate cancer, two main options will be presented. Choices are either surgery or radiation. Neither treatment has conclusively been found to be better. Chances are when faced with prostate cancer treatment options; your doctor will simply present the option they are most comfortable with as the best prostate cancer treatment. A consultation with a hospital oncologist should strongly be considered. An oncologist's expertise mainly centers on drug therapies like chemotherapy in treating cancer. Since prostate cancer (localized) cannot be treated with a drug therapy, you are sure to get an unbiased opinion as to your treatment options. One positive aspect of prostate cancer compared to other cancers, is the fact that it is remarkably slow. You may have several years before prostate cancer begins to spread, while naturally you are not going to take years to decide on a treatment plan, it is nice to know you have some time to make the right choice.

A hospital that centers on cancer treatment is going to provide the most treatment options and will have specialists in each field to render the best care. Don't settle for just one opinion. With a condition like prostate cancer, many doctors suggest waiting to see what the cancer will do. While "waiting" may sound like a bad idea when it comes to cancer, prostate cancer will usually afford you enough time to make a well thought out decision. Don't rush, but take time to do research as to what will be the best prostate cancer treatment for you.

Dean Iggo is the webmaster of www.prostatehealthadvice.com which provides prostate health advice including symptoms and treatments of everything from an enlarged prostate to prostate cancer

High Intensity Focused Ultrasound May Help Treat Prostate Cancer

For prostate cancer patients high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) might be a new hope. This revolutionary technique using powerful sound waves to melt away prostate cancer without distressing side effects is ready to help people. The HIFU technology has been used for years in China, Russia, Holland, England, Germany, Sweden, Lebanon, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and so on. HIFU is not used just for prostate cancer treatment, it is also used with a high degree of success to treat liver cancers. There are many ongoing trials of other soft tissue cancers.

How high intensity focused ultrasound works? Does patients fell any pain?

How long they need to recover?

Well, HIFU cuts nothing and to all purposes and intents it is not really a vibration, not unless you count radar light waves, radio waves, etc as "vibrations". In fact high intensity focused ultrasound are vibrations of course, but not in the way that you are concerning yourself about creating a pain.

HIFU is ultrasound ( like doctors use for scanning pregnant women), but with the intensity and volume turned up. Their waves are focused right down to the size of a small grain of rice. To be more intuitive, perhaps many of you remember what we did in our childhood with a magnifiying lens and a piece of paper.

These high intensity focused ultrasound waves pass through your body like the magnified waves of sunlight causing no harm at all, until they reach the focal point, the ill area, where the short burst blasts the bad cells at that focal point into eternity.

The high temperature generated at that focal point actually boils all the ill cells in that rice grain sized area within few seconds. Then the professional lets that area to cool down and moves the HIFU on to the next focal point. One after another, no harm, no pain, no discomfort.
Valerian is a freelance writer interested in men's helth. Visit http://www.mens-health-events.info/prostate.php and http://4-prostate-cancer-treatment.blogspot.com/ to find more

Prostate cancer an epidemic in African American Men

Prostate cancer an epidemic in African American Men

Prostate cancer is an epidemic in African-American men, said Dr. Kevin McVary, an urologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. African American men have the highest prostate cancer diagnosis rate and death rate in the world.

Seventy-two times a day an African American man is diagnosed with prostate cancer and sixteen times a day an African American man dies from prostate cancer. "Prostate cancer, particularly among African Americans, is a disgraceful tragedy that needs immediate and drastic action," says John R. Kelly, of the American Cancer Society.

Prostate cancer is the leading cancer in men in the U.S. It affects more than 220,000 men each year and at least 29,000 of them will die from the disease. African American men are diagnosed with prostate cancer at a rate of sixty percent greater than Caucasian men and their death rate is more than double of any other racial group.

Why are African American men so susceptible to prostate cancer? Researchers theorize that diet and lifestyle choices play a significant role in who will develop prostate cancer. According to the National Heart Association, over sixty percent of African American men are overweight and twenty-eight percent of are obese. Diets high in saturated fats, red meats, and lack of exercise all contribute to high risk for developing prostate cancer. Disparity in health care may also be a contributing factor in the high death rate from prostate cancer for African American Men.

Economic limitations, lack of health care insurance, and poor access to health care have been cited as possible reasons for the high prostate cancer death rate in African American men. Researchers, in a health care executive study, found that twenty-four percent of African Americans had not had a regularly scheduled doctors visit in the previous year and many African Americans dont have a regular doctor. For African American men over forty, regularly scheduled doctors visit and prostate health education are essential.

African American men need to be educated about prostate cancer at an earlier age than men of other races. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine say that African American men tend to develop prostate cancer at earlier ages. We need to educate more men to come in early, said Dr. Isacc Powell, a prostate cancer researcher and survivor in a Detroit Free Press interview. Early detection through testing gives African American men the best chance of survival from the disease. If detected early, the chances of survival are increased.

What should you do about prostate cancer?
African American men should:
Get information about prostate health and prostate cancer
Talk to your family about your familys health history
Have regular physical exams and have your doctor perform a PSA test and digital Rectal Exam.
Talk to your family about your familys health history
Talk to your doctor about prostate cancer risk, symptoms, and testing

Links to other sites about prostate cancer:
American Cancer Society

National Prostate Cancer Coalition

MedlinePlus: Prostate Cancer

Prostate Cancer Foundation

Prostate.com

Drahcir Semaj is a freelance writer and staff writer for the website IBranch.org. You can contact him at drahcir@drahcirsemaj.com or visit his website at http://www.drahcirsemaj.com .