If you walk into your doctor’s office with symptoms of an enlarged prostate, chances are you’ll walk out with a hormone-based drug.
These medications are a standard treatment. They include the drugs Avodart and Proscar. But a new study shows that when you take them, it’s likely you’ll only be trading one health problem for another.
… Read MoreTeatime can help you get a slimmer waistline.
That’s the conclusion of a new UCLA study that found drinking tea—even without dieting—causes weight loss. That’s great news for the 45 million Americans who struggle on diets each year.1
… Read MoreSen. John McCain recently disclosed that doctors have given him a 3 to 14% of surviving his brain cancer.
“It’s a very poor prognosis,” he noted.
… Read MoreMost men are nervous enough about getting a vasectomy. And for three decades, conflicting studies haven’t made them feel any better.
Some researchers warned that the birth control procedure increases chances of prostate cancer.1
Scientists at the famed Mayo Clinic recently set out to settle the controversy. They just completed a large review of the past 30 years of vasectomy studies to determine if cancer fears are justified.… Read More
One out of every eight American women will get breast cancer at some point in their lives. This year over 300,000 new cases will be diagnosed and over 40,000 women will die from it. Lung cancer is the only type of cancer that kills more women in the U.S.1
Genetics clearly play a role in who gets breast cancer. But studies show that what you eat also has an effect.… Read More
Does baby powder cause cancer? A California jury thinks so.
It ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $417 million to a woman who claimed she developed terminal ovarian cancer after using Johnson’s Baby Powder.1
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