Often called a “wonder drug,” aspirin reduces aches and pains, fever, and swelling, and lowers the risk of heart attack and stroke. But few of us ever imagined that it might also lower our chances of developing several types of cancer, and help keep cancer from spreading.
The foods you eat can affect prostate cancer risk.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends against prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening tests for men of any age if they do not have any symptoms of prostate cancer. The Task Force concluded that there is “moderate certainty that the benefits of PSA-based screening for prostate cancer do not outweigh the harms.” Many experts also question whether treating early prostate cancer is a good idea.
The Cancer Prevention and Treatment Fund has developed a free, easy-to-read booklet for men who are deciding whether or not to undergo screening for prostate cancer.
Reducing metabolic problems may increase a man’s chance of surviving prostate cancer.
Pomegranate juice contains plenty of antioxidants, but does it improve health, as the ads imply?