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Living Longer and Healthier with Prostate Cancer

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If you’re living with prostate cancer, you may be able to live longer and healthier by making some changes to your eating and exercise routine. Increasingly, studies show that healthy eating and maintaining an active lifestyle after a prostate cancer diagnosis can lower the chances of the cancer coming back, and can improve the chances of staying disease-free. Healthy habits, such as not smoking, can also improve survival. Benefits may also include a lowered risk of heart disease. Read the Article.

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PSA Levels Higher in Sedentary Men

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PSA concentrations are higher in men who engage in more sedentary behavior and lower levels of light physical activity, a study found. It is hypothesized that regular participation in physical activity may reduce prostate cancer risk through a variety of biological mechanisms including changes in energy balance, immune function, inflammation, antioxidant defenses, and endogenous hormones. Based on their results, the authors stated, evaluation of a patient’s physical activity and sedentary level before PSA testing also is important because these factors also may influence measurements and lead to a urologic diagnostic workup. Read the whole article.

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