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Combination of Prostate Cancer and Depression Obstructs Healing

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Although researchers don’t exactly understand the role depression plays in a person’s overall cancer survival, a new study looking at prostate cancer in men offers more light. A number of studies have shown that people diagnosed with breast and liver cancer, who also maintain a positive outlook on life, tend to have better overall survival rates than those who become depressed. Read the article.

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Omega-3s and Prostate Cancer: What to Advise Patients

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[Ed. note: Here’s an article illustrating the pro and con of diet. The bottom line seems to be that heart-healthy is all-healthy.] On July 10, 2013, Theodore M. Brasky, PhD, of the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center in Columbus, and colleagues published a study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (2013;105:1132-1141) that they said confirms previous reports of increased prostate cancer (PCa) risk among men with high blood levels of long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Two months later, a team led by James J. DiNicolantonio, PharmD, of the Mid America Heart Institute at Saint Luke’s Hospital in

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Power walking could reduce the risk of aggressive prostate cancer

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Power walking could reduce the risk of aggressive prostate cancer: Men who can walk three miles an hour have a lower risk *  Men who walked fast before getting cancer have tumours with regularly shaped blood vessels – these are less aggressive and easier to treat *  Men who walked at three miles per hour before diagnosis have 8% more regularly shaped blood vessels than those who walked at 1.5 miles per hour *  The researchers think exercise could be equally beneficial for people with other cancers Read the article.

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B2G2 component of grape seed extract induces apoptosis in prostate cancer cells

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A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published online ahead of print in the journal Nutrition and Cancer describes the laboratory synthesis of the most active component of grape seed extract, B2G2, and shows this synthesized compound induces the cell death known as apoptosis in prostate cancer cells while leaving healthy cells unharmed. Read the article.

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