Archive for the 'Prostate / Prostate Cancer' Category


Herb Studied For Enlarged Prostate - Saw Palmetto Therapeutic For Urinary Symptoms?

Physician-scientists are studying an herbal supplement that might aid in reducing the symptoms of an enlarged prostate in men. Recent figures show that benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) occurs in an estimated 50 percent of men over the age of 50 and in 75 percent of men 80 and older. The research team, led by Dr. Steven A.
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Prostate Cancer Risk Did Not Reduce With Vitamin E And Selenium

An initial independent review of data from a study looking at whether selenium and vitamin E supplements prevented prostate cancer found they had no benefit, taken either together or alone. The review of data from the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT) was funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the US and other institutes from the National Institutes of Health in the US.
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