Although no single treatment can offer guarantees for success, the combination of various alternative medicines, as well as improvements in overall health is certainly worth trying for most patients. What is important about non traditional methods is that they treat the patient and not just the disease - these treatments understand that the a proper recovery requires both physical, mental and emotional stamina.
A cohort study just published in mid 2005 by the American Journal of Nutrition showed that men with the highest dietary intake of dairy foods were 2.2 times more likely to develop prostate cancer than men with the lowest dietary intake of dairy foods. The same study referenced above showed a 2.2 times increase in prostate cancer risk for men with the highest dietary calcium intake over those with the lowest. Another study in 2001 observed over 20,000 men, and concluded that men who consumed more than 600mg of daily calcium from dairy products had a 32% higher risk of prostate cancer than men who consumed less than 150mg of daily calcium from dairy products.
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However once the cancer has been successfully treated, the side-effects of treatment can have a major impact on quality of life. Yet frequently, at the time of diagnosis, these patients did not view impotence as a major concern when they made their choice of treatment. This has been understood to be the safest way of eradicating cancer but causes impotency.
Many men, especially those later in life have made the decision with their doctors to simply watch and wait. Like other cancers, the cause of prostate cancer is not known; it appears to be more common in African American men and men with a family history of the disease. Additional symptoms that may be associated with this disease are bone pain or tenderness, and abdominal pain. If cancer is caught at its earliest stages, most men will not experience any symptoms. - 30533
A cohort study just published in mid 2005 by the American Journal of Nutrition showed that men with the highest dietary intake of dairy foods were 2.2 times more likely to develop prostate cancer than men with the lowest dietary intake of dairy foods. The same study referenced above showed a 2.2 times increase in prostate cancer risk for men with the highest dietary calcium intake over those with the lowest. Another study in 2001 observed over 20,000 men, and concluded that men who consumed more than 600mg of daily calcium from dairy products had a 32% higher risk of prostate cancer than men who consumed less than 150mg of daily calcium from dairy products.
Searching for information can seem daunting. There is a lot of info out there be it in books or on the World Wide Web. If searching the Internet, be sure that you check out several different sites.
However once the cancer has been successfully treated, the side-effects of treatment can have a major impact on quality of life. Yet frequently, at the time of diagnosis, these patients did not view impotence as a major concern when they made their choice of treatment. This has been understood to be the safest way of eradicating cancer but causes impotency.
Many men, especially those later in life have made the decision with their doctors to simply watch and wait. Like other cancers, the cause of prostate cancer is not known; it appears to be more common in African American men and men with a family history of the disease. Additional symptoms that may be associated with this disease are bone pain or tenderness, and abdominal pain. If cancer is caught at its earliest stages, most men will not experience any symptoms. - 30533
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