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Prostate cancer

William Rogers

For men with prostate cancer, being black is a deadly complication

Health

There are vast racial differences in the occurrence of cancer — in breast cancer in women and prostate cancer in men. And there’s a great deal of difference in the mortality rates in men who are black and men who are white as well.

Cell phone use and cancer

Health & Medicine

Soy and Prostrate Cancer

New Studies Link Asthma, Prostate Cancer to Toxic Chemicals

EU on Atrazine

Pesticides & Prostate

Lawn chemicals, weed killers and other pesticides may be possible causes of cancer. That’s the initial findings from a health advisory panel in Britain, which reviewed a number of scientific studies on prostate cancer. Host Steve Curwood talks with David Forman, a researcher at the Universtiy of Leeds in England and a member of the […]

The World

Environmental Health Note/Eat the Whole Tomato

Living on Earth’s Diane Toomey reports on a new study that shows a supplement used to prevent prostate cancer may not be effective. But these researchers did find that the food it comes from, the tomato, may be beneficial.

The World

Health Note/Vitamin E & Prostate Cancer

Living on Earth’s Diane Toomey reports on how vitamin E may play a surprising role in fighting prostate cancer.

The World

Health Update

Living On Earth’s Diane Toomey reports that a new study shows Chinese herbs may be effective against prostate cancer.

The World

New guidelines on prostate cancer stoke controversy

Health & Medicine

Millions of American men are tested each year for prostate cancer, but the blood test used for screening isn’t completely reliable. Now the American Cancer Society says screenings may do more harm than good. What should men at risk of prostate cancer do?