All The Things Linked to Prostate Cancer Men Should Be Aware Of
Men should be aware of all the things linked to prostate cancer because prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men. The statistics say that one in six men will get prostate cancer in his lifetime. So what are the things linked to prostate cancer?
Among the things linked to prostate cancer floating around the Internet are barbecue meats, cholesterol, frequent sex (sex drive), height, and exposure to Agent Orange, fatherhood, genetic fingerprints, and nonfat milk. How are all these things linked to prostate cancer? Read the rest of this article to find out what all the talk is about on the Internet about prostate cancer.
According to Health News on UPI.com frequent sex and masturbation when in there 20s and 30s can lead men to develop prostate cancer, this discovered by British researchers. Also according to the study hormones play a role in prostate cancer and hormones regulate a male’s sex drive. The theory is that a high sex drive affects the risk of prostate cancer, so the study examined this theory.
According to an article in The New York Times (2/2/09) Health section, height is linked to prostate cancer risk. Apparently the risk of prostate cancer increases along with his height. Although height appears to be a risk it is a lesser risk than other risk factors such as age, race, and family history.
The Science Daily of Aug. 5, 2008 had an article about the exposure of Agent Orange being linked to prostate cancer in Vietnam Veterans. There have been several studies involving Agent Orange and prostate cancer between 1998 and 2006 and they have confirmed that men who were exposed to Agent Orange are not only at greater risk for prostate cancer but have four times as likely to have the cancer metastasize into other parts of the body.
A January 2008 article in the Science Daily reported that Danish researchers conducted a study in which data was gathered concerning fatherhood being linked to the risk of developing prostate cancer. According to the study men without children have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer than those who are fathers but ironically, the more children a father has, the lower the risk of the disease. This risk appears to be controversial though. Kristian J?rgensen of the Statens Serum Institute, in Copenhagen, Denmark, led researchers. The authors of the research were quoted as saying; “additional studies are required to identify the underlying biologic, environmental, social and/or behavioral factors that explain the observed differences in prostate cancer risk between fathers and childless men and between men fathering few and those fathering many children.”
There was a featured article titled: Genetic Fingerprint Strongly Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk on the Medical News Today site. According to the article research shows that there is a genetic “marker” or fingerprint that certain men carry that make them more susceptible to developing prostate cancer. The men with the marker have a 60% higher risk of developing prostate cancer then men without the marker. The genetic fingerprint is located somewhere in Chromosome 8.
Reuters ran a story on Wednesday January 2, 2008 about the link between nonfat milk and prostate cancer. According to a study conducted between 1993 and 2002 in the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, “analysis, suggested that low-fat or nonfat milk did increase the risk of localized tumors or non-aggressive tumors, while whole milk decreased this risk”.
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