| May 17, 2007 @ 12:55 AM |
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stormy73
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A friend of mine told me today that he heard on the radio that some study concluded that men who take a multivitamin every day VASTLY increase their chances of developing prostate cancer. DAMMIT!  Has anyone here heard that?
BTW, I posted this on this forum, because no one ever visits the "health and fitness" board, and I want some thoughts on this in a timely manner!
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| May 17, 2007 @ 1:06 AM |
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kattsmeow
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May 15, 2007
Study: Vitamins Tied to Prostate Cancer
WASHINGTON (AP) -
There's more worrisome news about vitamins: Taking too many may increase men's risk of dying from prostate cancer.
The study, being published Wednesday, doesn't settle the issue. But it is the biggest yet to suggest high-dose multivitamins may harm the prostate, and the latest chapter in the confusing quest to tell whether taking various vitamins really helps a variety of conditions - or is a waste of money, or worse.
Government scientists turned to a study tracking the diet and health of almost 300,000 men. About a third reported taking a daily multivitamin, and 5 percent were heavy users, swallowing the pills more than seven times a week.
Within five years of the study's start, 10,241 men had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Some 1,476 had advanced cancer; 179 died.
Heavy multivitamin users were almost twice as likely to get fatal prostate cancer as men who never took the pills, concludes the study in Wednesday's Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Here's the twist: Overall, the researchers found no link between multivitamin use and early-stage prostate cancer.
The researchers speculate that perhaps high-dose vitamins had little effect until a tumor appeared, and then could spur its growth.
While similar but smaller studies have suggested a link, too, more rigorous research is needed, caution the National Cancer Institute scientists. This newest study involves men who voluntarily took vitamins, and those most at risk - perhaps because they had a family history of the disease - may have been more likely to take the pills in hopes of avoiding their fate.
Still, "the findings lend further credence to the possibility of harm associated with increased use of supplements," Dr. Christian Gluud of Copenhagen University Hospital and Dr. Goran Bjelakovic of Serbia's University of Nis wrote in an accompanying editorial.
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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/thrive/2007/may/15/051500441.html
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| May 17, 2007 @ 12:09 PM |
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Haban3ro
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I think I'm safe... every time I buy vitamins, I end up throwing half of them away because they're past the expiration date. I just don't have any luck remembering to take this stuff.
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| May 17, 2007 @ 8:33 PM |
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daisy315
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as far as dying from prostate cancer.. after working 8 years in Urology, I have found that the men that die from prostate cancer actually die from the cancer spreading to the pancreas and kidney, they refused to acknowledge the fact that they have prostate cancer.. prostate cancer is VERY treatable and easily detected if men will put aside their dread of the exam and get it done.. or just get the blood test.. it would be a start in possibly saving your life.. I make my Pop get the blood test everytime he goes for his cardiac labs..
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| May 17, 2007 @ 11:22 PM |
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username57
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There's a simple blood test now? Not just just the "old fashioned way?" COOL!
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| May 17, 2007 @ 11:43 PM |
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daisy315
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a blood test will tell if the psh levels are high.. if it shows high, then they do it the old fashioned way.... but just because the levels are high, doesn't mean cancer.. the psh levels increase with age because the prostate tends to get larger with age.... but if you are having any other symptoms, see the doctor.. prostate cancer, altho very curable.. is a horrendous way to die.. 
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| May 17, 2007 @ 11:54 PM |
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username57
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what's psh? reckon I should be more aware, but I've never heard of that...
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| May 17, 2007 @ 11:57 PM |
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kattsmeow
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 That kind of tells us how long it's been for you User,,,
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| May 18, 2007 @ 12:06 AM |
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grumblebear
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Vitamins cause prostate problems, lack of sex causes problems....
mine quit working 10+ years ago, and I've ignored it since....
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| May 18, 2007 @ 12:17 AM |
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username57
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lack of sex causes problems....
oh crap...I'm in trouble!
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| May 18, 2007 @ 12:26 AM |
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JesterDrawers
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You're far from being alone on that count, User....a LOT of us here are in big trouble when it comes to that area! 
I just HATE it when my  doesn't dance!
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| May 18, 2007 @ 3:50 AM |
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twotall911
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| May 18, 2007 @ 6:40 AM |
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Deconius
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study concluded that men who take a multivitamin every day VASTLY increase their chances of developing prostate cancer.
THIS is why I don't take pills. 
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| May 18, 2007 @ 7:24 AM |
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7times196
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and here I was gettting all excited by the subject line and BOOM, the excitement vanished right away
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| May 18, 2007 @ 11:29 AM |
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beckyiv42000
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Oh I wanna be SOOOOOOOO bad here  ^^^ but hes a newbie it would just skeer him away 
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| May 18, 2007 @ 11:50 AM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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Becky, I've read some of his posts...no worries girl, go for it! 
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| May 18, 2007 @ 12:43 PM |
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7times196
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Becky, I don't scare that easily
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| May 18, 2007 @ 12:47 PM |
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IndigoRose
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I am here to "help" with your vitamin problem
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| May 18, 2007 @ 12:51 PM |
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7times196
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see who needs vitamins when she is around... keeps a man healthy all by herself
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| May 18, 2007 @ 2:11 PM |
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daisy315
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sorry folks.. typo in my original post
it's a PSA test.... Prostate Serum Antigen.. lordy, I'm getting old and my brain cells are shrinking... 
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