As I discussed on Monday, women in Mongolia — who rely on a diet full of red meat and full-fat dairy — have the lowest rates of breast cancer in the world. While this finding goes against what [...]
Category: Prostate Cancer
Tell-tale risk factor for prostate cancer appears in late teens
A new study found a little-known, but highly significant link between a common condition suffered during adolescence and prostate cancer risk. I’ve actually been talking about childhood and [...]
The big, fat reason why prostate cancer research is so flawed…
Every year, almost 200,000 men in the U.S. hear these four words: “You have prostate cancer.” It can throw you into a complete tailspin — involving doctor visits, harmful biopsies, drugs, scans, [...]
The so-called “vice” that significantly lowers prostate cancer risk
Bias in medical news reporting is a huge problem. For example, I recently read the lead paragraph in a popular medical news publication. It was about a new study on red wine. The report led with [...]
