Martes, Agosto 30, 2011
A New Way to Detect Lung Cancer? Dogs Can Sniff It Out By Alice Park Thursday, August 18, 2011
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| They're man's best friend, but dogs, it turns out, may also be a doctor's newest secret weapon for detecting cancer. Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/08/18/a-new-way-to-detect-lung-cancer-dogs-can-sniff-it-out/#ixzz1WZtAVn00 |
Lady Gaga, Katy Perry on China's banned music list
Lady Gaga and Katy Perry (pictured) both made the list of 100 songs that China's Culture of Ministry has ordered websites in that country to remove by September 15, lest they face punishment.
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Lady Gaga and Katy Perry have once again found themselves at the top of a music chart. Unfortunately, this chart is for songs that the Chinese government has given the thumbs-down to, CNN reports.
Gaga and Perry both made the list of 100 songs that China's Culture of Ministry has ordered websites in that country to remove by September 15, lest they face punishment.
Gaga racked up a staggering six songs on the list, all from her most recent album Born This Way. "The Edge of Glory," "Hair," "Marry the Night," "Americano," "Judas" and "Bloody Mary" were all included in the ministry's announcement. (The album's title track was included in an earlier list issued by the government; the ministry has issued three lists of banned foreign songs since it began regulating internet content two years ago.)
Perry placed twice in China's latest banned-songs collection, with "E.T." and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)."
Other notable entries on the ministry's litany of musical no-no's: Beyonce's "Run the World (Girls)," Britney Spears' "Burning Up," and the 1999 Backstreet Boys chestnut "I Want it That Way."
The crackdown applies to all websites, including personal sites.
According to the ministry, allowing the songs on its list to be shared and downloaded over the web has "endangered national cultural safety."
The tunes in question were chosen because they had not been registered with and reviewed by the ministry. According to ministry guidelines, all imported digital music needs to be translated into Chinese and submitted to the government before online distribution is permitted.
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Lunes, Agosto 29, 2011
Half of America Is Using Social Networks By SOMINI SENGUPTA
Social networks have crossed another milestone.
For the first time, half of all adults in the United States said they use a social networking site, according to a survey released Friday by the Pew Research Center.
That’s 50 percent of all Americans, not just those who say they are online. Six years ago, when Pew first conducted a similar survey, only 5 percent of all adults said they used social sites, like Facebook, LinkedIn or MySpace.
It is a sign of how deeply and widely social networking companies have penetrated the lives of ordinary people and in turn, transformed the ways in which people communicate, authorities govern and companies sell things.
Parents use Facebook to vet nannies, car makers to launch new models, police to keep tabs on suspects. Federal government authorities are preparing this weekend to use social networking sites for hurricane preparation on the East Coast.
The Pew survey found that among adults who are online the rates of participation are higher: 65 percent, according to the survey, up slightly from 61 percent last year.
Not surprisingly, the sites are more popular among younger people: 83 percent of people surveyed in the 18-29 age bracket said they use social networking sites, compared to 51 percent of those in the 50-64 age bracket. The young are also twice as likely to use social sites every day.
The survey by the Pew Center’s Internet and American Life Project described women aged 18-29 as “the power users” of social sites, with 89 percent of them using social networking sites and 69 percent using them every day. Such a stark finding has obvious implications for advertising on sites like Facebook.
Neither income nor education seemed to have any statistically significant bearing on the use of networking sites. A separate study published by the Pew Center in June found that black Americans continue to be more likely to be on Twitter than whites: One in four African-American users of the Internet said they use Twitter “occasionally,” and 11 percent said they used it daily. Twitter penetration still lags considerably: 13 percent of those online describe themselves as Twitter users and the lion’s share of them use it on their smartphones.
The Internet is still more commonly used everyday for e-mail and search: 61 percent said they went online every day to check e-mail, 59 percent for search and 43 percent for social networking.
There are some signs that social networking is reaching its limit. Asked for one word to describe their social networking experience, the most common was “good.” However, one in five respondents sounded less upbeat: they used words like “boring,” “time-consuming” and “overrated” to describe their experience.
Really? The Claim: Sea Salt Is Lower in Sodium Than Table Salt By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
THE FACTS
Recently, the
They can be forgiven for thinking so. Sea salt is marketed as a health food, added to soups, potato chips and a wide variety of packaged snacks labeled “low sodium,” “all natural” and “healthy.”
But in reality, sea salt and table salt are not terribly different, at least chemically. The real differences are in how the two are used in cooking.
Table salt comes from underground salt deposits. Companies that sell it typically add an anti-caking agent to keep it from clumping, as well as iodine, an essential nutrient. During processing, table salt is stripped of many of its natural minerals.
Sea salt, on the other hand, is made from evaporated seawater. With little processing, it retains most of its magnesium,
But both contain the same amount of sodium chloride by weight, which means they contribute equally to total sodium consumption and have the same effect on
Officials recommend that adults consume no more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium a day, equivalent to a teaspoon of salt. You should eat less if you are black, hypertensive or older than 40. Yet most Americans consume more than double the amount they need, mostly from processed foods, so it is best to limit salt — of any kind.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Sea salt is no lower in sodium than table salt.
Chocolate Good for the Heart...
Regularly Eating Chocolate Cuts Risk of Heart Disease by About One-Third
Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
Aug. 29, 2011 (Paris) -- Chocoholics have reason to celebrate today: A large new study confirms that chocolate may be good for the heartand brain.
Regularly eating chocolate could cut the risk of heart disease andstroke by about one-third, says researcher Oscar H.
Franco, MD, PhD, of the University of Cambridge in the U.K.
But before you indulge, a cautionary note:
Chocolate bars, cookies, and drinks are
high in sugar, fat, and calories, so eating
too much can lead to weight gain and, you guessed it, heart
disease. "Moderation is key," Franco tells WebMD.
Chocolate Linked to 37% Lower Risk of Heart Disease
Previous studies have suggested that chocolate may protect against high blood pressure and diabetes, both of which are risk factors for heart disease and stroke.
But no large-scale study has ever looked at whether chocolate actually reduces the risk of heart disease, Franco says.
So he and colleagues pooled the results of seven published studies involving more than 100,000 people that explored the association between chocolate and heart disease and strokes.
Results showed that people who ate the most chocolate had a 37% lower risk of heart disease and a 29% lower risk of stroke compared with people who ate the least amount of chocolate.
The findings were presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2011 and simultaneously published online at bmj.com.
The Good Stuff in Chocolate
All of the studies reported overall how much chocolate people ate. The research didn't distinguish between dark or milk chocolate. Any source of chocolate counted, whether chocolate bars, chocolate drinks, or chocolate cookies, for example.
The studies showed how much chocolate people ate, from never to more than once per day. Participants were followed for eight to 16 years.
The components in chocolate that might explain chocolate's protective effects were not explored. Based on previous research though, the researchers credit what are called polyphenols, antioxidants that increase the body’s production of the chemical nitric oxide.
An increase in nitric oxide production in turn might lead to improvements in blood pressure and blood flow though arteries.
"If we knew what components [exerted the healthy effects], we would package them in a pill," says past American Heart Association president Robert Bonow, MD, of Northwestern University in Chicago. He was not involved with the study.
Bonow tells WebMD that the study is "impressive" for its large size and the substantial reduction in heart disease and stroke associated with chocolate.
Still, the study doesn't prove chocolate lowers the rate of heart disease. The people who ate the most chocolate in the studies could share some other characteristics that explain their better heart and brain health.
"The good news is, it's not bad for you in appropriate quantities," Bonow says.
Franco notes that previous research suggests that dark chocolate may best for the heart.
Fat cat diet sparks big Internet sensation...
photo of Fat Boy, an 8 year old tabby cat resident at the Moose Jaw Humane Society. The tubby tabby cat weighs 23 pounds, almost 10 pounds more than he should.
A fat cat living at a Saskatchewan animal shelter has managed to squeeze his way into the hearts of many.
Fat Boy, an eight-year-old tabby cat, has eaten himself into becoming the Moose Jaw Humane Society’s poster kitty for healthy eating — even if he isn’t entirely sold on the idea.
Even so, he’s generated quite the fan base, which is growing thanks to the society’s Facebook page that includes what they’ve dubbed “Fat Boy Fridays.”
Karla Pratt, the fundraising and promotions director, said Fat Boy was surrendered to them in 2006 because his then-owners said they couldn’t keep him because he was eating their other cats’ food.
In those days, the tubby tabby was known as Boots — but that soon changed after he was allowed out of his kennel and into the free-range cat population.
“We have free-range feeding stations around the shelter for these cats so they can kind of come at their own leisure and eat,” Pratt said. “This was probably not the best idea for a cat that was already a little bit big. He was able to help himself and he did so gladly, and over time he assumed the moniker of Fat Boy.”
It was during one of the feline’s yearly checkups that the vet warned that if staff didn’t get his weight under control, he’d end up with some serious health problems. It was during that visit they discovered he weighed 23 pounds — almost 10 pounds more than he should.
By then, Fat Boy had already developed quite a local following, drawing regular visitors to the humane society to see him. (He is now a permanent resident and no longer up for adoption.)
“People will make a special trip to the shelter just to say hi to Fat Boy,” she said. “We’ve got our regulars who come to visit him and they’re always upset if they can’t find him.”
But there is a place where the popular puss can always be found — Facebook. The society started its site several months ago, and when Fat Boy’s diet officially started five weeks ago, it became a weekly event on the page — with weigh-in Fridays referred to fondly as “Fat Boy Fridays.”
It’s a slow process, to which many dieters can attest. With a goal to weigh 15 pounds, Fat Boy has some distance to go — and he isn’t making it easy for staff. While he hasn’t lost his easygoing, couch potato personality, he’s shown staff he can be quite the resourceful furball when it comes to food.
They were stumped during a previous weigh-in when they discovered he’d gained back the two ounces he’d lost the week before. The answer soon became clear.
“We went out into the main cat adoption room and here he was stealing food from one of the caged cats’ kennels,” Pratt said. “He had reached in, tipped the bowl over and was scarfing it down off the floor as quickly as he could like a ravenous wolf.”
That particular problem was fixed by putting the caged cats’ food dishes at the back of the cages where they’re out of reach. Staff have had to be equally resourceful in keeping up with Fat Boy’s other methods of securing extra food while contending with restricted-calorie food and smaller, controlled portions.
“He is very determined to get any food that we have down,” Pratt said. “He’s in there like a dirty shirt, so we really have to be careful where we leave the food even around the shelter now. We do have a food room and we have to keep everything else locked up in cupboards where he cannot open the doors or else get a big Rubbermaid tub type of thing where he can’t get into it — because he will actually rip the bags open. So we need to be very strict with him, that’s for sure.”
One method they’ve tried has been a box with a hole cut out — big enough for only the slimmer cats to squeeze through to get the food inside. It’s still a work in progress as staff discovered Fat Boy was reaching in and grabbing the forbidden food.
“He’s a bit of a MacGyver,” Pratt said.
Throughout the process, Fat Boy has had plenty of support, with the Facebook page showing comments from right across North America.
Fat Boy’s girlfriend, six-year-old Mama Cat, has been equally loyal, Pratt said.
“He is her big ball of fun,” she said. “She has told us that she will not judge him by his size and she will remain loyal to him no matter how famous he gets.”
Pratt said she hopes pet owners learn the importance of keeping their furry family members at a healthy weight.
“He’s going to set a good example for all the other overweight felines out there, and dogs too for that matter,” Pratt said. “It’s never too late to lose weight and get onto a healthy regime.”
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Linggo, Agosto 28, 2011
New Bristol, Pfizer clot drug saves lives in study...
| An experimental anti-clotting drug from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer saved more lives than standard treatment warfarin in a major study, giving it an edge over rivals in an emerging multibillion-dollar market. Although Eliquis will be third to market among a wave of new oral anticoagulants, the data presented Sunday at Europe's biggest medical meeting means it could now be viewed as the best in class. People with dangerously irregular heart rhythms given Eliquis were 21 percent less likely to suffer strokes than those on decades-old warfarin, a problematic drug first developed as rat poison that requires regular blood tests. It also produced a 31 percent relative reduction in the risk of major bleeding -- especially bleeding in the brain -- and an 11 percent reduction in risk of death from any cause, results from a 18,000-patient study lasting nearly two years showed. The mortality benefit only just reached statistical significance but the finding puts Eliquis ahead of its two key rivals by demonstrating superiority to warfarin on all three counts of effectiveness, safety and saving lives. That is likely to be seized on by Bristol and Pfizer in an upcoming marketing fight with Boehringer Ingelheim's Pradaxa -- currently the only approved alternative to warfarin in stroke prevention -- and Xarelto, from Bayer and Johnson & Johnson, which is expected to be approved shortly. "It gives a lot of confidence when you see a drug that reduces mortality. That's another feather in the cap," Dr Chris Granger of Duke University Medical Center, who led the study, told Reuters. The result means that giving Eliquis rather than warfarin for 1.8 years -- the average length of the study -- would prevent eight deaths for each 1,000 people treated. All three new drugs are vying for a share of a warfarin-replacement market that industry analysts estimate could be worth $10-$20 billion a year by the end of the decade. Currently, analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters Pharma expect 2015 sales of $1.6 billion for Eliquis, or apixaban, which is due to be submitted for approval later this year. That is less than the $3 billion forecast for Xarelto and some predict the balance will now shift toward Eliquis. "The bleeding profile is spectacular and that's what is going to drive market share," said Mark Schoenebaum, an analyst at ISI Group, who sees Eliquis taking at least 60 percent of the stroke prevention market. Excitement over Eliquis has grown since June when headline results showed it was better and safer than warfarin. How much better, however, only became clear Sunday when the data was unveiled at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) annual meeting and published in the New England Journal of Medicine. In an editorial in the journal, Dr Jessica Mega of Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital said the results were "impressive" but she cautioned it was difficult to make comparisons between different drugs, due to variations in the clinical trials. DEATH OF WARFARIN? Doctors attending the ESC meeting said the new drugs would upend the landscape for treating patients with atrial fibrillation, whose irregular heartbeats can cause blood to pool, increasing their risk of blood clots and strokes. "It is another dagger in the heart for warfarin as an anticoagulation treatment for patients with atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke," said Dr Ralph Brindis. Brindis, a senior adviser for Northern California Kaiser Permanente and immediate past president of the American College of Cardiology, said Eliquis had scored a "home run," although it and the other new anticoagulants still faced challenges. In particular, he is concerned about adherence to medical treatment among elderly patients, as doctors may be less able to ensure they are taking drugs correctly once they do not need regular blood tests. For such patients, once-daily Xarelto may be a better bet than twice-daily Eliquis or Pradaxa, providing a niche market opportunity for Bayer and J&J. Seamus Fernandez, an industry analyst at Leerink Swann, said Eliquis was now "extremely well-positioned" to be the top drug and Pradaxa was the product most likely to lose out. He expects stroke prevention to be a $7-9 billion market globally, with other uses of the new oral anticoagulants worth $3-6 billion. In a discussion at the congress, Dr Michael Ezekowitz of the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research in Pennsylvania said the Eliquis trial results were a "landmark" that confirmed a new wave of drugs was about to change the medical landscape. "We're in a new era," Ekekowitz, who was not involved in the latest research, told a packed conference hall in Paris. Still, many cardiologists said they would not rush to switch existing patients who are well-controlled on warfarin -- a cheap generic medicine -- to the new and expensive branded products. Pradaxa costs $6.75 wholesale for a day's treatment in the United States, although it is less in other markets. What is warfarin?Warfarin is an anticoagulant (blood thinner). Warfarin reduces the formation of blood clots by blocking the formation of certain clotting factors. Warfarin is used to prevent heart attacks, strokes, and blood clots in veins and arteries. Warfarin may also be used for purposes other than those listed in this medication guide. Important information about warfarinWarfarin can harm an unborn baby or cause birth defects. Do not use warfarin if you are pregnant or may become pregnant. Never take a double dose of this medication or take it together with other products that contain warfarin or coumarin. You should not take warfarin if you have a bleeding or blood cell disorder, blood in your urine or stools, an infection of the lining of your heart, stomach bleeding, bleeding in the brain, recent or upcoming surgery, or if you need a spinal tap or spinal anesthesia (epidural). Warfarin may cause you to bleed more easily, especially if you have: a history of bleeding problems, high blood pressure or severe heart disease, kidney disease, cancer, surgery or a medical emergency, a disease affecting the blood vessels in your brain, a history of stomach or intestinal bleeding, if you are 65 or older, or if you are severely ill or debilitated. Many drugs (including some over-the-counter medicines and herbal products) can cause serious medical problems or death if you take them with warfarin. It is very important to tell your doctor about all medicines you have recently used. Ask your doctor before taking any medicine for pain, arthritis, fever, or swelling. These medicines may affect blood clotting and may also increase your risk of stomach bleeding. Any doctor, dentist, surgeon, or other medical care provider who treats you should know that you are taking warfarin. Avoid making any changes in your diet without first talking to your doctor. |
Underground river 'Rio Hamza' discovered 4km beneath the Amazon
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| Scientists estimate the subterranean river may be 6,000km long and hundreds of times wider than the Amazon Covering more than 7 million square kilometres in South America, the Amazon basin is one of the biggest and most impressive river systems in the world. But it turns out we have only known half the story until now. Brazilian scientists have found a new river in the Amazon basin – around 4km underneath the Amazon river. The Rio Hamza, named after the head of the team of researchers who found the groundwater flow, appears to be as long as the Amazon river but up to hundreds of times wider. Both the Amazon and Hamza flow from west to east and are around the same length, at 6,000km. But whereas the Amazon ranges from 1km to 100km in width, the Hamza ranges from 200km to 400km. The underground river starts in the Acre region under the Andes and flows through the Solimões, Amazonas and Marajó basins before opening out directly into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. The Amazon flows much faster than the Hamza, however, draining a greater volume of water. Around 133,000m3 of water flow through the Amazon per second at speeds of up to 5 metres per second. The underground river's flow rate has been estimated at around 3,900m3 per second and it barely inches along at less than a millimetre per hour. The Hamza was located using data collected inside a series of 241 abandoned deep wells that were drilled in the Amazon region by the petrochemical company Petrobras in the 1970s and 1980s. Elizabeth Tavares Pimentel and Valiya Hamza of the Department of Geophysics atBrazil's National Observatory led the work and presented their results last week at the International Congress of the Society Brasiliera Geophysical in Rio de Janeiro. The researchers used a mathematical model to predict the presence of the underground river, based on the measured changes in temperature down the wells. In the presentation, Piementel said that the flow of groundwater was almost vertical through the rocks to depths of around 2,000m. After this, the water flow changes direction and becomes almost horizontal. According to the researchers, the presence of the Rio Hamza river might account for the relatively low salinity of the waters around the mouth of the Amazon. Professor Hamza said Piementel's measurements represented preliminary work on the discovery of the new river, but Hamza said he expected to confirm the existence of the flow with additional measurements within the next few years. |
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What's so lazy about monogamy
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Aren't men just a wee bit insulted too? Are they really such slaves to biology? Does the lure of fresh skirt overcome every other interesting human instinct? I'm talking about the new Shaggers Charter, proposed by French psychologist, Maryse Vaillant. According to Vaillant, men should stop being castigated for being womanizers. Not every relationship is wrecked by infidelity In her new book, Men, Love, Fidelity, she argues: "Some men can spend the afternoon in a hotel with their mistress and come home to dinner with the family without any feelings of guilt." It goes without saying that Vaillant is a man's woman. She dedicates the book to "the men I have loved and those who loved me". But do men really need a champion? With the news that Warren Beatty has reportedly bedded 12,775 women, it sounds like business as usual for the modern Lothario. Of course, monogamy is a fevered topic. Arguably it is not a natural state – for either sex. "Coupledom is a performance art," writes psychoanalyst Adam Phillips in his book, Monogamy. "But how does one learn what to do together? How to be, once again, two bodies in public, consistently together, guardians of each other's shame, looking the part? Where do the steps come from?" Everyone has the right to a private life within their private life. There are some grown-ups who let each other play away. What depresses me about Mme Vaillant is how conservative she is. These days it's women who are having affairs. Despairing of the lack of activity in the bedroom (and their husband's refusal to go to counselling), many fortysomethings have flings with younger men. Not every relationship is wrecked by infidelity. Discovery of a transgression may actually effect change. What offends me about Vaillant is her thesis that a faithful partner is somehow lacking. The refusal of married men to be tempted by other women is merely a "symptom" of some deeper malaise. "Pathological mono-gamists" lack the strength of mind to take a mistress, she insists. In her book, she quotes Josephine, who moans about her ex- husband. "I would have liked him to stray a bit. But no, he was too lazy. So who got lumbered with him every evening? I did." This is the bit that really made me spit feathers. Commitment isn't lazy. We choose to give up the bodies of others as a tribute to the one we love. We honour promises that we make if they are important enough to us. Yes it's bloody hard. But even Beatty has done it (today he's married with four kids). If it doesn't work, I'd much rather a lover told me straight away. I hate Vaillant's charter of "cheating discreetly" and "lying with intelligence". Lady Antonia Fraser confessed all to her husband weeks after meeting Pinter. If we once loved someone deeply, they deserve the truth. No one is forcing you to be monogamous. There's a world of pretty people out there. If you want a Get Out Of Jail Free card for life, that's fine. The toxic bachelor still gets invited to plenty of parties. Monogamy is about choice – like supporting the same football team for 40 years, or always shopping at John Lewis. It's knowing exactly how much fun and variety is out there, and choosing not to pursue it. But let's not over-inflate the sex. Vaillant is right: fidelity is not proof of love. It takes rather more than that. |
Sex education
The social purity movement led to a wider crusade aimed at the moral regeneration of British society, which included the belief that it was necessary for parents, rather than schools, to give children healthy and moral information about sex.
1890: The birds and bees
Geddes and Thomson's The Evolution of Sex was an important work in providing ways of talking about "the birds and the bees". It approached the topic of sexual reproduction via forms of life remote from humans, in- cluding amoebas, plants, insects and animals before finally moving on to human beings.
1910s: Enter the speakers
From 1913 to 1916 a Royal Commission heard evidence that the solution to the UK's huge VD problem was sex education. The National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases organised courses for teachers, parents and youth workers and visiting speakers for schools.
1940s: Laissez-faire lessons
The 1944 Education Act gave lip-service to the need for sex education in schools. However, it was an extremely laissez-faire situation, with individual schools being allowed to choose how they wanted to approach the subject, and there was little government support.
1970s: Post-sexual revolution
School sex education was beginning to change significantly, largely in response to the sexual revolution of the 1960s. Biology textbooks started to provide fuller accounts of human reproductive systems, while methods of contraception began to be taught widely. Birth control was incorporated into NHS provisions and began to be included in sex education.
2010: Compulsory plans fail
Plans for compulsory sex ed classes (which included contraception, abortion and homosexuality) in schools were dropped by Labour before the election after being blocked by the Tories. The move was welcomed by faith groups, who wanted the choice to opt out.
2011: Modern sex ed hits TV
Channel 4 brought a modern take on sex education to the small screen with The Joy Of Teen Sex. The programme reached millions of teens and their parents but was criticised by a coalition of sexual health practioners for "portraying inaccurate or outdated and misleading representations of sex education".
Smokers face higher prostate cancer death risk...
Men who smoked at the time of diagnosis faced 61 per cent higher risk of dying from prostate cancer and a 61 per cent higher chance that the cancer would come back compared to men who never smoked, said researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and University of California, San Francisco
Smokers who are diagnosed with prostate cancer are more likely to have aggressive tumours and face a higher death risk from the disease than non-smokers, U.S. researchers said Tuesday.
Men who smoked at the time of diagnosis faced 61 per cent higher risk of dying from prostate cancer and a 61 per cent higher chance that the cancer would come back compared to men who never smoked, said researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and University of California, San Francisco.
Among smokers and non-smokers whose cancers had not spread at the time of diagnosis, known as non-metastatic cancers, smokers had an 80 per cent higher risk of dying from their prostate cancer.
However, former smokers who had quit 10 years or more before they were diagnosed saw a risk of recurrence and death similar to men who never smoked, said the study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
"These data are exciting because there are few known ways for a man to reduce his risk of dying from prostate cancer," said senior author Edward Giovannucci, a Harvard professor of nutrition and epidemiology.
"For smokers, quitting can impact their risk of dying from prostate cancer. This is another reason to not smoke."
The study examined the health records of 5,366 men diagnosed with prostate cancer between 1986 and 2006. During that time, they found 1,630 deaths, 524 (32%) due to prostate cancer and 416 (26%) due to heart disease.
Cancer of the prostate the most commonly diagnosed cancer among U.S. men, and affects about one in six Americans in their lifetimes
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Restorative tattooing
If you have a tattoo, it's often decorative or symbolic -- but for those suffering from cancer and other illnesses, it can be medical.
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