BOSTON--Higher selenium levels in the blood may worsen prostate cancer in some men who already have the disease, according to a study by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute the University of ...

Phosphate Binders Cut Mortality, Up ESRD Risk An analysis of individual participant data from 15 prospective studies suggests a protective effect. Men with higher selenium levels may be at lower risk ...

A recent study links the consumption of the essential mineral selenium with a lower risk of prostate cancer. There are now seven population studies in the past six years that examined the possible ...

A meta-analysis of 12 studies with a total of 13,254 participants and 5,007 cases of prostate cancer (PCa) showed that prostate cancer (PCa) risk decreased with increasing plasma/serum selenium up to ...

Research focusing on early detection and prevention of prostate cancer with chemoprevention drugs such as Proscar and Avodart and dietary prevention with vitamins and supplements such as vitamin E and ...

Pretreatment Prostate-Specific Antigen Velocity and the Risk of Death From Prostate Cancer in the Individual With Low-Risk Prostate Cancer We assessed SOD2 variants and plasma selenium in 489 patients ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Vitamin E and selenium supplements, either taken independently or ...

HOUSTON - Findings from one of the largest cancer chemoprevention trials ever conducted have concluded that selenium and vitamin E taken alone or in combination for an average of five and a half years ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is stopping part of a major study of whether vitamin E and selenium prevent prostate cancer -- because the supplements aren't working and there's a hint of risk.More ...

Although selenium alone, and selenium plus vitamin E, were associated with slightly raised prostate cancer rates, they were not statistically significant. But the researchers said the extra risk ...

What does Aristotle have to do with selenium and prostate cancer? According to David Waters, a lot. “As it turns out, more is not always better,” says Waters, paraphrasing Aristotle’s golden mean, ...