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Prostate cancer can now be predicted in a new way. Men with high levels of calcium in blood are at higher risk for developing fatal form of prostate cancer. Test allows to predict prostate cancer a decade before it comes. A study by US researchers examined 2814 men who had taken blood tests to identify calcium levels. Those men with higher levels of blood calcium had a 2.68 times higher risk of suffering a fatal form of prostate cancer, but cancer came only a decade after a test was performed. Calcium level were no way linked to nonfatal forms of disease. read more

Title: College Freshmen See Rx Drug Misuse More Risky Than Alcohol, PotCategory: health newscreated: 9/4/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 9/4/2008

Title: Study Links Serum Calcium, Prostate cancer DeathCategory: health newscreated: 9/4/2008 2:00:00 amlast Editorial review: 9/4/2008

Scientists studying human Swedish twins and voles have discovered a gene variant involved in producing a hormone that affects monogamy in animals whereby men with two copies of the variant were twice as likely to have had a relationship crisis with their spouse or partner in the last 12 months than men who did not carry the variant.

African health workers performing male circumcision in an effort to curb the spread of HIV need better tools and more training to avoid high rates of complications, according to a World Health Organization study published Monday in the WHO Bulletin, Reuters Health reports.

Title: Being Tall May Raise Prostate cancer RiskCategory: health newscreated: 9/4/2008Last Editorial review: 9/4/2008