Coffee May Lower Prostate Cancer Risk

Coffee consumption, exercise may lower prostate cancer risk.

Bloomberg News (12/8, Bennett) reported that Harvard scientists have discovered that "drinking coffee may lower the risk of developing the deadliest form of prostate cancer." In fact, "the five percent of" study participants "who drank six or more cups a day had a 60 percent lower risk of developing the advanced form of the disease than those who didn't consume any." The work, Bloomberg notes, "is the first to associate coffee with prostate cancer, contradicting previous research that's found no link."
The team is quick to point out, however, that "it's too early to start recommending that men start drinking coffee to help prevent prostate cancer, but the results are encouraging," WebMD (12/7, Warner) reported.
Research explores role exercise could play in fight against prostate cancer. A presentation made "at the Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research conference" touched on the "role that exercise...could play in the fight against prostate cancer," the Time (12/7, O'Callaghan) "Wellness" blog reported. "An analysis of activity levels among 2,686 prostate cancer patients showed that men who jogged, played tennis, or participated in other comparable exercise for an average of three or more hours per week had 35% lower mortality rates than those who exercised less frequently or not at all." As for walking, those who did so "for four or more hours per week" had "overall mortality rates [that] were 23% lower than those of men who walked for fewer than 20 minutes per week."

Citation: AMA