Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Antibiotics prevent cancer spread?


Apparently whenever I mention something in this blog, the universe responds by sending me more...wish I had known this when I was in high school, I would have mentioned a few young ladies (if I had a blog in high school...and if we had the internet...and computers...uh oh, getting depressed here).
Yesterday I received two more health newsletters I've never seen before, and both were offering breakthrough miracles, one of which had to do with prostate health. I do read any article that mentions prostate cancer and, once again, I learned something, maybe.
One newsletter heralded tetracycline for those with either breast or prostate cancer. The claim is tetracycline prevents these cancers from spreading to bones. A cheap, readily available prophylactic for bone cancer...if valid, that's important information (if not, it's exceedingly cruel offering false hope). I'm certainly eager to hear from anyone who might shed additional light.
A study reported in the media today linked circumcision with reduced likelihood of developing prostate cancer. Within the report, it was mentioned that the number of circumcisions are declining and the reported cases of prostate cancer are climbing. Without seeing the study, I have to wonder if this is correlation rather than cause and effect?
The same study reports males circumcised before having sex are 15% less likely to develop prostate cancer;  I wonder if this means immediately before (ouch)?

3 comments:

  1. Interesting post, thanks. Do you really think antibiotics can prevent cancer spread? I thought they only were effective against bacteria.

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  2. As I said in the posting, "..if valid, that's important information (if not, it's exceedingly cruel offering false hope)." I have not seen any further information regarding the topic, nor any research "breakthrough" to that effect. I'm not a huge fan of the health newsletters that come unsolicited.

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  3. Thanks for sharing! I've been looking at different ways that I can help prevent cancer spread in my own community, and find facts and insights like this very helpful. Thanks again for sharing

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