CHICAGO (Reuters) - Being diagnosed with prostate cancer roughly doubles the risk of suicide or death from a heart attack, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday, adding to the harm linked with diagnosis of this often slow-growing cancer. A team at Harvard and Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston used data from more than 340,000 prostate cancer patients diagnosed ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prostate cancer treatments that cut off the supply of male hormone raise cholesterol, worsen blood sugar and make men fatter and thus likely raise the risk of heart attack, too, doctors said on Monday. An advisory published in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation recommends that doctors keep a close eye on men they treat with so-called ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have found a way to pinpoint where in the prostate a tumor may be hiding by using a imaging technique that measures the chemical composition of tissues. Although the research is in its early stages, the finding may lead to a better way for doctors to diagnose prostate cancer, they said on Wednesday. A team ...