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Article: Low Cholesterol May Shrink Risk for High-Grade Prostate Cancer.
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- November 3, 2009
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Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
BALTIMORE, Nov. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Men with lower cholesterol are less likely than those with higher levels to develop high-grade prostate cancer - an aggressive form of the disease with a poorer prognosis, according to results of a Johns Hopkins collaborative study. In a prospective study of more than 5,000 U.S. men, epidemiologists say they now have evidence that having lower levels of heart-clogging fat may cut a man's risk of this form of cancer by nearly 60 percent.
"For many reasons, we know that it's good to have a cholesterol level within the normal range," says Elizabeth Platz, Sc.D., M.P.H., ...
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