News and Questions About benefits of vitamin e
Open Question: Ae Omega 3 fish dietary supplements worth taking?
I bought these Spring Valley One-per-day omega 3 fish oil dietary supplement. It says that it has been verified by the US Pharmacopoeia if that makes a difference. Oh, and will this help improve my skin? Oh and I don't like the taste of fish so eating fish isn't really an option. Also, what are the benefits of vitamin E skin oil?
Resolved Question: what is in vitamin A and E that benefits acne?
apparently a lack of these vitamins causes acne...how? and what is vitamin A and E in?
Resolved Question: what are the benefits of Vitamin-E oil as a moisturizer?
Resolved Question: Am i over dosing on vitamins?
Everyday 3 times a day ( Morning, afternoon, night) i take Fish Oil omega 3 1200 mg. Then i take vitamin E 400 i.u ( di-alpha) also 3 times a day. I'm thinking of starting to take a multivitamin also 3 times daily. Is this to much??? Can anybody help me out here? I just want to know if this is to much or not? I already know the benefits and all that, thanks.
Resolved Question: What's the deal with Vitamin E oil?
Is Vitamin E antibacterial? I can't find a lot of information on it. What are the supposed benefits of using it topically?
That makes sense, since it is an antioxidant, so being exposed to the air would make it react immediately.
I can see how the oil would help skin, but it is the oil in the mixture, not the vitamin e, is that right?
Resolved Question: POLL: Jojoba Oil, Coconut Oil, Sesame Oil, SweetAlmond Oil, Vitamin E Oil, Or Grape Seed Oil,Olive Oil?
which do you use? which has the best benefits? and which is best for dry hair but not too heavy or greasy?
thanks :D
Voting Question: will i benefit from taking megavitamins ?
im 17 from the uk and am a health freak i have acne nothing major but quite moderate, i weigh 10st 2 and im of a muscly build no fat at all, ive recently bought from holland and barrets a vitman called megavitamin which has megadoses of vitamins e.g
vitamin A - 300% rda 8000ui
'' D 200% rda 400ui
'' E 840%rda 125ui
'' C 417%rda 250mg
riboflavin and thiomin are in the 5000+ % rda
vit b6 is 4000 % and bit b12 is 8000 %
etc.
do i benefit from this or will i do more harm than good ?
when i urinate its bright yellow almost florescant.
cheers.
patothentic acid = 80mg 1333% rda
also i have diagnosed systematic candida, and know this can sustain the essential nutrients been absorbed, i do though eat a well balanced healthy diet usually high in protein and fruit and veg included and hardly any fat.
Resolved Question: Do you get the same benefits from synthetic Vitamin E that you get from natural Vitamin E?
Thanks Frankie. I wanted you to know that I did not give you the thumbs down and for some reason, I just don't believe the other answerer b/c they probably are the one that did so.
Resolved Question: is it ok to take a multivitamin with a dietary suppliment that may include some vitamines in it?
I'm taking the supplement focus formula which includes vitamin c 200% daily value, vitamin e 100% daily value, b6 500% daily value, folic acid 100% and vit. b12 500%. The daily vitamin has many more vitamins mostly containing the daily value of 100%. Is is ok to take the mutlivitamin since it has all the vitamins I need along with the dietary suppliment that helps with focus and concentration and brain support (dietary suppliment also includes herbal ingrediants.) such as ginkgo and gotu kola. I don't eat well and will benefit from the daily multi viatamin and also need help with adhd issues but worried about if it's possible to overdose on viatamins?
Also anyone know what the maximum daily value of ginko bilopa and gotu kola leaf extract since both are great to use for concentration and memory problems. I'd like to buy the supliments gotu kola leaf and ginko bilopa since they both are sold as single suppliments. If the focus formula alone doesn't help I want to try increasing the ammount of ginkgo and gotu kola without taking more then is considered safe. Thanks!!
based on one persons answer I'd like to add that my eating habits are poor. To expect me to eat all the daily reccomendations on each food group would be a huge problem. Sorry but i never have a huge appetite and it seems to get everything I ned I'd have to be eating constantly through the day to meed each vitamin and mineral requirement for each day.
As for useing prescription drugs to help with adhd that may be all good for those who can tolerate such meds buyt for me after 4 years I started getting side effects such as irregular heart beats and pvcs along with chest pain so I really can't and probably shouldn't be taking those meds anymore and don't have much of a choice since living with adhd untreated is pure hell and if I can't find safer natural ways to control my adhd symptoms i'm not sure what it I'll do...
I'm already feeling beyond discorouged and doubtful so anyone who has experiance useing herbal/natural remedies with great success and a doctor please respond.
Resolved Question: How much IU of vitamin E should I take for skin benefit?
I'm looking for the vitamin e pill that i can break and rub on my skin or take daily as a dietary supplement, but there are SO many kinds of vitamin E. Help
Resolved Question: In what ways can Vitamin E benefit a dog?
I have vitamin E and I could've sworn I heard somewhere its beneficial to dogs. Is it?
Could I use this bottle of vitamin E for anything? LoL
ok rescue member, whats with the people tonight and their attitudes, I give my dog fish oil everyday, i know alot of dog owners who do.
CHILL OUT!!!!
Im not experimenting im asking, you freakola. Im not asking if I can give my dog ice cream im asking if i can give her a NATURAL OIL.
Resolved Question: What are the benefits of using Vitamin E on the skin?
I know it can work to fade scars and such...
but I was wondering about applying Vitamin E oil on my entire face every night before bed to smooth and soften my complexion.
Will this give me nicer skin (eventually)?
Will it do anything else?
Also, have any of you tried it?
Resolved Question: What are the benefits of every vitamin? ?
Like what does it do to your body?
All vitamins (A,B,C,D,E,Calcium,Zinc,Iron, Riboflavin)
like vitamins in cereal and vitamin water.
Thanks!
Resolved Question: I take 800 I.U. of vitamin E daily?
Is it harmful to take? I also take 500 mg of Niacin. What are the benefits of taking these supplements?
Voting Question: Vitamin E and B complex with C and L-arginine in the morning.?
Are there any benefits, are they're any risks?
Resolved Question: what are the benefits of taking vitamin e capsules a day?
there only a small dose i didn't want to take too much
Voting Question: What Kind Of Benefits does Vitamin E 800 IU Have?
does it premote Weight Loss? (while eating healthy and exercising)..
Can someone lose weight by Taking Vitamin E 800 IU and eating allot of broccoli help lose belly fat??
Resolved Question: Are there any studies related to the benefits of Vitamin E (Tocopherol or Tocopheryl) from "natural" sources?
By "natural", I mean botanical sources.
As a health-conscious consumer, I've been trying to find skin and haircare products free of harmful chemicals (ewg.org has been a very helpful tool). EWG illustrates how some ingredients, such as "Vitamin E" (aka "Tocopherol" or "Tocopheryl") has a contamination concern ("HYDROQUINONE" - a highly toxic substance with a score of 10, the highest EWG hazard score!).
Unfortunately, most products (for skin, hair, and even babies) contain Vitamin E. So, I contacted a reputable/high-end baby product manufacturer regarding the contamination concern (i.e., When can it happen? How can it can be prevented, if at all?) Their response: It may occur during manufacturing process (NOT post-production). Plus, they "claim" it does NOT apply to botanically-derived Vitamin E.
An EWG rep informed me that this "claim" cannot be proven. I followed up with manufacturer (twice), asking for any studies that would prove their claim, but they never replied.
Voting Question: Does anyone have experience with SAM-e?
I took Prozac several years ago, and had very bad anxiety side effects from it, where I felt as though I was having a panic attack. My therapist feels I would benefit from taking St. John's Wort or SAM-e, but I when I read about St. John's Wort I read that it could interfere with birth control pills, so that's out for me. Does anyone know if SAM-e works, and at what dose? (Most I see are for 200 mg.) Also has anyone experienced side effects with it? Also, once you begin to take it, do you have to wean off of it or can you stop taking it cold turkey? I've also been reading a lot about fish oil and Vitamin B for depression. Does anyone know about those, too?
Thanks!
Resolved Question: Which of the following represents current knowledge of the role of vitamin and mineral supplements in physical
a.)When taken right before an event, they have been shown to benefit performance
b) Moderate amounts have been shown to improve the performance of most elite athletes
c.)Except perhaps for iron, they are needed in high amounts to meet the needs of athletes exposed to hot and humid weather conditions
d.)Except perhaps for iron and vitamin E, supplements are not recommended because there is no difference in the RDA of physically active people compared with sedentary people
Resolved Question: * 10 POINTS! Acne Experts!* Would these tablets be of benefit for my mild acne?
Glymed Plus Acne Formula Supplements (2 Tablets Daily) Ingredients:
Vitamin A (5000 IU)
Vitamin C (250mg)
Vitamin E (400 IU)
Vitamin B-6 (50mg)
Vitamin B-12 (6 mcg)
Zinc (60mg)
Selenium (75mcg)
Copper (1 mg)
Choline Bitartrate (10mg)
Para Amino Benzoic Acid (150 mg)
Alpha Lipoic Acid (50 mg)
Lactoferrin (50 mg)
HERB Blend (360 mg) Consisting of:
Yellow Dock Root, Neem Leaf Extract, Holy Basil Leaf Extract, Burdock Root Extract, Red Clover Leaf Extract, Rose Hips Leaf Extract, Grape Seed Extract, Fennel Fruit Extract, Horse Radish Root, Black Pepper Fruit, Ginger Root,
Thanks!
Also, would it be normal to experience more pimples at the start of treatment as I have recently been obtaining a few more than usual, particuarly in my eyebrows and along my mouth,
Thanks!
Resolved Question: Omega vitamins help and info?
1. How many mg's of omega vitamins a day are needed?
2. What is the most that can be consumed daily?
3. Some of them have vitamin E in them and some don't, is it possible to just take a vitamin E pill with the Omega?
4. What benefits do the vitamin E have?
5. Are the 3-6-9 better or necessary or could I just take the omega 3's?
6. Is it possible to have to much? If so, how much is too much of each 3-6-9?
Voting Question: Anyone ever used Activclear for acne?
BP and Retin-A are all too harsh for my sensitive skin. I have mild acne and was prescribed these treatments by a derm....but the side effect never subsided..so i wasn't able to reap the benefits of these treatments fully. I did gave it a legitimate chance to work (3 and a half months), so I'm not one of those ppl who are complaining after using it for only a couple of weeks.
I decided to stop using it, b/c the side effects were just horrible (drying, flaking, tenderness..way too extreme). I saw a natural cream that is compsoed of zinc, tea tree oil, vitamins A E B1 B5 B6 (Activclear), that saids it will get rid of bleminish and diminish red marks naturally and quick. anyone have any ideas?
Resolved Question: Vitamin E Better Than Lotion?
I have used pure Vitamin E in the past on facial scars (while a wound is healing) and just as a facial mask. Usually I just cut open the gel tabs and squirt out the vitamin e and use that. Right now I'm getting over a bad cold and my nose is all red and dry so I'm applying it to that area, hoping that will help in the coming days. Since my skin is really sensitive, especially on my face, I think it is a good alternative to lotion and may ave all kinds of other benefits. Is this really beneficial or does anyone else use vitamin E for the same reasons? Probably not a typical 'guy thing' to do so any insight from the ladies would be appreciated.
Voting Question: Has anyone ever used "Activclear" for acne?
BP and Retin-A are all too harsh for my sensitive skin. I have mild acne and was prescribed these treatments by a derm....but the side effect never subsided..so i wasn't able to reap the benefits of these treatments fully. I did gave it a legitimate chance to work (3 and a half months), so I'm not one of those ppl who are complaining after using it for only a couple of weeks.
I decided to stop using it, b/c the side effects were just horrible (drying, flaking, tenderness..way too extreme). I saw a natural cream that is compsoed of zinc, tea tree oil, vitamins A E B1 B5 B6 (Activclear), that saids it will get rid of bleminish and diminish red marks naturally and quick. anyone have any ideas?
Resolved Question: i m currently taking one vitamin c tablet 500mg and one vitamin e tablet daily?
i dont get any benefit right now please tell me whats the benefit and side effect of it and how much days it will take to show result
Resolved Question: Cleansing routine?
I am currently using (not in order i don't think :S):
-2 in 2 cleanser and toner by boots (easy & quick use.)
-You rebel by benefit (which I find to be outstanding.)
-Aqua sensation anti-shadow eye creme by Nivea.
-Vitamin E by superdrug
-John freda Hair Gloss
-Invisible Light
eye make up remover gel by boots
-clinique moisture serge extra.
I was wondering what is your favourite product & Cleansing routine?
Resolved Question: What Are Coconuts Good For?
i LOVE coconuts, especially when im just sipping the coco juice through a straw. ive eaten and rank so many coconut in the past few days, im not sick or anything, although i am curious, what benefits do you get from consuming a coconut? like how potato skins have a lot of fibers and how its good for your digestive system, or how oranges are good for your blood. but what does coconuts have and what are they good for? (ex. vitamins a b c d e f g, or it has mucho calcium or something i dont know)
Resolved Question: Benefits of using vitamin E oil on skin (face)?
are there any?
Resolved Question: What are the benefits of Vitamin E oil?
Supposedly it's good for the skin, but what does it do? I looked at older answers to this question, and some said it helps acne, and some said it makes it worse.
Also, is it good for hair?
Resolved Question: how much IU of vitamin E should i take everyday and what are the benefits. thanks?
Resolved Question: what r the benefit of Vitamin E tablet ????? how it help in human body?
Resolved Question: Custody. Craziness. Legal Advice.--ANY ADVICE IM SO STRESSED?
Where do I start. I was staying with a young lady. Not dating, just sharing an apt. We had sex and I supposedly knocked her up. She told me the E.R sent her home with pre-natal vitamins and were the ones that told her she was 'carrying'.
She got mad at me and kicked me out. She started sending me messages saying "You'll never see your kid *#!@#". As well as told alot of acquaintances/friends horrible stuff about me that isn't true.
She has two kids, one staysat her parents. She receives Government benefits for both these kids. One obviously illegally. Her Govt. provided apt is occupied by a bunch of losers that aren't on the lease or related to her or her kid. If you said 'white trash' you are correct..I was lonely :(
I get a text from her cousin last night "She had a miscarriage don't contact us"
I have a good job and will have a house, is custody a good option? With no proof I'm the dad, can I make her send me proof on the miscarriage?
I mean I think I can show she can't take care of the two she has. And I have wanted a kid since, well I was a kid.
Can anything happen from her lying about the miscarriage, if she is?
Professor smart ass, proof as in the statement from the medical facility that stated she had one.
Voting Question: what are the healthiest foods to maintain a well-balanced diet?
I am looking for a lifestyle change so I have included the following in my diet. Please add to my list as well as the benefits to your diet:
*Flaxseed for all it's benefits
*Oatmeal for the fiber
*Plain low-fat yogurt for the cultures
*6-8 glasses of water
*more white meat and fish less read meat
*blueberries for anti-oxidants
*wheat germ for the vitamin E
*seeds/nuts for protein
Resolved Question: Skin Cream Definitions- Lemongrass, Peppermint, Almond oils, Vitamin E and Pro-Vitamin B5?
I bought some 'Simple' Face moisturizer and it has the above ingredients. what are the benefits of them on your skin?
Voting Question: what are the benefits i could get from taking vitmanin E and using vitamin E cream?
Resolved Question: Remedies/ vitamins/ natural ways to help skin (acne, luminosity,etc)?
I was wondering if anyone knew of any natural ways to benefit skin. I was hoping to find something natural to help with acne because I can't find anything over the counter that works. I'd like to avoid a skin doc if I can. I've tried vit e and exposure to natural sunlight. I heard both helped but I didn't see any difference. In fact, after taking a nutrition class in my college, I realized I was taking like 3300% the daily recommended value of vit e and it doesn't even have benefits for your skin! Can someone think of an herbal product or food or something I can try? Right now, I'd be willing to try just about anything.
Resolved Question: What are benefits of applying vitamin E on hair and scalp?
benefits of vitamin e, if any, on hair and scalp.
Resolved Question: what are the benefits of vitamin E?
what are the benefits of using vitamin E?
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Resolved Question: white or wholewheat,wholegrain pasta? why is it better?
i know obviously white is refined and doesnt have actual benefits like wholegrain does, in terms of vitamins, minerals e.t.c but purely on weight loss, is wholegrain pasta/rice e.t.c actually any better?
i mean if i was to eat white bread, instead of wholegrain, it wouldnt actualy make me GAIN weight more than eating the wholegrain bread would it?
Resolved Question: im 7 months pregnant Is it true that multivitamins wil make baby grow much bigger inside my womb?
my doctor told me that my tummy or my baby is so big and it doesnt look like 7 months it look likes im carrying 9 motnhs already.she told me to stop taking my 3 vitamins .This vitamins are
multivit.and minerals(A, D,E,B complex,Nicotinamide,C, Fe,Ca,Mg,k,Mn) Foralivit(Ferrous Sulfate + Folic Acid + Vit.B Complex) and Revitaplex ( Vit.B1 + B6 + B12) I really dont know if i have to stop taking it because i know it willl have great benefit drinking multivit for my baby.anyone help me with this.. pls.
Resolved Question: State what the problem you are fixing in the main body of the following article, please!?
A diagnosis of prostate cancer is scary enough. But just as scary is that nobody can tell a man the best way to treat it.
This month, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality issued a sweeping review of prostate cancer treatments, including surgical removal, radiation, hormone therapy and so-called watchful waiting, which involves careful monitoring but no active treatment until the cancer shows signs of growing.
Because none of these treatments emerged as superior, the agency came to the troubling conclusion that it could not recommend one over the others.
“Having been involved in this area for a long time, it was not shocking, but it is disappointing,” said Dr. Timothy J. Wilt, lead researcher on the report, from the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research. “Information is really lacking to determine whether over all one treatment is more effective and preferred.”
Prostate cancer is the single most common cancer in the United States and the second most lethal among men after lung cancer. In 2008, the American Cancer Society estimates, 186,320 men will learn that they have it and 28,660 will die from it. The estimates for breast cancer are 182,460 and 40,480.
Prostate cancer is often diagnosed with a blood test that looks for prostate-specific antigen, P.S.A. There is widespread consensus that the test casts too wide a net, resulting in overdiagnosis and overtreatment. And the treatment can be devastating, leaving men impotent, incontinent or both.
The reasons behind the lack of data on prostate cancer are complex. A lack of financing and advocacy have roles. But so does the fact that prostate tumors grow slowly and can take 10 or more years to turn deadly. Not only does that make the disease particularly expensive and time consuming to study, but it is also a built-in disincentive for the drug industry, which typically has patent protection from 7 to 20 years.
A bigger obstacle to finding answers may be the patients, who have long been reluctant to participate in clinical trials, and their doctors, who tend to scorn such trials because they are already convinced that their chosen treatment is the best option.
One major clinical trial called Spirit, for Surgical Prostatectomy Versus Interstitial Radiation Intervention Trial, would have compared surgical removal with brachytherapy, which involves implanting radioactive seeds. Just 56 of the 1,980 needed patients enrolled, and the trial was called off in 2004.
“Men don’t go into the clinical trials,” said Dr. Daniel P. Petrylak, associate professor of medicine and director of the genitourinary oncology program at the Columbia University Medical Center. “That’s the whole problem. Patients ask me all the time, ‘What is the best treatment?’ And I can’t give them an evidence-based approach for that, because we don’t have the data.”
Prostate doctors and patient advocates often compare their cause with that of the other leading sex-specific cancer: one of the largest prostate cancer support groups is called Us Too, a play on the Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization. The dismal state of prostate cancer research and advocacy pales in comparison to the campaign against breast cancer.
“We’re at least a decade behind where breast cancer awareness is,” Thomas Kirk, president of Us Too, said. “We need to catch up. The lessons learned by breast cancer are the ones we’re trying to apply to prostate cancer.”
Prostate cancer groups have tried to replicate the success of the pink ribbon campaign with their own blue ribbon, but it has yet to gain widespread acceptance. A group advocating the development of imaging technology for prostate screening created a mascot, Prosty the Spokesgland, complete with a theme song, to the tune of “Frosty the Snowman.” Not surprisingly, it has not caught on, either.
Government spending for prostate cancer lags, too. In 2007, the National Cancer Institute spent an estimated $551.1 million on breast cancer research and $305.6 million on prostate cancer. For 2008, the Defense Department, which has a history of supporting health research, has allocated $138 million for breast cancer and $80 million for prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer researchers say the real problem is not so much financing as enlisting doctors and patients on board for clinical trials.
By 2010, men should have some answers from Pivot, the Prostate Cancer Intervention Versus Observation Trial, which is comparing surgical removal with watchful waiting. Results of studies looking at P.S.A. screening as well as the preventive benefits of the supplements vitamin E and selenium are also expected in a few years.
“This is the state of prostate cancer,” Mr. Kirk of Us Too said. “There aren’t any clear answers.”
Resolved Question: What are the benefits of vitamin e cream?
I have acne scars and am DESPERATE to fade them. I have tried a ridiculous amount of things – for the last 4–5 months I’ve been adding rosehip oil to my moisturizer each night, but it’s not helping! Does vitamin e do anything? Or does anyone have other remedies? Keep in mind I’m a broke student so I’m on a budget.
The scars are like redish-purplish marks.
Resolved Question: What are the health benefits of nuts? I eat Almonds and Brazil Nuts religiously?
I eat probably about 20 almonds and 5 brazil nuts when im at work mon-fri. what would eating them do for my body? i know that brazil nuts contain a high amount of selenium and they have omega 3 oils? and vitamin E or something maybe?
Resolved Question: Benefits of vitamin C + Vitamin E?
I've heard through taking a combination of vitamin E/C results in cognitive functioning. Can anyone specializing in nutrition elaborate/provide specifics
"increased"
(for the sardonic perfectionists out there)
Resolved Question: please explain the problem of the following article, please!?
A diagnosis of prostate cancer is scary enough. But just as scary is that nobody can tell a man the best way to treat it.
This month, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality issued a sweeping review of prostate cancer treatments, including surgical removal, radiation, hormone therapy and so-called watchful waiting, which involves careful monitoring but no active treatment until the cancer shows signs of growing.
Because none of these treatments emerged as superior, the agency came to the troubling conclusion that it could not recommend one over the others.
“Having been involved in this area for a long time, it was not shocking, but it is disappointing,” said Dr. Timothy J. Wilt, lead researcher on the report, from the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research. “Information is really lacking to determine whether over all one treatment is more effective and preferred.”
Prostate cancer is the single most common cancer in the United States and the second most lethal among men after lung cancer. In 2008, the American Cancer Society estimates, 186,320 men will learn that they have it and 28,660 will die from it. The estimates for breast cancer are 182,460 and 40,480.
Prostate cancer is often diagnosed with a blood test that looks for prostate-specific antigen, P.S.A. There is widespread consensus that the test casts too wide a net, resulting in overdiagnosis and overtreatment. And the treatment can be devastating, leaving men impotent, incontinent or both.
The reasons behind the lack of data on prostate cancer are complex. A lack of financing and advocacy have roles. But so does the fact that prostate tumors grow slowly and can take 10 or more years to turn deadly. Not only does that make the disease particularly expensive and time consuming to study, but it is also a built-in disincentive for the drug industry, which typically has patent protection from 7 to 20 years.
A bigger obstacle to finding answers may be the patients, who have long been reluctant to participate in clinical trials, and their doctors, who tend to scorn such trials because they are already convinced that their chosen treatment is the best option.
One major clinical trial called Spirit, for Surgical Prostatectomy Versus Interstitial Radiation Intervention Trial, would have compared surgical removal with brachytherapy, which involves implanting radioactive seeds. Just 56 of the 1,980 needed patients enrolled, and the trial was called off in 2004.
“Men don’t go into the clinical trials,” said Dr. Daniel P. Petrylak, associate professor of medicine and director of the genitourinary oncology program at the Columbia University Medical Center. “That’s the whole problem. Patients ask me all the time, ‘What is the best treatment?’ And I can’t give them an evidence-based approach for that, because we don’t have the data.”
Prostate doctors and patient advocates often compare their cause with that of the other leading sex-specific cancer: one of the largest prostate cancer support groups is called Us Too, a play on the Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization. The dismal state of prostate cancer research and advocacy pales in comparison to the campaign against breast cancer.
“We’re at least a decade behind where breast cancer awareness is,” Thomas Kirk, president of Us Too, said. “We need to catch up. The lessons learned by breast cancer are the ones we’re trying to apply to prostate cancer.”
Prostate cancer groups have tried to replicate the success of the pink ribbon campaign with their own blue ribbon, but it has yet to gain widespread acceptance. A group advocating the development of imaging technology for prostate screening created a mascot, Prosty the Spokesgland, complete with a theme song, to the tune of “Frosty the Snowman.” Not surprisingly, it has not caught on, either.
Government spending for prostate cancer lags, too. In 2007, the National Cancer Institute spent an estimated $551.1 million on breast cancer research and $305.6 million on prostate cancer. For 2008, the Defense Department, which has a history of supporting health research, has allocated $138 million for breast cancer and $80 million for prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer researchers say the real problem is not so much financing as enlisting doctors and patients on board for clinical trials.
By 2010, men should have some answers from Pivot, the Prostate Cancer Intervention Versus Observation Trial, which is comparing surgical removal with watchful waiting. Results of studies looking at P.S.A. screening as well as the preventive benefits of the supplements vitamin E and selenium are also expected in a few years
Resolved Question: please explain the problem about the following article, please!?
A diagnosis of prostate cancer is scary enough. But just as scary is that nobody can tell a man the best way to treat it.
This month, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality issued a sweeping review of prostate cancer treatments, including surgical removal, radiation, hormone therapy and so-called watchful waiting, which involves careful monitoring but no active treatment until the cancer shows signs of growing.
Because none of these treatments emerged as superior, the agency came to the troubling conclusion that it could not recommend one over the others.
“Having been involved in this area for a long time, it was not shocking, but it is disappointing,” said Dr. Timothy J. Wilt, lead researcher on the report, from the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research. “Information is really lacking to determine whether over all one treatment is more effective and preferred.”
Prostate cancer is the single most common cancer in the United States and the second most lethal among men after lung cancer. In 2008, the American Cancer Society estimates, 186,320 men will learn that they have it and 28,660 will die from it. The estimates for breast cancer are 182,460 and 40,480.
Prostate cancer is often diagnosed with a blood test that looks for prostate-specific antigen, P.S.A. There is widespread consensus that the test casts too wide a net, resulting in overdiagnosis and overtreatment. And the treatment can be devastating, leaving men impotent, incontinent or both.
The reasons behind the lack of data on prostate cancer are complex. A lack of financing and advocacy have roles. But so does the fact that prostate tumors grow slowly and can take 10 or more years to turn deadly. Not only does that make the disease particularly expensive and time consuming to study, but it is also a built-in disincentive for the drug industry, which typically has patent protection from 7 to 20 years.
A bigger obstacle to finding answers may be the patients, who have long been reluctant to participate in clinical trials, and their doctors, who tend to scorn such trials because they are already convinced that their chosen treatment is the best option.
One major clinical trial called Spirit, for Surgical Prostatectomy Versus Interstitial Radiation Intervention Trial, would have compared surgical removal with brachytherapy, which involves implanting radioactive seeds. Just 56 of the 1,980 needed patients enrolled, and the trial was called off in 2004.
“Men don’t go into the clinical trials,” said Dr. Daniel P. Petrylak, associate professor of medicine and director of the genitourinary oncology program at the Columbia University Medical Center. “That’s the whole problem. Patients ask me all the time, ‘What is the best treatment?’ And I can’t give them an evidence-based approach for that, because we don’t have the data.”
Prostate doctors and patient advocates often compare their cause with that of the other leading sex-specific cancer: one of the largest prostate cancer support groups is called Us Too, a play on the Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization. The dismal state of prostate cancer research and advocacy pales in comparison to the campaign against breast cancer.
“We’re at least a decade behind where breast cancer awareness is,” Thomas Kirk, president of Us Too, said. “We need to catch up. The lessons learned by breast cancer are the ones we’re trying to apply to prostate cancer.”
Prostate cancer groups have tried to replicate the success of the pink ribbon campaign with their own blue ribbon, but it has yet to gain widespread acceptance. A group advocating the development of imaging technology for prostate screening created a mascot, Prosty the Spokesgland, complete with a theme song, to the tune of “Frosty the Snowman.” Not surprisingly, it has not caught on, either.
Government spending for prostate cancer lags, too. In 2007, the National Cancer Institute spent an estimated $551.1 million on breast cancer research and $305.6 million on prostate cancer. For 2008, the Defense Department, which has a history of supporting health research, has allocated $138 million for breast cancer and $80 million for prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer researchers say the real problem is not so much financing as enlisting doctors and patients on board for clinical trials.
By 2010, men should have some answers from Pivot, the Prostate Cancer Intervention Versus Observation Trial, which is comparing surgical removal with watchful waiting. Results of studies looking at P.S.A. screening as well as the preventive benefits of the supplements vitamin E and selenium are also expected in a few years
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A diagnosis of prostate cancer is scary enough. But just as scary is that nobody can tell a man the best way to treat it.
This month, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality issued a sweeping review of prostate cancer treatments, including surgical removal, radiation, hormone therapy and so-called watchful waiting, which involves careful monitoring but no active treatment until the cancer shows signs of growing.
Because none of these treatments emerged as superior, the agency came to the troubling conclusion that it could not recommend one over the others.
“Having been involved in this area for a long time, it was not shocking, but it is disappointing,” said Dr. Timothy J. Wilt, lead researcher on the report, from the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research. “Information is really lacking to determine whether over all one treatment is more effective and preferred.”
Prostate cancer is the single most common cancer in the United States and the second most lethal among men after lung cancer. In 2008, the American Cancer Society estimates, 186,320 men will learn that they have it and 28,660 will die from it. The estimates for breast cancer are 182,460 and 40,480.
Prostate cancer is often diagnosed with a blood test that looks for prostate-specific antigen, P.S.A. There is widespread consensus that the test casts too wide a net, resulting in overdiagnosis and overtreatment. And the treatment can be devastating, leaving men impotent, incontinent or both.
The reasons behind the lack of data on prostate cancer are complex. A lack of financing and advocacy have roles. But so does the fact that prostate tumors grow slowly and can take 10 or more years to turn deadly. Not only does that make the disease particularly expensive and time consuming to study, but it is also a built-in disincentive for the drug industry, which typically has patent protection from 7 to 20 years.
A bigger obstacle to finding answers may be the patients, who have long been reluctant to participate in clinical trials, and their doctors, who tend to scorn such trials because they are already convinced that their chosen treatment is the best option.
One major clinical trial called Spirit, for Surgical Prostatectomy Versus Interstitial Radiation Intervention Trial, would have compared surgical removal with brachytherapy, which involves implanting radioactive seeds. Just 56 of the 1,980 needed patients enrolled, and the trial was called off in 2004.
“Men don’t go into the clinical trials,” said Dr. Daniel P. Petrylak, associate professor of medicine and director of the genitourinary oncology program at the Columbia University Medical Center. “That’s the whole problem. Patients ask me all the time, ‘What is the best treatment?’ And I can’t give them an evidence-based approach for that, because we don’t have the data.”
Prostate doctors and patient advocates often compare their cause with that of the other leading sex-specific cancer: one of the largest prostate cancer support groups is called Us Too, a play on the Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization. The dismal state of prostate cancer research and advocacy pales in comparison to the campaign against breast cancer.
“We’re at least a decade behind where breast cancer awareness is,” Thomas Kirk, president of Us Too, said. “We need to catch up. The lessons learned by breast cancer are the ones we’re trying to apply to prostate cancer.”
Prostate cancer groups have tried to replicate the success of the pink ribbon campaign with their own blue ribbon, but it has yet to gain widespread acceptance. A group advocating the development of imaging technology for prostate screening created a mascot, Prosty the Spokesgland, complete with a theme song, to the tune of “Frosty the Snowman.” Not surprisingly, it has not caught on, either.
Government spending for prostate cancer lags, too. In 2007, the National Cancer Institute spent an estimated $551.1 million on breast cancer research and $305.6 million on prostate cancer. For 2008, the Defense Department, which has a history of supporting health research, has allocated $138 million for breast cancer and $80 million for prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer researchers say the real problem is not so much financing as enlisting doctors and patients on board for clinical trials.
By 2010, men should have some answers from Pivot, the Prostate Cancer Intervention Versus Observation Trial, which is comparing surgical removal with watchful waiting. Results of studies looking at P.S.A. screening as well as the preventive benefits of the supplements vitamin E and selenium are also expected in a few years
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