Hormonal Dietary Supplements And Progression Of Prostate Cancer

With many people looking to herbal and hormonal dietary supplements to prevent aging and to help resolve health problems, more research is needed to ascertain the safety and efficacy of these products. Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas investigated the effect of a hormonal supplement after an unusual course of clinically aggressive prostate cancer developed in two men within months after they began taking the same product. One man had taken it to develop stronger muscles and enhance sexual performance, and the other man took it to gain muscle. The scientists evaluated serum levels of total testosterone, luteinizing hormone, and follicle-stimulating hormone for both men and examined biopsy...