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This video was created for a class project in FCM 8420 Epidemiology at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Spring 2010. More Information: Prostate cancer affects men of all ages and races. In 2006, 203415 men developed prostate cancer. Is it possible that cold temperature could cause increased incidence rates of prostate cancer? The journal article we reviewed was attempting to prove just that. Although it seemed well planned and executed, we found several confounding factors that were not addressed in the article that could be the actual culprit. The first article demonstrated that people in climates where there are consistently colder temperatures do not get the recommended amount of daily exercise. Not exercising regularly leads to obesity, which can lead to many other health risks including cancer. The other article examined increased cancer risk with increased exposure of pollutants. They found some pollutants do have a relationship with increased cancers, but other pollutants proved inconclusive. Because pollutants do not degrade and absorb as well in colder temperature as they do in warmer climates, these cold weather climates have an increased amount of pollutants in the air and ground.1 These are just some the confounding issues not examined in the study. Since this is a relatively new idea that cold temperatures affect prostate cancer, more research is needed to follow up on this. It is a biologically plausible idea, but needs more evidence to prove an …

I made an appointment for my six month old male chihuahua to get neutered. While I was in the waiting room, the vet gave me a copy of an article about the pros and cons of neutering a small breed dog. The article focused more on the cons. I didn’t understand why the vet was trying to tell me… I thought that neutering was a must! The vet then tells me that it’s up to me if I want to get him neutered, but that the health benifits are not significant. He said that there is only a very small chance that my dog could get prostate cancer later in life if he is not neutered. On the other hand, the vet said that it is a very good idea to spay a female dog due to avoiding major health problems like breast cancer. He said that the probability of my dog getting another dog pregnant is very small as well (my major concern was that my dog didn’t father any puppies). He gave a few reasons for this. So I left without neutering my dog, and the vet didn’t charge me for the visit.

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This digital document is an article from Transplant News, published by Transplant Communications, Inc. on June 14, 2003. The length of the article is 493 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Breast and prostate cancer patients may be candidates for organ transplantation.
Publication: Transplant News (Newsletter)
Date: June 14, 2003
Publisher: Transplant Communications, Inc.
Volume: 13 Issue: 11

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Breast and prostate cancer patients may be candidates for organ transplantation.: An article from: Transplant News