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Prostate cancer prevention: past, present, and future
Recent investigations of medications, diet and the molecular understanding of prostate cancer are defining potential prevention strategies for the disease, and herald a new stage in the management of this cancer, according to a new review. Writing in the November 1, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, Dr. Neil Fleshner and Dr. Alexandre Zlotta from the University of Toronto say that available medications, such as 5-alpha reductase inhibitors and selective estrogen receptor modifiers, show promise in reducing malignancies. In addition, there is strong evidence that dietary fat significantly impacts disease development and promising data that other compounds, such as soy, selenium and green tea, offer additional possibilities for disease prevention.
Steeped with great Canadian tea
There's no real mystery as to why the Mysterious Rose wows at first sip. Leon Li of Ten Ren Tea skilfully slips a multitude of harmonious flavours into his iced tea creation – soaking, straining and blending blueberries, plums, simple syrup, brown sugar syrup and Taiwanese oolong tea with ice. He deftly shapes a thin slice of red apple into a flower and sets it afloat on the thick, dusty rose elixir, alongside a plump bubble tea straw. "This is the drink of all drinks," Brendan Waye of the Great Canadian Tea Steep-off tells a small but rapt audience Monday at the Canadian Coffee & Tea Show at the Toronto Congress Centre. "This should be framed, not drunk." But drink it we must (we being the steep-off judges), and the sensory memory of this vibrant and complex creation lingers.
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