era@ncar.ucar.edu (Ed Arnold) (01/31/91)
Index Number: 13282 In article <16757@bunker.UUCP> Alan.Forro@f3.n157.z1.fidonet.org writes: >Index Number: 12824 > >We've talked about vasectomy also. I just heard about a study saying >that men with vasectomies has about double the risk of prostate cancer. >That certainly gives me pause, as I am already in remission from >Hodgekins Disease, and I don't want to tempt fate anymore. I saw this in the press too, and called the American Foundation for Urologic Disease (800-242-AFUD) out of curiosity. What they told me was that this study had not actually been published as of now, they couldn't give me the title/author until it had been published, and that the study was not done by MDs. They seemed skeptical. Why/how the press picked this thing up and trumpeted it all over the country, before the paper has even been published and reviewed, is a mystery to me. -- era@ncar.ucar.edu