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Friday 28 September 2001

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PCRM Nutrition Experts Available to Comment on New Prostate Cancer Study
Study Shows High Intakes of Dairy Products Increase Risk of Prostate Cancer

Washington, D.C.—The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has nutrition experts available to comment on the just-released study showing that high intakes of dairy products are associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer. Conducted by Harvard School of Public Health's June Chan and her colleagues, the study appears in the October 2001 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. It analyzed the dietary habits of more than 20,000 men participating in the 13-year-long Physicians' Health Study.

"The Physicians' Health Study offers compelling evidence that milk consumption increases the risk of prostate cancer, almost certainly by affecting a man's hormones," says PCRM president Neal D. Barnard, M.D. "Given how common and deadly prostate cancer is and the many healthy alternatives to milk, there is every reason for men to avoid cow's milk altogether." Dr. Barnard, a widely published nutrition researcher and author of six popular books on diet and health, has compiled a review of the scientific literature linking dairy consumption to prostate cancer. The Physicians' Health Study is the 16th study to show a link between dairy consumption and prostate cancer.

PCRM staff dietitian Brie Turner-McGrievy, M.S., R.D., works alongside Dr. Barnard in PCRM's nutrition department and is also available for comment on the Physicians' Health Study. An adjunct faculty member of nutrition at the University of Alabama and coordinator of a nutrition study at PCRM, Ms. Turner-McGrievy can comment on the specific effect milk consumption and calcium have on a man's hormones, as well as how certain foods, such as fruits and vegetables, reduce the risk of prostate cancer.

To arrange an interview with one of these PCRM experts or others available in many parts of the country, contact Simon Chaitowitz, PCRM communications director, at 202-686-2210, ext. 309 or <simonc@pcrm.org>.

Based in Washington, D.C., PCRM is a nonprofit health advocacy organization that promotes preventive medicine and higher standards in research. Since its founding in 1985, it has promoted a low-fat, dairy-and-meat-free diet as a means of preventing and reversing disease. For more information, visit www.pcrm.org.

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