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Prostate Cancer Surgery May Not Always Up Survival Study Finds Surgery Doesn't Cut Death Risk Compared to Watchful Waiting for Early-Stage Prostate Cancer July 18, 2012 -- For men with early prostate cancer, surgery to remove the prostate gland appears to offer no survival advantage over watching and waiting, a new study shows.

Vitamin D With Calcium May Boost Survival Findings Add to Confusion About Benefits of Supplementation June 15, 2012 -- Older people who take vitamin D with calcium may have lower death rates than those who don't. That finding comes from a new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Healthy Diet, Regular Exercise Can Improve Odds, Report Confirms

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The advice sounds very simple. The best way to survive a heart attack is: 1. Recognize the symptoms. 2. Call 911. 3. Chew an aspirin while waiting for emergency personnel to arrive. But every year, 133,000 Americans die of heart attacks, and another 300,000 die of sudden cardiac arrest-largely because they didn't get help in time.

Men who have two drinks a day after surviving a first heart attack have a lower risk of death from heart disease than non-drinkers, Harvard researchers said, adding to evidence that moderate alcohol use may be healthy.