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.

Prostate cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed malignancies in men among Western, developed nations.

Controversy over Assam’s first indigenous tea planter

Tinsukia, Sep 26 : The Singphoo tribe has claimed that the coveted distinction of being the first indigenous tea planter in Assam belongs to one of its kings (Gam) Nirula Singphoo and not Maniran Dewan as recognized by the government.

Staking the claim, the Singphoo Jatiya Parishad�s (SJP) leaders said their king had started plantation, decades before Dewan had even applied for the rights to grow tea. The king�s plantation was located in the present Ketekeng area of Margherita sub-division in Tinsukia district of eastern Assam, they added. The controversy has been triggered afresh following the naming of a tea centre in Guwahati after Maniram Dewan by Planning Commission Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia recently, recognising Dewan as the first indigenous tea planter of the state. Challenging the announcement, the Singhpoo leaders produced testimonials to support their claim.