A new study suggests that high levels of ionized calcium and total calcium in the body are linked to an increased risk of death from prostate cancer. Researchers found that men who had the highest ionized serum calcium were three times more likely to die from prostate cancer than participants who had the lowest levels of ionized serum calcium. And men who had the highest amount of total calcium were twice as likely to have fatal prostate cancer as the study subjects with the lowest calcium...
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Source: National Cancer Institute
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