{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Harvard Gazette","provider_url":"https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/gazette","author_name":"harvardgazette","author_url":"https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/author\/harvardgazette\/","title":"Prostate treatment has risks &#8212; Harvard Gazette","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EgAlMuoxGD\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2006\/09\/prostate-treatment-has-risks\/\">Prostate treatment has risks<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2006\/09\/prostate-treatment-has-risks\/embed\/#?secret=EgAlMuoxGD\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Prostate treatment has risks&#8221; &#8212; Harvard Gazette\" data-secret=\"EgAlMuoxGD\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"A treatment mainstay for prostate cancer puts men at increased risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to a large observational study published in the Sept. 20 Journal of Clinical Oncology. \"Men with prostate cancer have high five-year survival rates, but they also have higher rates of noncancer mortality than healthy men,\" says study author Nancy Keating, assistant professor of health care policy and of medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). \"This study shows that a common hormonal treatment for prostate cancer may put men at significant risk for other serious diseases. Patients and physicians need to be aware of the elevated risk as they make treatment decisions.\""}