However, it appears that first-time users of beta agonist inhalers are seven times as likely to suffer an attack, even without a previous history of heart disease. Another likely reason, says this doctor, is that physicians faced with a patient exhibiting signs of chest discomfort and shortness of breath may use an inhaler as a diagnostic test. In other words, they try an inhaler to see if it helps. In a patient with latent heart disease, this can be fatal. Rats suffering from researcher-induced prostatitis were subjected to stress of confinement to a small space for 15 minutes, twice a day for four weeks.
Rats hate being trapped in small spaces.
Inflammation increased in those rates, while those not so confined healed. Prostate inflammation is thought to be stimulated in part by prolactin. Prolactin is produced in the stress response of both rats and humans. A human study is now being designed at the National Institutes of Health to further examine this link. A new study of close to 48,000 male health professionals suggests that bladder cancer is influenced by fluid intake.