In men who were diagnosed before 1987, the risk of a fatal heart attack during the week following diagnosis increased 11-fold, and the risk of suicide increased 800 percent. After 1987, the risks of suffering a non-fatal heart attack during the first week of diagnosis fell to 300 percent. But the risk of suicide, although small, held steady. During the year following diagnosis, the risk of both heart attacks and suicide diminished but did not disappear.

“The risks are highest during the first week after diagnosis and young men seem to be most vulnerable,” the authors said in a statement, noting that men 54 years of age and under were the most vulnerable. “These unrecognized consequences of a prostate cancer diagnosis deserve the attention of health professionals to the increasing number of men that are diagnosed with this disease.”

“Stress can be an important trigger for physiologic reactions, including increased risk of cardiovascular disease,” Dr. Meir Stampfer, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, told ABC News. “The diagnosis of cancer also can cause high enough stress to see a noticeable increase in both heart disease and suicide.”

According to Dr. Robert O. Young,  “emotional stress requires energy and the consumption of energy leaves acidic residues that can make you sick, tired, and depressed.”

One in six American men will develop a cancerous prostate at some point during his lifetime.

According to Dr. Robert O. Young, “a cancerous prostate is not only preventable with an alkalizing lifestyle and diet but is also reversible with the same pH Miracle Plan. Once you understand that cancer is caused by dietary and/or metabolic acid then you can prevent a cancerous condition by maintaining the alkaline design of the body.”