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What Happens In A Prostate Exam

Most men will find that when they get into their thirties and beyond they will be advised to go through a prostate exam when they have a physical checkup.While this is sensible there are a few problems and they may be hesitant to suffer the indignity of the procedure and need reassurance before they feel [...]

Prostate Problems and How Natural Prostate Vitamins Help

This article looks at some of the basic aspects concerning mens prostate issues and discusses the signs, symptoms and how natural vitamins may help. More than 50% of middle aged men endure problems associated with an enlarged prostate. The chances of experiencing these problems also increase as men become older. Prostate supplements help in the [...]

Prostate Cancer Questions And answers – More Than 650,000 Cancer Deaths Avoided

Title: More Than 650,000 Cancer Deaths Avoided Category: Health News Created: 5/27/2009 Last Editorial Review: 5/28/2009 Read more…

Info About Prostate Cancer Level Of Care

According to a recent survey conducted by the Prostate Cancer Charity organisation, men with prostate cancer are not receiving the same level of care as for other cancers and as the level of care for women although it is not fully understood why.  One of the possible reasons is thought to be a lack of [...]

Pomegranate Cancer Prevention

Although the survival rate of five years for men with prostate cancer has increased from 67% in the 1970s to 90% in recent years, prostate cancer is still the United State’s most common cancer, aside from skin cancer, and the second leading cause of cancer-related death in men. The primary method of management for this [...]

Prostate Cancer Bone Metastasis

Prostate cancer can spread throughout the body through different means, but it tends to spread to bones rather than to other organs. Metastases means cancer spread, and with prostate cancer these can occur when the tumour is small. To determine whether the cancer has become an advanced metastatic cancer, a bone scan is used. If [...]

Prostate Cancer Vaccine, New Cancer Cure?

Since in US, more than 200,000 new cases of prostate cancer are discovered every year a more effective treatment was desperately needed. At the prostate cancer symposium in Orlando, co-sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Eric J. Small, MD, UCSF professor of medicine and urology presented the findings of the study he led [...]

Is Robotic Prostatectomy For You?

A major study of patient satisfaction and regret following open prostatectomy and robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy provides some important lessons for surgeons … … and opens up the debate about  alternative prostate cancer care The research, recently published in the European Journal of Urology, shows 19 per cent of patients regretted their treatment choice and patients [...]

Prostate Cancer Treatment Info, Prostatectomy

There are a few  options for treatment once prostate cancer is diagnosed. One option for localized prostate cancer is surgery and here we look at just what such surgery involves. The normal approach for surgery in the case of localized prostate cancer is to remove the entire prostate gland and surrounding tissue in an operation [...]

Testicular Cancer Chemotherapy, Taking a Chemo Holiday

For many people suffering from advanced prostate cancer chemotherapy can be worse than the condition itself. Now however studies have shown that it might be possible to enjoy a brief chemotherapy holiday. Once prostate cancer has moved out of the prostate and spread into other parts of the body it is classed as advanced prostate [...]

Take Broccoli And Tomatos For Cancer?

There is growing evidence that certain micronutrients, more specifically antioxidants, may help prevent some forms of cancer. It has also been shown that lycopene and other  antioxidants reduce the risk of cancer . Antioxidants may help shield against cancer and heart disease by neutralizing harmful molecules known as oxygen free radicals. Broccoli And Carrots Smoothies [...]

Men’s Health Issues, Swollen Prostate

Although some people believe that prostate enlargement problems may be early prostate cancer warning signs, these two are not necessarily connected. So what causes an enlarged prostate and what are the possible cures for a male enlarged prostate? Signs Of Problem With Prostate Enlargement Having a swollen prostate is not life-threatening, and it is doesn’t [...]

Natural Treatments For Prostate Cancer

Grow and use your own herbs. You’ll be healthier and it might just save your life. From the age of around 45 years, a majority of men begin to experience changes in their urination patterns. In varying degrees, the experience can be a subtle change or can become a very distressing painful and in some [...]

Does Coffee Cause An Enlarged Prostate?

Despite the fact that many men begin to experience enlarged prostate symptoms as early as their mid-forties, the vast majority of prostate cancers are not diagnosed until after the age of seventy. It’s a sad fact that most men are into their seventies before prostate cancer is diagnosed, by which time the disease is often [...]

Seeking The Best Prostate Cancer Treatment

There is a wide  range of prostate cancer treatments available today for both early and late stage prostate cancer and this article outlines the choices open to patients. There is a wide range of prostate cancer treatments available today and the treatment that your doctor recommends will depend to a very large extent upon the [...]