Category: Prostate Treatments
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An enlarged prostate is a condition that affects a large number of men, with the latest statistics showing that by the age 60, 50% of men will have some signs of BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia). While this itself does not […]
Can Finasteride Shrink an Enlarged Prostate?
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When it comes to lowering your risk of prostate cancer, a number of lifestyle changes have been shown to help. These include dietary changes, ranging from cutting out dairy and red meat to going keto and exercising regularly. Yet, this […]
Ejaculation and Prostate Cancer: Is There a Connection?
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Full Disclosure is an Oxymoron of the Medical Profession It seems that full disclosure is never a primary concern of the medical profession. How many times have you had a visit to the doctor and he prescribes a medication, hands […]
Why Surgery for BPH is NOT a Good Idea
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PSA stands for “prostate specific antigen”. It is a protein produced by prostate cells and prostate cancer cells also produce PSA. A PSA test is used to measure the amount of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in your blood and for many men a […]
4 Things a PSA Test Doesn’t Indicate
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Prostate cancer is worsened when testosterone and dihydrotestosterone levels are high in the body. Thus, the medical profession has created hormone therapy as one of the ways they treat prostate cancer. This thinking process goes like this: if you can […]
Hormone Therapy – Does It Treat Prostate Cancer?
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The PSA test The introduction of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) testing in 1987 has led to a rapid rise in the reported incidence of prostate cancer in the United States (1). PSA is a glycoprotein that is produced exclusively in […]