Prostate Cancer and the Quality of Life
For a man, nothing is more disheartening than the news of Prostate Cancer. But it’s all too common in aging men in their 50s and up; and new research shows that among 1,269 men treated for prostate...
View ArticleYour Hair or your Sex Life? You Decide.
In recent news, it was discovered that the popular hair growth drug Propencia (finasteride) is great at growing hair, but some men suffer from nasty side effects in their sex life. Finasteride, which...
View ArticleRare, But It’s the Truth: Male Menopause
Scientists in the European Union recently discovered that about 2 percent of men suffer from “menopause” like symptoms that include fewer sexual thoughts, reduced sex drive and impotence. 3,300 men...
View ArticleCommon Alternative Therapies for Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is slow to develop; in many cases, men with prostate cancer are still alive today. It is estimated in the United States there will be over 217,000 new cases of Prostate Cancer, and...
View ArticleProduct Review: Osbon Erecaid Vacuum Therapy System
Osbon Erecaid is a long-time “standard” in vacuum therapy treatment. No review of vacuum therapy devices could possibly be sufficient without at least mentioning the Osbon Erecaid system. Owned by Timm...
View ArticleNew Genetic Research Increases Accuracy of Identifying Fatal Prostate Tumors
New research on first mice and then later humans shows with 92 percent accuracy the level of aggressiveness of a prostate turmor, identifying tumors that could be fatal for the patient. A 92 percent...
View ArticleAspirin and NSAIDs Found to be Connected with ED
Among all of the things that can potentially cause erectile dysfunction, aspiring is now under scrutiny. Common, very day aspirin, categorized as an NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) has...
View ArticleSeptember is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Did you know prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among men, after lung cancer? It’s the most common cancer among men, and tends to affect men from middle age and older. Prostate...
View ArticleDoes Saw Palmetto Provide Relief for Enlarged Prostate? Scienists Say No.
The journal of the American Medical Association released a study yesterday about saw palmetto that brings to question its benefits in relieving incontinence and difficulty with urinating and could find...
View ArticleIs Robotic Prostatectomy Surgery All It’s Cracked Up to Be?
Most cases of prostate cancer are usually given the option of radioactive therapy or surgery. When choosing surgery, there’s the option of either conventional open surgery (a large incision),...
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