Articles about prostrate (0-50 of 330)

  • Akal Wood Fossil Park - A Journey Beyond History
    By: Pushpitha Wijesinghe | - Want to take a peek at the world 180 million years back!? Then walk into the Akal Wood Fossil Park and prepare to be amazed. With fossilized remains of ancient tree trunks and sea shells this park is not just a tourist attraction but captures the natural wonder of the world.

    Located 18 kms from Jaisalmer on the Barmer road, the park takes up a total of 21 hectares and spreads across the desert. The Akal Wood Fossil Park is famed for its amazing collection of fossilized logs. The lar ...

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  • Introduction To Impotence Erectile Dysfunction
    By: Carmine Boroff | - Any man of any age can suffer from erectile dysfunction, although it is accurate that it occurs a lot more frequently in males of seventy-five years and older. But this condition just isn't usually because of expanding older. Even guys of advanced age must be capable of developing an erection and performing sexual activity. There must be a boundary in figuring out the distinction among an erection dysfunction from other factors that could hinder arousal during sexual intercourse. Circumstances p ...
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  • Life Along With Diabetes Noble Hospital
    By: Noble Hospital | - Serving a large clientele from the eastern part of Pune, Noble Hospital is a first and the largest multi specialty hospital which is like a one stop shop for its clients. Inaugurated by dignitaries like Mr. Sharad Pawar and the then Chief Minister Mr. Vilas Rao Deshmukh on 7th July 2007 this hospital in Pune is located on land of 1, 85,000 sq. ft area serving people in different ailments and diseases.

    A 250 bed hospital started with the sole intention of providing the best health ca ...

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  • What Are The Various Signs And Symptoms Of Bone Cancer?
    By: Vidiya Sharma | - When there is malignancy of bone then bone cancer is caused. Bone cancer is of two types-one is called the primary bone cancer where the cancer has started in the bone and secondary bone cancer where cancer is caused due to metastasis of the cancer from other areas of the body. The primary bone cancer cases are rare and these are mainly caused in the children and the adolescents. These are mainly caused in the growing bone and the bone marrow tissues. In most of the secondary bone cancer cases, ...
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  • Thailand Healthcare: Medical Tourism In Bangkok And Phuket
    By: RebeccaJK | - Dont be surprised if your need for a hip replacement or prostrate surgery lands you on a plane to Thailand.

    The global economic downturn has meant that everyone is searching for the best deals, not only in real estate but also on cars, holidays and medical fees.

    Governments and health care insurers are feeling the pinch and are consistently looking overseas for more cost effective treatments.

    Thailand is emerging as a leader in this field

    Th ...

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  • All About Urinary Catheters
    By: Jenny Birkin | -


    Urinary catheters are used to drain and collect urine from the bladder. These may be recommended by a healthcare provider either for short or long-term use when an individual is suffering from urinary incontinence or retention, other medical conditions like multiple sclerosis, injury to the spinal cord or the pelvic nerve, or dementia, or has had a prostrate or gynecological surgery which has rendered him/her temporarily unable to urinate normally. In some instances, patient ...

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  • Saw Palmetto Benefits As An All Natural Medicine
    By: John Allen | - Saw Palmetto or Serenoa Repens, has had a long history in The United States as a medicinal plant. There is evidence that the Mayans used Saw Palmetto in some medicinal form as well as a dried food source. And as early as the 1900s there have been actual documentations of the Seminole Indians native to the American south east using the berries for as an expectorant and antiseptic as well.

    And as with most plants that show pharmaceutical possibilities, the plant has been studied by s ...

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  • Saw Palmetto Benefits And Side Effects
    By: Jason Allen | - Saw Palmetto (Serenoa Repens) has had a long history in The United States as a medicinal plant. There is evidence that the Mayans used Saw Palmetto in some medicinal form as well as a dried food source. And as early as the 1900"s there have been actual documentations of the Seminole Indians native to the American south east using the berries for as an expectorant and antiseptic as well.

    And as with most plants that show pharmaceutical possibilities, the plant has been studied ...

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  • The Bombardment Of Fort Sumter
    By: Steven W. Longcrier | - On April 10, 1861, Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard, commander of all Confederate forces at Charleston, South Carolina, received new orders from Secretary of War LeRoy Pope Walker in the Confederate capital of Montgomery, Alabama. A Federal naval expedition was en route to Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, and within days would bring much it needed food and other supplies. Beauregards orders were to demand the fort be evacuated immediately. If refused, Beauregard was to proceed in ...
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  • Learn How To Identify The Signs And Symptoms Of Prostrate Cancer
    By: Brent Cullen | - Prostrate cancer is a type of cancer that effects the Prostrate gland in the male reproductive system. It is the second most common type of cancer found in men as skin cancer is number one. Each year, there are over 186,000 men across our country who are diagnosed with this disease. The symptoms of Prostrate cancer are not noticed during the early stages of the condition. The tests that are used to determine if you have signs of this condition are the PSA test or the rectal examination. A cancer ...
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  • Laser Prostate Treatment - Is It Useful?
    By: Abhi | - Prostrate problems are very common among men when they reach their middle age. The problem is a major concern among men all over the world. When men pass the age of 40, prostrate disorders start to appear. The problem is more severe when they cross 50. You can control or cure the malignant disease if you identify the problem at the earliest. Men should make it a point to take regular annual check ups to identify any prostrate issues when they cross 40. The usual instruments for diagnosing the di ...
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  • Cancer Of Prostate Conditions.
    By: burkjx28ra | - Together with life comes preparation, no matter whether you acknowledge this it is perfectly up to an individual, but I like to delve in well prepared, even when youre young, we're constant and continuously getting ready for the future, we accomplish this in various ways, we attend school to prepare for college and everyday life, then when we go to college or university to get ready for the "real world" and financial necessities. We even exercise, eat well and look after our bodies in order t ...
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  • How To Find Male G Spot For More Intensive Orgasms
    By: Chris Chew | - Most men don't even know they have a g-spot and are clueless about stimulating it to get much more intensive orgasms than they usually do and this can be done even without penile stimulation. So what is this male g-spot? Well, it is your prostrate gland.

    So how can you stimulate your prostrate gland to get explosive orgasms? There are two methods and they are the internal and external stimulation which we will discuss later in this article.

    Your prostate gland lies ...

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  • Home Remedies For Bladder Infection - Natural Treatment And Remedy
    By: Nick Mutt | - Generally urinary bladder gets affected by the infection of a bladder. In some cases it may spread to kidney and the prostrate. Some times in some people the stage of the bladder infection is acute that means it consists of only one episode and comes on suddenly. In other cases the condition of the bladder infection is chronic or it may be recurring. There may be some brief periods in which the patients don't experience any type of infection.

    Usually the bladder infection is experi ...

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  • Exactly How Useful Are Psa Tests?
    By: tanmay | - Being physically fit is of utmost important in todays fast paced world where everything is result driven. Ailments and bodily discomfort can hamper your activities and jobs. The awareness of being physically fit has gained momentum over the last 2 decades. You will in all probability find conscious people registered for physical fitness classes, doing aerobics, playing tennis, or swimming. What was non existent in the 60s have now become a rage- people going to their doctors for check up ...
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  • Urology Hospital Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India,urological Disease
    By: Dr Bhupendra Panchal | - Urology Hospital Ahmedabad, Urological Disease Treatment, Urological Super Specialty Hospital


    Dr. Panchal runs a urology hospital in Ahmedabad which is equipped with the highest power holmium laser machine. He has acquired special training in laser surgeries from London. The Holmium laser treatment in India is the most advanced technology is treating urological diseases, treatment of prostrate cancer, kidney stone removal. The Facility is equipped with the latest laser s ...

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  • Ways You Can Prevent Prostrate Cancer
    By: Anant Ratanakovit | - Prostate cancer prevention holds exciting possibilities for the future and suggests some prostate cancer prevention strategies for men to use now. When deciding on what prevention strategies to adopt, keep in mind that several of the strongest known risk factors for prostate cancer are wildcards. They are simply beyond your control. These include genetics. The risk of prostate cancer is higher if other men (father or brothers) in your family have had the disease.

    Prostate cancer ...

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  • Plant Based Diet Prevents Prostate Cancer
    By: Anant Ratanakovit | - "Studies have associated the Western diet not only with prostate cancer incidence but also with a greater risk of disease progression after treatment," said Gordon A. Saxe, MD, PhD, lead author of the study and assistant professor of Family and Preventive Medicine at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego. "Conversely, many elements of plant-based diets have been associated with reduced risk of progression."

    Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a marker ...

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  • Slim Down For Prostate Cancer Protection
    By: Anant Ratanakovit | - Men who have more lean body mass are less likely to get prostate cancer, according to a study in the Journal of Urology (2005;174:2169-73). Previous studies on the relationship between body size and prostate cancer have yielded conflicting results. The new study compared men with prostate cancer and their cancer-free male siblings to better understand the influence of weight, height, body mass, and body fat on prostate-cancer risk. They also looked at what influence, if any, body composition on ...
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  • Can Green Tea Help Prevent Prostate Cancer?
    By: Anant Ratanakovit | - Studies on diet and cancer also show that green tea when tested with mice with an aggressive form of cancer can decrease the spread or metastasis of prostate cancer to liver, bone, and other parts of the body. Additional study of green tea may help develop a treatment to prevent the dormant, non threatening type of prostate cancer many men have in their 70's and 80's from becoming aggressive and fatal. Around six cups of green tea per day would contain the equivalent amount of polyphenols for in ...
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  • Antioxidant Levels Key To Prostate Cancer Risk In Some Men
    By: Anant Ratanakovit | - Greater levels of selenium, vitamin E and the tomato carotenoid lycopene have been shown to reduce prostate cancer in one out of every four Caucasian males, or those who inherit a specific genetic variation that is particularly sensitive to oxidative stress, say US researchers.

    Conversely, if carriers of this genetic variant have low levels of these vitamins and minerals, their risk of aggressive prostate increases substantially, as great as 10-fold, over those who maintain higher ...

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  • Fight Against The Symptoms Which Cause Enlarged Prostrate
    By: Derek Huizinga | - Due to the whole day stress and workout, people suffer many problems in their daily life. Some problems even may increase because of improper diet, pollution, anxiety and many other reasons. This may result to several minor or major diseases that follow you till your last. The increase of cholesterol levels can also be one of the diseases which many people experience at their very early age.

    The natural formulas play a very important in treatment of problems which arises due to m ...

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  • Prostrate Cancer Linked To Gene Mutation
    By: Alex White | - US researchers have found that men with prostrate cancer have an increased risk of aggressive tumor if they are carriers of a gene mutation which is normally linked to breast cancer in women. This finding could have major implications in treatment options for prostrate cancer. If a patient carries the mutated gene, he may want to opt against watchful waiting of prostrate cancer, where it is just monitored and not treated. Surgery or radiation treatment would be the best option here.

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  • Prostate Health: Proactive Tips
    By: Kevin Agrawal | - An aging prostate can restrict your activities and maybe even your social life. Educating oneself about, and safeguarding prostate health should be a priority of all men over the age of 40.

    Although its not fully understood why an aging prostate affects some men differently than others, experts have indicated that cutting back on red meat, saturated fats, and increasing fiber and vegetable intake will may help overall health. Heredity and ethnicity play a part in how an aging pro ...

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  • Prostate Health And Sleep
    By: Kevin Agrawal | - Sleep is essential to wellness. Your body needs sleep for rest and recuperation. So it is important that men are proactive and pay close attention to their prostate health because it can often affect sleeping patterns.

    Experts say your body needs 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night. The elderly may require even more sleep. The body uses sleep time to recuperate and create millions of new cells. This helps to build up the bodys immune defense. Getting proper amounts of sleep can help ...

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  • Diet Tips For Advanced Cancer
    By: M. Goz | - As discussed in "My History" blog entry I was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer in 2003. The cancer had spread to my spine and my Gleason score, which reflects the aggressiveness of the cancer, was a very poor 9 out of 10. The prognosis at the time was not very optimistic. So I did exactly what youre doing now, I read everything I could about my disease. The problem of course is that the internet presents as much bad information as it does good information. So what do you be ...
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  • Advanced Prostate Cancer Diet
    By: M. Goz | - Is nutrition and diet a natural and effective way to slow the progression of Prostate Cancer? As discussed in "My History" blog entry I was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer in 2003. The cancer had spread to my spine and my Gleason score, which reflects the aggressiveness of the cancer, was a very poor 9 out of 10. The medical prognosis at the time was not very optimistic. So I did exactly what you're doing now, I read everything I could about my disease. The problem of course is tha ...
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  • What Is Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (bph)?
    By: Joseph Mix | - For men under age 50, the most common problem of the prostate is prostatitis, and for men over age 50, the most common prostate problem is prostate enlargement. This condition is also called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The prostate, which surrounds the urethra in men, is typically the size of a walnut, but with age, it can increase to the size of a lemon. When this occurs, pressure is put on the urethra, which can make urinating difficult.

    The reason the prostate starts ...

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  • Aging Healthy Men Need To Be Aware Of The Mid-life Crisis
    By: Esteri | - Among the male health issues that members of this gender are always alerted of is the prostrate cancer as the key disease of aged males.

    Moreover, male health issues have never been given greater emphasis as compared to those of women of the same age.

    Mid- life crisis is something I did not know of until I came across an informative article on this and thought I should also share with someone.

    How similar is middle life crisis to menopause?

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  • Most Effective Weight Gainers -best Weight Gain Supplements
    By: harris evans | - Overweight is a main concern among many individuals in todays world. Almost two-thirds of US population is overweight. Overweight is caused mainly due to unhealthy life style like smoking, drinking, keeping late hours, and eating junk, unhealthy food. It is important to reduce weight as excess body weight leads to heart disease, diabetes, uterine fibroids, and cancers of the colon, kidney, prostrate, female infertility and gallstones.

    Though most of us know that losing we ...

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  • 2 Natural Treatments For An Enlarged Prostate
    By: Don Saunders | - There are a number of natural and alternative treatments for the problem of an enlarged prostate and two of these are the use of pumpkin seeds and saw palmetto.

    Odd as it might seem, pumpkin seeds have a number of healing properties and they have been found to be especially effective for many man suffering from an enlarged prostate. Pumpkin seed have three properties which are particularly useful in this case.

    The first is that pumpkin seeds contain fatty oil that a ...

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  • What Does Radiation Therapy For Localized Prostate Cancer Involve?
    By: Don Saunders | - One common form of treatment today for localized prostate cancer is radiation therapy which uses high energy x-rays to kill cancer cells. These x-rays can either be delivered using an external radiation beam or by implanting radiation 'seeds' into the prostate gland.

    External beam radiation therapy treatments are normally given on a daily basis 5 days a week (Monday to Friday) for anything up to about 6 or 7 weeks and each treatment, which is painless, lasts for just a few minutes ...

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  • What Does Surgery For Localized Prostate Cancer Involve?
    By: Don Saunders | - 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 known as a radical prostatectomy. The operation is usually performed as a retropubic prostatectomy, in which access is achieved through the lower abdomen, or a perineal prostatectomy, in which access is gained through the perineum which lies between the scrotum and the anus.

    During a radical prostatectomy the prostate gland is remov ...

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  • Watchful Waiting As A Treatment Options For Prostate Cancer
    By: Don Saunders | - If, like a growing number of men, you have been having regular prostate screening which has picked up the possibility of prostate cancer, and this has subsequently been confirmed with a biopsy, then you are probably lucky enough to have caught the cancer early when it is still confined to the prostate gland and in what is called Stage I or Stage II. If this is the case then one possible course of treatment might be 'watchful waiting'.

    Some people feel that it is slightly odd to ca ...

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  • Some Thoughts About Prostate Cancer Treatment Options
    By: Don Saunders | - Nearly all men will run into some form of prostate problem during their middle or later years and, thankfully, in most cases these problems will be relatively minor or, if they are more severe, at least not life threatening. For some men however the problem will be prostate cancer and a diagnosis of cancer can literally turn your world, and that of your family, upside down.

    Hopefully, more and more men will begin the process of screening for prostate cancer and their problem will ...

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  • A Biopsy Is The Only Certain Way To Diagnose Prostate Cancer
    By: Don Saunders | - Although there are a number of excellent tests to indicate the possible presence of prostate cancer, such as the digital rectal examination and the prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test, the only certain way to diagnose the presence of prostate cancer is to carry out a prostate biopsy.

    A biopsy will normally be conducted by a urologist and can be done as an 'office' procedure. There are various different ways in which a biopsy can be taken but it is common to start by taking ...

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  • Testing For The Presence Of Prostate Cancer
    By: Don Saunders | - About one in every six men will develop prostate cancer which, apart from skin cancer, is the number one cause of cancer deaths in men. For this reason it is vitally important for men to monitor the health of their prostate with regular testing. Some of the prostate health tests available today include:

    The Digital Rectal Exam (DRE). The digital rectal exam has been the benchmark of testing for both benign prostate enlargement and prostate cancer for many years and is a simple exa ...

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  • Is Prostate Specific Antigen (psa) Testing For Prostate Cancer Worthwhile?
    By: Don Saunders | - Many people will have heard of the prostate specific antigen test (or more commonly PSA test) for prostate cancer, but do you know just what it is and whether or not it is something which you should consider having?

    The PSA test was considered a major breakthrough when it was approved for use by the FDA in the mid 1980s and today it remains one of the best tests available for detecting the possible presence of prostate cancer.

    PSA testing is quick and easy as it is ...

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  • Spotting Developing Prostate Problems
    By: Don Saunders | - For most men passing the age of forty-five is not only a sign of the dreaded 'middle' age but is also the point at which they might well expect to see the arrival of prostate problems at any day. Enlargement of the prostate (also referred to as benign prostatic hypertrophy, or BPH) is a normal part of the ageing process and, as its name suggests, it is not a life-threatening condition.

    In the vast majority of cases the symptoms of an enlarged prostate will be relatively mild and, ...

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  • It Might Be Small But The Prostate Gland Can Be Deadly
    By: Don Saunders | - The vast majority of men will suffer from prostate problems at some stage during their lives and all too many men will die from prostate cancer. Indeed, with the sole exception of skin cancer, prostate cancer kills more men than any other form of cancer. It may come as something of a surprise to learn therefore that, although things are beginning to change slowly, most men have little or no idea about just what this very important part of our anatomy does.

    The prostate gland is lo ...

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  • Advanced Prostate Cancer Patients Might Soon Be Able To Take A Short Chemo Holiday
    By: Don Saunders | - Once prostate cancer moves out of the prostate gland and reached into other parts of the body it is referred to as advanced prostate cancer and treatment is far more difficult than when cancer is limited to the prostate.

    Providing your cancer has not spread too widely and is not particularly aggressive it is still possible not just to treat it but in fact to cure it. In many cases however where cancer has spread widely, or is especially aggressive, treatment is a case of merely sl ...

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  • Detect Your Cervical Cancer With Pap Test!
    By: Neelima Reddy | - Cervical cancer is the cancer of the cervix. It is a disease caused by the abnormal growth and division of cells that forms in the lining of the cervix. It is the second common form of cancer that affects women today. It is very common in middle age women and older.

    The statistics of cervical cancer in the United States, according to American Cancer Society (ACS), shows that about 11,150 women are diagnosing with this cancer and approximately 3,670 women die from this cancer every ...

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  • Prostate Examinations Can Quickly And Easily Discover A Prostate Problem
    By: Don Saunders | - A lot of men will encounter some form of prostate problem with nearly half of all men suffering from benign prostatic hyperplasia (a swollen or enlarged prostate gland) by the time they reach the age of 60 and approximately ninety percent getting the problem by the time they reach 80 years of age.

    Benign prostatic hyperplasia is a non-cancerous or benign enlargement of the prostate gland and can often be treated using drugs or with minor surgery. However, the first step is to conf ...

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  • Minimally Invasive Surgery To Treat An Enlarged Prostate Gland
    By: Don Saunders | - For many individuals suffering from an enlarged prostate drug treatment is the answer and can reduce enlarged prostate symptoms to a reasonable level. But, for others however drug treatment is not effective or is not a viable choice and the doctor might well suggest minimally invasive surgery.

    The first procedure to look at is catheterization which involves the use of a catheter inserted through the penis and into the bladder as a drain and is usually considered to be only a tempo ...

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  • Prostate Cancer - A Nautural Cure Without Medication
    By: sacha tarkovsky | - Prostate cancer is classified as an adenocarcinoma, or glandular cancer, that begins when normal semen-secreting prostate gland cells mutate into cancer cells.

    The symptoms or conventional treatment of prostate cancer will not be discussed here, as they are well documented, and a great deal of research has been underway for a long time.

    Rather, our discussion is first of all the mutation of the normal prostate cells, and then, a restoration without mutation of new ...

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  • What You Need To Know About The Prostate And Its Diseases
    By: Bruce Brightman | - I had heard of prostate diseases for years but never thought much about it till a friend developed prostate problems.

    His situation was enough to get me curious about prostate diseases.

    First I learned that the prostate is a doughnut-shaped cluster of glands at the bottom of the bladder between the rectum and the base of the penis. It produces most of the fluid in semen.

    I then learned that there are three main diseases of the prostrate: cancer, pro ...

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  • Men Need Herbs, Too
    By: Syahrul Azlan Idris | - Perhaps you are one of those men who feel that they need herbal therapies and medicines to boost their sagging energy, improve their memory, and generally enhance their overall health. But you may also feel that herbal medicines and the lot are only reserved for women. Well, if you continue to think that way, you will be missing out on the restorative and therapeutic effects of herbs.

    There seems to be a misguided preconception floating around that herbs and herbal medicine i ...

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  • Want To Know Some Simple Suggestions To Help Protect Yourself From Prostate Cancer?
    By: Patricia Wagner | - Do you need to protect yourself from prostate cancer? If you're a man, the answer is "yes." This dreaded disease is one of the most common cancers for men who are 50 years of age and older.

    Are there distinguishing signs of this illness? Yes, there are. Here are a list of possible symptoms:

    1. You have to run to the bathroom to urinate a lot more frequently than you did in the past. Men especially notice this at night.

    2. While you're urinating, you ...

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