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Index Finger Length Can Determine Prostate Cancer Risk

Now the size of a man’s hand does more than ascertain his shoe, sock, or penis size. Ladies, if you’re looking for a man, who’s going to last (physically), pay closer attention to his index finger.

Prostate Cancer: Why It’s Crucial Not to Neglect Men’s Health

But did you know that almost as many American men die each year from prostate cancer? The NCI estimates that more than 32,000 American fathers, husbands, brothers, sons and friends will die this year from that disease. It would be great if there was similar support for prostate cancer.

New drugs offer hope for men with advanced prostate cancer

For men with advanced prostate cancer, the news for decades has been mostly bleak. Until recently, only two treatments had been shown to prolong survival. However, researchers have just indicated that a POTENTIALLY life-prolonging pill called Abiraterone for men with aggressive prostate cancer could be available within a year. This follows other recent news of two news therapies being approved for prostate cancer treatment, one bing Jevtana, a chemotherapy agent, and the other Provenge, a cancer vaccine, which marshals the immune system to fight the disease.

Prostate Cancer – Causes and Treatment

Prostate Cancer Adenocarcinoma of the prostate is the clinical term for a cancerous tumor on the prostate gland. As prostate cancer grows, it may spread to the interior of the gland, to tissues near the prostate, to sac-like structures attached to the prostate (seminal vesicles), and to distant parts of the body (e.g., bones, liver, [...]

Prostate Cancer: Something Men Should Look Out for

One of the more common problems that are immediately found to be connected with men is that of prostate diseases. The prostate, known as the gland in the male reproductive system, is a very sensitive part for males, especially when they reach a certain age in their lives. Usually, if the prostates are not given [...]

Prostate surgery is a form of prostate treatment and includes prostate cancer surgery

As men age, prostate problems increase resulting in the need for prostate treatment and often prostate surgery. Surprisingly many men who have prostate problems do not have prostate cancer but need screening to determine if prostate cancer treatment is needed. Looking at the prostate and the diseases which affect it will explain why. The prostate [...]

Prostate Cancer Symptoms and the Key Prostate Nutrients

If a man is experiencing recognizable prostate cancer symptoms, normally the disease has spread beyond the prostate gland. The deadliest, as well as most common cancer among men, prostate cancer only has a cure rate of only 20 to 30 percent. One in six men will develop prostate cancer in his lifetime with the [...]

Prostate Cancer and Enlarged Prostate – Causes, Symptoms, Prevention and Treatment

We know that starting at age 40, the levels of the by-product prolactin of testosterone of men increases, stimulating the production of the enzyme 5-alpha reductase that causes the conversion of testosterone to gihydro-testosterones DHT triggering prostate enlargement and Prostate cancer. Therefore in order to prevent the symptoms of enlarged prostate and prostate cancer are [...]