5 foods men must eat for a healthy prostate
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The prostate gland is roughly the size of a walnut situated just below the bladder and surrounds the urethra which is the tube that carries urine and semen out of the body.
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PROSTATE HEALTH
The Future of Cancer Diagnosis: Liquid Biopsies
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The new procedure makes use of a breakthrough in nanotechnology in the form of a postage stamp-sized chip containing wires 1,000 times thinner than human hairs.
Read MoreBlack men potentially impacted negatively by fewer PSA screenings
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The recent 2017 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in Orlando questioned whether the recommendations from the 2012 US Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) in regards to PSA screenings could have a negative impact for black men who already have higher rates of prostate cancer-related mortality and a later stage of prostate cancer diagnosis.
Read MoreWhen prostate cells look abnormal but are not cancerous
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Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia or PIN for short is a condition in which cells from the prostate begin to look and behave abnormally.
Read MoreHormonal drug may extend men’s lives if prostate cancer returns
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The hormonal therapies can have potential side effects of reduced sex drive or erectile dysfunction
Read MoreAnxiety may lead to unneeded treatments for prostate cancer
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After the initial shock of receiving a diagnosis of prostate cancer, some men may let their stress and anxiety over the disease overrule them on making better choices regarding appropriate treatment. This is what recent research concluded from more than 1,500 men who were newly diagnosed with localized prostate cancer.
Read MoreMale pattern baldness and risk of prostate cancer – is there a link?
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Up to 20% of men beginning already in their twenties will have male pattern baldness with the rate increasing among men with each decade of life.
Read MoreObesity & Enlargement Of The Prostate
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Men who have a high body mass index (BMI), larger waist circumference, and increased serum leptin levels had a positive association with increased prostate growth or benign prostatic hyperplasia, according to a recent study.
Read MoreWomen & Prostate Health
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Women – you have a bigger role in a man’s prostate health than you realize.
Read MoreUnderstanding Prostatitis
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Most men are familiar with prostate cancer and an enlarged prostate gland also known as benign prostatic hyperplasia. But a lesser known and less talked about problem that affects up to one in six men during sometime of their life is called prostatitis.
Read MoreAvoid these before a PSA test
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When a man schedules a prostate specific antigen test (PSA), there are certain activities he needs to avoid right before the test that can affect the results.
Read MoreIs There an Antibody for Prostate Cancer?
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In the study published in the journal Oncotarget, 10 men with metastatic prostate cancer resistant to androgen deprivation therapy and the androgen receptor antagonist enzalutamide were treated with pembrolizumab, a monoclonal antibody that binds to the PD-1 receptor.
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