Men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer should take a serious look at their vitamin D levels. New research indicates there is a link between low levels of vitamin D and aggressive prostate cancer, so the faster you deal with vitamin D deficiency perhaps the better your chances of tackling the disease. The team…
Arsenic is not a word you hear very often, and especially not when you are talking about food. Yet arsenic can be found in a number of food items in the United States as well as in the drinking water. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued safety limits for levels of arsenic…
Meditation for prostatitis is an alternative treatment that can be very effective in lowering stress and anxiety in men who suffer from chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS). Stress and anxiety are closely tied in to prostatitis pain because they cause inflammation in the body and can trigger tension in the pelvic floor. Tension and…
It seems like an unlikely fit: an oral antifungal may help with hormone resistant prostate cancer. Yet that is the finding from a small clinical study reported at the recent American Association for Cancer Research meeting. The antifungal drug is itraconazole, an oral medication used to treat fungal infections that originate in the lungs and…
Prostate cancer is not an equal opportunity disease. In fact, black men are at higher risk for prostate cancer than are white men, Asian men, and Hispanic men. To make matters worse, prostate cancer is more aggressive in black men as well as more deadly. Why is the picture of prostate cancer so gloomy for…
The 15 least contaminated foods are items that have the least amount of pesticide residue on them. The foods on this list are compiled by the Environmental Working Group, which publishes the list every year, along with its list of the Dirty Dozen, which consists of produce with the most contamination. Fruits and vegetables on…
If you are experiencing pain or discomfort when urinating, you may have a urinary tract infection (UTI), a condition that develops when bacteria, usually Escherichia coli, attack the urinary tract. Although the majority of the more than 8 million cases of UTIs that occur each year in the United States affect women, urinary tract infections…
You might be familiar with the PSA (prostate-specific antigen) test, which is a standard test for prostate cancer, but now a new prostate cancer screening test has been developed and has shown promise. Called the PSA/SIA (solvent interaction analysis) test, this blood/urine prostate cancer test shows promise and could be more sensitive in detecting prostate…
Many men take quercetin for prostatitis treatment. This supplement and natural treatment has been gaining respect of the medical community for several years. Quercetin is a flavonoid found in many plants and foods, especially red grapes, red wine, apples, tea, berries, and onions. For over a decade, quercetin has been recognized as a potent antioxidant…
Is prostate surgery better for low grade cancer than active surveillance? According to a recent study, men who undergo radical prostatectomy after being on active surveillance have outcomes that are similar to those of men with low-risk prostate cancer who forego active surveillance and choose radical prostatectomy. These findings were presented at the American Urological…
Prostatitis is an inflammatory condition of the prostate gland that affects nearly 9 percent of men at some point during their lives. The disease exists in four forms, two of which are caused by bacteria (acute and chronic bacterial prostatitis) and two that are not (chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome and asymptomatic prostatitis). The symptoms…
Prostatitis symptoms associated with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) can be more easily evaluated using the UPOINT system. The UPOINT system is a classification tool to help doctors better understand a man’s prostatitis symptoms and how to treat them. Prostatitis symptoms and CP/CPPS Prostatitis symptoms associated with CP/CPPS include chronic pain, urinary tract problems…
You have to ask yourself what is the harm in a little damage control when it comes to your health… I mean, why are doctors always questioning us just for building some healthy habits, like taking supplements, and even vitamins, these days? If you really want to get your doctor going, just mention the idea…
Yoga is an ancient practice that is both a state of union or connection and a group of techniques that allow individuals to connect to themselves and their environment on a higher level of consciousness. Reasons to practice yoga include numerous benefits to physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health for those who practice it regularly….
If you have advanced prostate cancer that has not responded to hormonal therapy (castration-resistant prostate cancer), you be wondering whether to try Provenge for your cancer. Provenge is a novel treatment for advanced prostate cancer that is made by Dendreon. Rather than a chemotherapy or hormone therapy, Provenge is an immunotherapy. This means that Provenge helps…
Recent epidemiological research shows that lifestyle factors associated with metabolism, such as obesity, exercise, diet, and blood glucose levels, have a substantial impact on the development of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). This information is important because it suggests men can take active steps toward preventing and treating these common…
Chances are you’ve never heard of proliferative inflammatory atrophy, but it’s about time you did if you are of the male persuasion. It is similar to high-grade PIN (prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia) in that both conditions involve abnormalities of the prostate that can eventually develop into prostate cancer. More specifically, PIA includes inflammation and atrophy (tissue…
Does active surveillance work? According to the results of a new study from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), active surveillance is an effective treatment choice for men who have low to intermediate risk prostate cancer. The study results were presented at the American Urological Association’s annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 20,…
Results of a recent study demonstrate a significantly negative impact of smoking on male fertility. Among men with subfertility (an inability of a sexually active couple not using contraception to achieve pregnancy in 1 year), those who were smokers in the study had significantly worse parameters necessary for fertility, such as sperm count, semen volume,…