Besides the usual symptoms like urinary retention, increase in urinary frequency, or the noticeable decrease in size and force of urination, one of the initial symptoms that is commonly experienced by men with Prostate Cancer is Sexual Dysfunction.
In the US, men have slightly less than a 1 in 2 lifetime risk of developing cancer. Other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men. In about 6 men, 1 of them will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime. Thankfully medical technology has come along way and only about 1 out of 34 men will die from it.
Men do not always talk about their health concerns to each other. It is part of their wanting to keep that macho image. They think discussing these kinds of things is a sign of weakness. That is why illnesses and diseases as serious as prostate cancer are often left unnoticed and untreated Read More...
One day, I came across a little paperback volume called "Raw Vegetable Juices "by N W Walker. Dr Walker was an amazing man, who pioneered around the turn of the century, a Juicer (still being marketed today) and really the whole concept of extracting the juice from vegetables and fruits. In this way, he sought to get at the "essence"and dispose of the residual pulp, (basically just cellulose) thereby reducing the energy required to digest the foods. That would allow the body to obtain all the rich vitamins and minerals it needs for health and vitality.
Prostate cancer is expected to kill one man out of every thirty five in America. That is about three percent of males will die from this disease. Omega 3 fish oil supplements have been shown to have a beneficial effect for those who have the disease by increasing their life expectancy beyond previous expectations. These supplements have also been shown to decrease the levels of the disease in groups of men most susceptible to the disease for either genetic or lifestyle reasons.
Cancer of any kind is very dangerous to the human body. For that matter, its very mention brings down shivers in a person's body, and people start to feel worried and tensed. There are some kinds of cancers that are general, such as lung cancer, liver cancer etc. However, there are certain gender specific types of cancers too such as the Breast Cancer which is common in women. In men, one of the most common kinds of cancer is the Prostrate Cancer. Prostrate is actually a male gland which is situated right under the bladder. According to statistics, 1 out of every 6 men in the United States suffers from this kind of cancer Read More...
Prostate cancer causes are not fully able to be explained, but it appears that changes in the DNA of a prostate cell bring on the cancer. DNA is what makes up our genes, which in turn can control how individual cells behave under certain circumstances. We inherit DNA from our parents, and they from their ancestors. A very small percentage, around five to ten percent, it seems to be linked to these changes that are inherited Read More...
Hundreds of reviews concerning lycopene and prostate cancer have been published since 1990. Interestingly, one of the earliest showed that high levels of retinol (vitamin A) in the bloodstream were associated with a reduced risk of the disease Read More...
Prostate cancer can be seen only in males, as this disease is related with male reproductive system. This type of cancer usually occurs when a man crosses fifty years or more. In this disease, the cancer cells spread from prostate to other parts of the body, which may result in pain during urinating, ejaculating and other related dysfunctions. The cancer cells multiply and spread in bone areas and lymph nodes. Read More...
Prostate cancer is the second most common cause of death from cancer amongst men in the USA. The most common being lung cancer. Over twenty seven thousand men are estimated to die from cancer of the prostate annually.
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