If you're a man approaching age 45, you have a nearly 50% chance of having an enlarged prostate. By age 70, the chances are almost nine in 10 that you'll have it. Called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), the...
For the first time, a vaccine therapy that harnesses the power of the body's own immune system is proving successful...
Lowering cholesterol may protect the prostate as well as the heart. Recent finding: Long-term statin use—for more than five years—has...
Since its introduction 20 years ago, the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test has become a key tool in screening men for prostate...
In a recent finding, men who engaged in at least three hours weekly of vigorous physical activity, such as jogging, swimming or...
In a study of 647 men who were tested for pros- Itate cancer, researchers found that for those whose body mass index...
I was speaking recently with emergency physician and Temple University clinical instructor Richard O'Brien, MD, about how men are reluctant...
Mushroom extracts are used by health practitioners around the world to prevent cancer and enhance immune function in people who already have...
Essiac actually is a blend of four herbs—burdock root, slippery elm inner bark, sheep sorrel and Indian rhubarb root. The formula...
Thermography should not be used as a substitute for mammography. In thermography, special infrared cameras are used to detect and map heat...
Tiredness is common in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (a type of cancer characterized by an abnormal growth of plasma cells,...
Vitamin D, which the body manufactures as V a result of exposure to ultraviolet light in sunshine, has been found to prevent...