Posts Tagged ‘men’s prostate health’

Prostate Cancer Symptoms

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Prostate cancer has been known worldwide to take away the lives of many men especially in their old age. Studies tell that 70% of men diagnosed are over the age of 65. How can you determine if you yourself have prostate cancer? What are the symptoms?
Symptoms of prostate cancer may include the following (gathered from mayoclinic.com, prostatecancer.org and cancer.gov):

Understanding Prostate Cancer

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Men are known to be the stronger sex. Hence, they must always project their manly image by showing that they are less hurt by physical or emotional pain. However, even the strongest human being has its own weaknesses. Illness and disease excuses no one. Health is wealth as they say. Anyhow, most men ignore one aspect of their health which plays a vital part in their well being. Men’s prostate health must not be neglected for majority read more…

Preventing Prostate Cancer

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Many men nowadays especially older men are suffering from prostate cancer. According to wikipedia, prostate cancer is a disease in which cancer develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. It occurs when cells of the prostate begin to multiply out of control. These cells may spread (metastasize) from the prostate to other parts of the body, especially the bones and lymph nodes. Prostate cancer may cause pain, difficulty in urinating, problems during sexual read more…

Prostate Cancer

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Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men. In fact, in the United States alone, around 30,000 men die from this type of cancer annually. However, despite these facts and figures, majority of men still have no idea what the prostate gland’s functions are. The prostate gland is an important factor in determining men’s prostate health because its primary functions are moistening the lining of the urethra (the tube that drains urine coming from read more…

Men’s Sexual Health

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In spite of all the progress in medical science over the previous decades, the basic fact remains that women, on average, outlive men by seven years. Moreover, there are several quality-of-life concerns that most men want addressed. A few of the things that come readily to mind are alopecia, gynecomastia, androgen deficiency, performance-enhancing steroids, BPH, scrotal disorders, and erectile dysfunction.
Men’s health has been minimized to a very low level of concern and there are several issues that read more…