A substantial study has been terminated that involved testing the use of high doses of selenium, vitamin E and a placebo to see if it helped to reduce the risk of prostate cancer. Apparently, selenium can actually increase the risk (high doses were used), and vitamin E can increase the risk of diabetes in these patients. Less worrisome... Read more
Yes....Yes...Yes... should be the answer BUT many doctors are ignoring the importance of recognizing this connection and sharing it with the patient, according to one health expert. According to Dr. Geoffrey Hackett from Good Hope Hospital in Birmingham (UK), patients show up at a doctor and bravely share their suffering with erectile... Read more
Human embryo cells, move aside. Testicular cells...here we come.
Cells taken from men's testes seemed to be as versatile as stem cells derived from embryos. These new teste-derived stem cells could feature prominently in personalized replacement tissue BUT this promising possibility would only be applicable... Read more
Men definitely want to have their BPH (benign prostatic hypertrophy) treated so they avoid unpleasant side effects and complications from the disease AND because they do not want to end up needing prostate surgery down the road, with its own set of complications.
One class of drugs, 5-alpha reductase inhibitors, which is used to treat... Read more
If you present to your doctor with a complaint of erectile dysfunction, he will more than likely ask you a series of questions:
- Was the onset of ED sudden or gradual?
- Have you yourself tried to treat it? If so, how?
- Have you tried over-the-counter meds? Prescriptions off the internet? Herbal preperations?
- Do you have any... Read more
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