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Benign Prostate Hyperplasia
By Jay Motola , Health ExpertBenign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a condition that refers to the enlargement of the... Read more »
How Does Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) Affect Me?
By Jay Motola , Health ExpertThe prostate is located immediately beneath the bladder, and surrounds the urethra, the... Read more »
Proscar, Aggressive Tumor Risk Questioned
By Craig Stoltz , Health ExpertProscar, a widely used drug used to shrink the prostate, may not cause aggressive prostate cancer... Read more »
Are There Signs That I Have Prostate Cancer?
By Marc Greenstein , Health ExpertI was recently evaluating a patient for an elevated prostate specific antigen (PSA) of 5.0 ng/ml... Read more »
A Close Look at the Medications Used for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
By Jay Motola , Health ExpertStudies of the drug phenoxybenzamine, a non-specific alpha blocker, led to a better... Read more »
Health Guide
Enlarged Prostate and Incontinence
By Jasmine Schmidt, HealthCentral's Incontinence Expert Although women are twice as likely as men to experience incontinence, that doesnt mean that we should ignore our male counterparts when it... Read more »Prostate Cancer: Conditions with Similar Symptoms
Conditions with Similar SymptomsBenign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)In up to half of men in their 40s, the prostate begins to enlarge through a process of cell multiplication called benign prostatic... Read more »PSA Test: How it Works and What Your PSA Level Means
What Does PSA Mean?PSA is a blood test that is commonly used to help predict the presence of prostate cancer. It stands for Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) and refers to a protein first identified... Read more »Risk Factors for Enlarged Prostate
About 5.5 million American men have benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) that could warrant medical attention. Age is the major risk factor. BPH occurs in about 60% of men over 60 years of... Read more »Enlarged Prostate Symptoms
The symptoms commonly associated with BPH are collectively called lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). BPH is not always the cause of these symptoms. An enlarged prostate may be accompanied... Read more »Images
Medications
Finasteride is used to shrink an enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH) in... Read more »
This medication is used to treat the symptoms of a prostate gland condition called BPH (benign... Read more »
This medication is used to treat the symptoms of a condition of the prostate gland called BPH... Read more »
This medication is used to treat the symptoms of a prostate gland condition called BPH (benign... Read more »
Terazosin is used alone or in combination with other drugs to treat high blood pressure. It... Read more »
Related News
Clinical Trial: Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction and Benign Prostate Hyperplasia
May 14, 2009This is a Phase III study to determine the safety and effectiveness of Cialis on men who have erectile dysfunction (ED) and signs and symptoms of... Read summary »
Cialis treats ED in men with prostate problems
December 10, 2008Two new study suggests that Cialis (tadalafil) is an effective treatment for erectile dysfunction (ED) caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).... Read summary »
Prostate Drugs Not Linked to Hip Fracture
October 27, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Newer drugs used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), otherwise known as an enlarged prostate, don't appear to raise... Read summary »
FDA tentatively approves generic Flomax
October 03, 2008The Food and Drug Administration has given tentative approval to drugmaker Ranbaxy for a generic form of Flomax. Flomax is approved to treat benign... Read summary »
FDA gives tentative OK for generic Uroxatral ER
October 23, 2008The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has tentatively approved drugmaker Mylan's generic version of the prostate drug Uroxatral. Uroxatral treats... Read summary »
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