Health Articles

RSS

Radiation therapy for prostate cancer

Radiotherapy may be used to enhance the effects of chemotherapy or to shrink a localized tumor before it is surgically removed by radical prostatectomy. Radiation may also be used after prostatectomy to kill any remaining cancer cells or to relieve symptoms in people with advanced or recurring cancer.

22 Jan 2014

The International Prostate Symptoms Score (IPSS)

The International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) is a scoring system used to screen for and diagnose benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) as well as to monitor symptoms and guide decisions about how to manage the disease.

22 Jan 2014

Treatment of prostatitis

Prostatitis refers to inflammation of the prostate gland and sometimes the surrounding area. There are several forms of prostatitis and treatment depends on the type of prostatitis a man has and its causes.

22 Jan 2014

Life after prostate cancer treatment

Individuals who have suffered from prostate cancer and undergone therapy for the condition may be affected in various ways after therapy.

22 Jan 2014

Survival rates of prostate cancer

Survival rates are estimated and used as a way of explaining to cancer patients what their prognosis is. Survival statistics can help a patient understand how long they may survive after they are diagnosed with cancer.

22 Jan 2014

Vasectomy and prostate cancer: Myth or reality?

Researchers are divided in their opinion over whether there is an association between vasectomy and the development of prostate cancer. The majority of studies do not support such a link, but some do.

22 Jan 2014

Cryosurgery for prostate cancer

Cryosurgery is a procedure that uses extremely cold temperature to freeze-kill cancer cells. This is also called cryotherapy or cryoablation. Cryosurgery is usually employed in the early stages of prostate cancer.

22 Jan 2014

Prostate cancer prevention

The exact cause of prostate cancer is not yet known. While some of the risk factors that predispose to this cancer such as family history and ethnicity are non-modifiable, others such as lifestyle factors can be altered to reduce the risk for developing this cancer.

20 Jan 2014

Prostate cancer complications

The complications of prostate cancer usually only occur once the prostate has become large enough to affect the urethra, which may take many years because prostate cancer is generally slow growing.

20 Jan 2014

Causes of benign prostatic hyperplasia

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) refers to a benign enlargement of the prostate gland. The prostate may eventually increase to a size that is large enough to press against the urethra and bladder and cause urinary symptoms.

20 Jan 2014

What is the Epstein-Barr Virus?

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is one of the most common viruses in humans and is most commonly associated with infectious mononucleosis or glandular fever.

20 Jan 2014

Multiple Sclerosis and the Epstein Barr Virus

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a herpes virus otherwise known of as human herpesvirus 4 (HHV-4). It is most well known for causing glandular fever but research shows that EBV infection is also linked to an increased risk for various autoimmune conditions including rheumatoid arthritis, dermatomyositis and multiple sclerosis.

20 Jan 2014

Symptoms of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BHP)

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the term used to describe a non-malignant overgrowth of the prostate gland.

19 Jan 2014

Diagnosis of prostatitis

Prostatitis or inflammation of the prostate is diagnosed based on a patient’s symptoms and several laboratory tests. There are two main forms of prostatitis which include the chronic type and the acute type.

19 Jan 2014

Prostatitis symptoms

Prostatitis refers to inflammation of the prostate. There are two major types of prostatitis – chronic or long-term prostatitis and acute or sudden-onset prostatitis. The majority of prostatitis cases are chronic and acute prostatitis is rare. In chronic prostatitis, symptoms may last for three months or more.

19 Jan 2014

Causes of prostatitis

Prostatitis is a general term that describes inflammation of the prostate. There are two main forms of the condition, the chronic form and the acute form.

19 Jan 2014

Choosing the best treatment of prostate cancer - by stage

Treatment of any cancer is based on the stage of the cancer when it is diagnosed. Staging is performed for two purposes – to guide initial treatment decisions and to predict the patient’s survival outcome after therapy.

19 Jan 2014

What is benign prostatic hyperplasia?

Benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH is also known simply as prostate enlargement. It is a common condition in men of older age, and occurs to some degree in 60% of men aged 60 years or older suffer from this condition.

19 Jan 2014

What is medical castration?

Testosterone is metabolized and converted into dihydrotestosterone (DHT) which stimulates the growth of prostate cells, leading to normal prostate grwoth in adolescent males but contributing to abnormal cell growth in older men. Therefore, one way to slow prostate cancer growth is to reduce the amount of testosterone or its activity in the body.This form of hormone therapy is called androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) or androgen suppression therapy.

19 Jan 2014

What is TURP?

The term TURP stands for transurethral resection of the prostate, an operation that is mainly performed to treat men with an enlarged prostate, a condition called benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). Usually, TURP is performed to remove excess prostate tissue that is obstructing the flow of urine through the urethra and out of the penis.

19 Jan 2014