Everybody talks about the diagnosis and treatment of prostate enlargement and prostate cancer? Why doesn’t everybody talk about the diagnosis and treatment of chronic prostatitis? Prostatitis is loosely and simplistically divided into acute and chronic classes. Acute prostatitis is very often young man’s bacterial infection; it is usually easily treated with antibiotics. Acute prostatitis can...Continue reading
Category: Prostate
#ProstateSnatchers Contest!
Watch out, watch out for the #ProstateSnatchers invading Facebook and Twitter! Talking About Men’s Health has teamed up with Men’s Health’s Network, Tandem Literary, and Other Press to host the #ProstateSnatchers contest. September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and we are getting a jump start through our Facebook and Twitter Pages. Winners of the Facebook...Continue reading
An Informed Decision
Richard J. Ablin, research professor of immunobiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, has been studying prostate cancer for over 40 years. After discovering the Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA), an enzyme made by the prostate, and subsequent approval by the Food and Drug Administration in 1994, the PSA test is the most commonly used...
Prostate Cancer Awareness, Part II
Football games are a time for indulgences like burgers, brats, and beer but even then we can still find ways to promote a cause for a health condition that effects one in six American men. This past Sunday, the Men’s Health Network collaborated with the Washington Redskins at their season home opener in support of...Continue reading
Prostate Cancer Awareness
This past weekend, the Prostate Cancer Research Institute held its annual conference in Los Angeles, hosting over a dozen experts on prostate health and 600 participants. According to PCRI volunteers, the purpose of the conference is to provide an avenue for those with prostate cancer and their loved ones to get more information about managing...Continue reading