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Article: Men's health: taking a closer look at ingredients for prostate health and sexual function.(Cover Story)
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- Nutraceuticals World
- Article date:
- June 1, 2004
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In the natural products industry, women have overshadowed men. Women's health issues, including breast cancer, osteoporosis and menopause, are talked about much more frequently than conditions affecting men, and more research dollars have been devoted to women as well. In fact, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, MD, in 2002, spent $522,000,000 on breast cancer research, compared to $278,400,000 for prostate cancer. This discrepancy is reflected in the variety of gendered products in the market where there is a much wider selection available for women. In addition, the Office of Women's Health was established within the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...