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Article: Prostatitis, prostate hypertrophy, and prostate cancer.
- Article from:
- Nutrition Health Review
- Article date:
- June 22, 2006
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The prostate is a tiny gland. It is silent, dutiful, but quite capable of wreaking vengeance for abuse.
Prostatitis, prostate hypertrophy [enlargement], and prostate cancer are the most frequently encountered problems.
Despite much conjecture, aging of the male is seldom the principal reason. Many men reach their 70's and 80's without experiencing prostatic disorders.
In advanced societies, however, the incidence of prostatic malfunctioning is rising to alarming proportions. The curve upward in statistics of prostate diseases seems to parallel the increase in heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and other ...