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Article: Saw Palmetto FOR PROSTATE PROBLEMS.(Brief Article)
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- Vibrant Life
- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
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About 10 million American men are thought to suffer from the effects of benign pro-static hyperplasia, or BPH. This condition, seen in men over 45 years of age, causes diminished urinary flow that results from the nonmalignant enlargement of the prostate gland. About one in every two men over age 70 is thought to have symptoms of BPH.
The cost of treatment for BPH is significant. In the United States alone the cost exceeds $2 billion annually. Furthermore, there are almost 2 million office visits to physicians annually from men seeking relief from the symptoms of BPH.
Since the prostate sits under the bladder, the enlargement of the prostate gland will ...