Men’s Health Blog

PROSTABLOG NZ: Why would anyone say that getting prostate cancer was actually good for them?

In his speech to open a Blue September event earlier this month, Auckland Regional Council chairman Mike Lee (left) said just that.

Talking about his experience with prostate cancer, he described trying to ignore his rising PSA levels, finally being diagnosed, making drastic changes to his lifestyle and diet, and undergoing brachytherapy. Then he made this comment:

“In some ways, in terms of all-round health, in a funny sort of way, getting prostate cancer was good for me.”

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PROSTABLOG NZ: A minor matter for the record – as of today, the author of this blogsite, Jim Tucker, is no longer a member of the board of the Prostate Cancer Foundation of NZ.

More than 300 riders turned out for the 28-mile Ride with a Mission bike ride Saturday, Sept. 26. The ride, benefitting the LiveStrong Foundation and bringing awareness to prostate cancer, began at Metropolitan Methodist Hospital and meandered along San Antonio’s famed Mission Trail.

Methodist Metropolitan and Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital were lead sponsors of the event and the whole community got involved with numerous sponsors, a welcome from the police chief and a police escort for the length of the ride.

Thanks, San Antonio!

Remember, prostate cancer is survivable.

– SA Health

This product has conquered the entire Arab world and Turkey in just three years. According to legend, the prophet Muhammad gave his cousin Ali Malay roots, so that he has found a unique male power and clarity of mind. For centuries, natural medicine used this root. Now it is revitalized with the help of modern technology.

In contrast to the well-known drugs, Tongkat Ali contains natural (not chemical) basis and has no contraindications (Viagra eliminated for people with high blood sugar and cardiovascular disease).

There are three series of this product: gold (for sick and healthy), silver (for the healthy, but tired), green (preventive course).

This is a modern scientific formula that contains a unique blend of standardized extracts, designed to improve men’s health and strength. Each capsule is guaranteed potency and tested on the content of Tongkat Ali, Eurycoma longifolia (polysaccharides) and Panax Ginseng (ginsenoidy). This remedy is recommended for use in the following cases:

• Healthy people who want to improve the quality of their sexual life
• Aged people whos sexual activity is weakened
• Erectile dysfunction and inability to maintain an erection
• Premature ejaculation
• People who feel extreme fatigue after intimacy
• Problems having an orgasm

Toxicological tests have showed that “Tongkat Ali Power Plus”, produced on herbal basis, is a completely safe product. At the conclusion of the National Committee of pharmaceutical control of Ministry of Health Malaysia, the product complies with GMP in the production of traditional medicine. It is based on three ingredients.

Eurycoma longifolia. For centuries, this plant was used to increase potency and sexual power of men. Recently in Malaysia, Japan and the U.S. have been successfully conducted extensive laboratory and clinical studies in which, inter alia, determined that under its influence in the body of testosterone increased in 4,4 times, produced more sperm, increase sperm motility, in the end increased fertilization (ratio 3:1). Revealed also that Eurycoma helps cope with stress, is effective as a tool against cancer and AIDS.

Cordyceps sinesis. In traditional Asian medicine is widely used as a means to increase the libido – from recent studies in women – at 86%, men – at 67%. Impotence disappeared in 66%. Increases the number of sperm (33%), increases their survival. General conclusion: Cordyceps effect on the system or the sex hormones directly affects sexual arousal centers in the brain.

Ginsenosides (ginseng). Contains a group of compounds known as ginsenozidy, who have the ability to increase libido. In the course of scientific research (China) was able to extract all the factions of ginseng and to determine the pharmacological effect of each component.

INSCIENCES: Death from prostate cancer does not vary greatly between men who undergo annual PSA screening and those who do not, according to an investigation of PSA outcomes published in the Archives on Internal Medicine today. READ MORE>

DRUGS.COM: Most men are not being told the pros and cons of PSA tests, two new studies find. READ MORE>

DAILY MAIL: A new treatment for treating prostate cancer – based on cells taken from the patient in the hope these will provoke the immune system into attacking and eventually killing the cancer -is being tested on men in the advanced stages of the disease. READ MORE>

URO TODAY: In a Finnish study, an association between insulin level and prostate cancer risk was observed among leaner men and among men who were less physically active at work. READ MORE>

Early detection of prostate cancer is a two edged sword. To be sure, as with all cancers, your odds of not dying from prostate cancer are improved with early detection.  Still, questions remain about the amount of screening, diagnostic testing and treatments that need to be carried out to realize substantive gains in survival.  Yet, survival remains an individual issue with each patient.  So early detection (a preferred term over screening, which implies shopping mall testing) along with treatment remain a personal decision between patient and doctor.

One thing which does jump out in this study is the fact that many men have cancer but have small prostate volumes meaning they likely have few if any symptoms.  The study also focused on men with what would be termed normal PSA levels (< 3.0) and yet found that a large number of these men not only develop cancer but develop clinically significant, high grade cancers.

An additional alarming note was that even in men with negative biopsies initially, they were at a higher risk of having a second or third biopsy be positive, and with a higher grade (worse) cancer.

In the end, we are still lacking that “magic bullet” of a test, one which will with a high degree of certainty, identify which men who have prostate cancer, are actually likely to progress and die from prostate cancer.  Until that test becomes available, early detection and treatment remain the key elements in any strategy to deal with prostate cancer . . . ben kazie md

Men with small prostate volumes and high initial prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels have a greater risk for cancer detection and aggressive disease than other men.  Prostate biopsy is the standard method for the early detection of prostate cancer, but prostate volume may affect the detection rate on traditional sextant biopsy and current screening protocols may consequently result in missed cases.

The study (see reference below) enrolled 182,000 men between the ages of 50 and 74 years through registries in seven European countries. They were randomly assigned to a group that was offered PSA screening once every 4 years or to a control group that did not receive such screening.  During a median follow-up of 9 years, the cumulative incidence of prostate cancer was 8.2% in the screening group and 4.8% in the control group. The rate ratio for death from prostate cancer in the screening group, as compared with the control group, was 0.80 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.65 to 0.98; adjusted P=0.04). The absolute risk difference was 0.71 death per 1000 men. This means that 1410 men would need to be screened and 48 additional cases of prostate cancer would need to be treated to prevent one death from prostate cancer. The researchers concluded that PSA-based screening reduced the rate of death from prostate cancer by 20% but was associated with a high risk of overdiagnosis.

Also of great note in this study was the finding that men with a smaller prostate volume, who had, at the initial screening round, an indication for biopsy and a negative biopsy result, were at greater risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer, and of aggressive prostate cancer, during the 8 years of follow-up

Prostate cancer detection and aggressiveness raised in smaller prostates – http://www.medwire-news.md/46/84390/Oncology/Prostate_cancer_detection_and_aggressiveness_raised_in_smaller_prostates.html

Screening and Prostate-Cancer Mortality in a Randomized European Study  (NEJM, Vol 360:1320-1328 March 26, 2009 #13) – http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMoa0810084

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Sexual difficulties are nearly undeniable, each and every man faces some kind of sexual problem at some point in his life, it might be a temporary issue or a permanent disorder. Be smart enough to tackle such petty disorders, do not let them hamper your marital or love life.

Some very familiar male sexual difficulties involve getting or keeping an erection, ejaculating too rapidly, or difficulty reaching orgasm. What is hard enough, fast enough, and time enough is best decided by the people involved, rather than by a clock or some arbitrary standard. Do consider the below mentioned vital points before taking any decision

Problems in sustaining or keeping erection, also termed as Impotence or Erectile Dysfunction, rapid ejaculation, or delayed ejaculation are some of the common disorder’s hampering men’s sexual health. Such problems are entirely normal; do not make it a sexual issue.
Uneven sexual desire and dissimilar preferences in sexual style are normal and inevitable in long-term relationships. It is how you handle these that makes the difference.
The sexual drive or the urge to make sex differs in men. Like women, lots of men know what it is like to feel pressured by their spouse’s larger sexual appetite. Therefore do not over expect from your man.
Do not let sexual difficulties get over your relationship; it is usually observed that men’s sexual disfunction creates a rift between your intimacies. When either partner has frequent dysfunction or low desire, both partners eventually retreat during sex into separate mental worlds of worry and frustration. Try to sort out the issue with mutual discussion, co-ordination and help,
Sexual dysfunctions are a common phenomenon, Sexual boredom, lack of intimacy, low desire, and passionless sex are common and inevitable developments–potentially, mid-stages in the evolution of your relationship. Underneath common sexual difficulties, the natural processes of self-development are often playing out. Dissatisfactory sex does not indicate that something is going, or has gone, wrong.

More importantly men’s sexual problem cans be easily treated through medications. Why to hesitate when you already have an option to treat yourself. Oral pills like Viagra, Cialis and Levitra can easily surpass erectile dysfunction and help you regain your sexual life.

Do not blame everything on sexual incompatibility, or the signs of aging or disease. And do not reduce current sexual problems to things from the past; it may be the natural growth processes of your relationship at work in the present. To get the sex, intimacy, desire, and passion many of us want, there is a lot of growing up to do.