How to Prevent Prostate Problems: A Complete Guide to the Essentials of Prostate Health

by Frank Murray

Overview

The author presents valuable research material on every conceivable aspect of the prostate in a cogent and easily accessible narrative. This book defines exactly what the prostate is and how it is vulnerable to disease. Contains an excellent glossary of terms, a list of helpful resources, and an index.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591205043
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	02/01/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	771 KB

About the Author

Frank Murray is Associate Professor in Environmental Systems, Murdoch University, Australia,

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 What Is the Prostate 5

2 The Complex Case of Cancer 9

3 An Ounce of Prevention 15

4 Prostate Cancer 31

5 Treatment Options for Prostate Cancer 63

6 Prostatitis 85

7 Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH) 99

8 Is the PSA Test Necessary? 111

9 Vitamins and the Prostate 127

10 Minerals and the Prostate 147

11 Herbs and the Prostate 153

12 Other Supplements, Treatments, and Drugs 167

13 Tomatoes, Lycopene, and the Prostate 189

14 Environmental Hazards 199

15 Does a Vasectomy Cause Prostate Cancer? 207

16 Case Histories 213

Glossary 227

Resources 245

References 249

Index 273

About the Author 283