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Prostatitis: A Look At The Types, Symptoms, Causes and Treatments
Unlike prostate cancer or an enlarged prostate, prostatitis can affect men of all ages. Let’s take a look at the different types, causes and risk factors and treatments avaliable. Swelling and inflammation of the prostate gland is known as prostatitis. It is caused by either a bacterial or nonbacterial infection and can cause pain, discomfort… Read more
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An Overview of Adrenal Cancer: Types, Symptoms, Causes and Risk Factors, and Treatments
Here we take an overview of adrenal cancer (adrenal gland cancer), including the types, symptoms, causes and risk factors, and treatments. Adrenal cancer – or adrenal gland cancer – develops when abnormal cells in the adrenal gland start to mutate and grow uncontrollably and more rapidly than normal cells. Adrenal cancer usually appears as a… Read more
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An Overview of Bladder Cancer: Types, Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
Here we take an overview of bladder cancer – the different types, causes and risk factors, symptoms and treatments avaliable. Bladder cancer develops when abnormal cells in the bladder start to mutate and grow uncontrollably and more rapidly than normal cells. A mass of cancerous cells is called a malignant tumour, or more simply, cancer.… Read more
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An Overview of Kidney Cancer: Types, Risks, Symptoms and Treatment
Here we take an overview of the anatomy of the kidneys, and the different types, causes, risk factors, symptoms, and treatments for kidney cancer. Kidney cancer develops when abnormal cells in the kidneys start to mutate and grow uncontrollably and more rapidly than normal cells. A mass of cancerous cells is called a malignant tumour,… Read more
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A Overview of Prostate Cancer: Types, Risks, Symptoms and Treatment
Here we take an overview of the anatomy of the prostate, and the different types, causes, risk factors, symptoms, and treatment of prostate cancer. Prostate cancer develops when abnormal cells in the prostate gland start to mutate and grow uncontrollably, and more rapidly than normal cells. These abnormal cells can sometimes grow outside the prostate… Read more
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The Urological Impacts of Smoking
Smoking is closely linked with a number of chronic conditions, and should be avoided for the sake of your health. Here we take a look at some of the urological impacts of smoking. Cigarette smoking is most commonly associated with lung cancer and cardiovascular disease, but did you know it is closely linked with a… Read more
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8 Helpful Tips For a Healthy Bladder
Keeping your bladder healthy is crucial for reducing the risk of chronic disease. Here are 8 helpful tips for maintaining bladder health. The bladder is a muscular sac located in the pelvis, roughly the size of a pear when empty with a capacity somewhere between 400 and 600ml when full. It receives urine from the kidneys… Read more
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6 Golden Tips For Maintaining Kidney Health
Keeping your kidneys in shape is vital for reducing the risk of chronic disease. Here are 6 golden tips for kidney health. The kidneys are vital organs that filter toxins and other waste products from your blood, produce urine and hormones, and maintain levels of minerals in your bloodstream. Keeping them healthy is very important… Read more
