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Prostate Health Essentials: How Diet and Exercise Can Lower Your Risk of Prostate Conditions

A balanced diet and doing plenty of exercises have been shown to reduce the risk of prostate conditions like prostatitis and prostate enlargement. The prostate is a walnut-sized gland forming part of the male reproductive system. Its main purpose is to secrete fluid that carries sperm and semen. The prostate is located in the lower abdomen, near… Read more
Bladder Stones 101: Symptoms, Causes, and What You Need to Know

Bladder stones can be very painful. While they aren’t as common as kidney stones, they do occur. Here’s an overview of bladder stones. The bladder is a muscular sac in the pelvis, roughly the size of a pear when empty with a capacity somewhere between 400 and 500ml when full. It receives urine from the… Read more
Everything You Need To Know About Adrenal Gland Function and Common Conditions

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
Protect Your Prostate: Simple Dietary Changes to Make Today

Prostate health is very important for men, especially as they get older, and diet plays a big role here. Here are 5 easy diet tips to keep your prostate healthy. Taking measures to keep your prostate healthy is very important for warding off disease and chronic conditions, particularly as you get older. Prostate cancer, prostate enlargement… Read more
The Vital Role of Physical & Emotional Well-Being in Focal Therapy Healing

Here are some tips for all round physical and emotional well-being during focal therapy recovery. Focal therapy is an effective treatment for localized prostate cancer, but adopting a healthy lifestyle, particularly through nutrition, plays a crucial role in supporting recovery and overall well-being. Men undergoing focal therapy should consider a diet that emphasizes whole, nutrient-dense… Read more
Keep Your Kidneys in Tip-Top Shape: Essential Tips for Optimal Health

Keeping your kidneys in shape is vital for reducing the risk of chronic disease. Check out some of our top tips for keeping your kidney healthy. For the most part, when we try to keep healthy, we have an “overall” outlook on maintaining our physical wellbeing, rather than looking at different parts of the body… Read more
Focal Therapy: A Targeted Approach to Prostate Cancer Treatment

What is the groundbreaking approach to treating prostate cancer with precision? Focal therapy. Focal therapy is a minimally invasive treatment for prostate cancer that aims to destroy cancerous tissue while preserving healthy prostate tissue. This emerging approach offers a middle ground between traditional treatments like radical prostatectomy and active surveillance. Suitable Candidates Focal therapy is… Read more
Understanding Prostate Surgery: Prostatectomy, TURP, HoLEP, and Beyond

Prostate surgery is a very effective treatment for many conditions. Here we take a look at prostatectomy, TURP, HoLEP and more. Prostate surgery is a very effective treatment for several conditions, the two most common being prostate cancer and benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH – also known as enlarged prostate). In the case of cancer, these… Read more