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Prostate cancer prevention

The exact cause of prostate cancer is not yet known. While some of the risk factors that predispose to this cancer such as family history and ethnicity are non-modifiable, others such as lifestyle factors can be altered to reduce the risk for developing this cancer.

20 Jan 2014

Prostate cancer complications

The complications of prostate cancer usually only occur once the prostate has become large enough to affect the urethra, which may take many years because prostate cancer is generally slow growing.

20 Jan 2014

Causes of benign prostatic hyperplasia

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) refers to a benign enlargement of the prostate gland. The prostate may eventually increase to a size that is large enough to press against the urethra and bladder and cause urinary symptoms.

20 Jan 2014

What is the Epstein-Barr Virus?

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is one of the most common viruses in humans and is most commonly associated with infectious mononucleosis or glandular fever.

20 Jan 2014

Multiple Sclerosis and the Epstein Barr Virus

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a herpes virus otherwise known of as human herpesvirus 4 (HHV-4). It is most well known for causing glandular fever but research shows that EBV infection is also linked to an increased risk for various autoimmune conditions including rheumatoid arthritis, dermatomyositis and multiple sclerosis.

20 Jan 2014

Symptoms of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BHP)

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the term used to describe a non-malignant overgrowth of the prostate gland.

19 Jan 2014

Diagnosis of prostatitis

Prostatitis or inflammation of the prostate is diagnosed based on a patient’s symptoms and several laboratory tests. There are two main forms of prostatitis which include the chronic type and the acute type.

19 Jan 2014

Prostatitis symptoms

Prostatitis refers to inflammation of the prostate. There are two major types of prostatitis – chronic or long-term prostatitis and acute or sudden-onset prostatitis. The majority of prostatitis cases are chronic and acute prostatitis is rare. In chronic prostatitis, symptoms may last for three months or more.

19 Jan 2014

Causes of prostatitis

Prostatitis is a general term that describes inflammation of the prostate. There are two main forms of the condition, the chronic form and the acute form.

19 Jan 2014

Choosing the best treatment of prostate cancer - by stage

Treatment of any cancer is based on the stage of the cancer when it is diagnosed. Staging is performed for two purposes – to guide initial treatment decisions and to predict the patient’s survival outcome after therapy.

19 Jan 2014

What is benign prostatic hyperplasia?

Benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH is also known simply as prostate enlargement. It is a common condition in men of older age, and occurs to some degree in 60% of men aged 60 years or older suffer from this condition.

19 Jan 2014

What is medical castration?

Testosterone is metabolized and converted into dihydrotestosterone (DHT) which stimulates the growth of prostate cells, leading to normal prostate grwoth in adolescent males but contributing to abnormal cell growth in older men. Therefore, one way to slow prostate cancer growth is to reduce the amount of testosterone or its activity in the body.This form of hormone therapy is called androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) or androgen suppression therapy.

19 Jan 2014

What is TURP?

The term TURP stands for transurethral resection of the prostate, an operation that is mainly performed to treat men with an enlarged prostate, a condition called benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). Usually, TURP is performed to remove excess prostate tissue that is obstructing the flow of urine through the urethra and out of the penis.

19 Jan 2014

What are Complications of Chlamydia?

Chlamydia infection is one of the commonest sexually transmitted infections worldwide that is spread via vaginal fluid and semen of the infected person to her or his healthy sexual partner due to unprotected intercourse.

17 Jan 2014

What is Triple Negative Breast Cancer?

Triple negative breast cancer is a type of basal cell cancer where the cancer cells do not display any estrogen receptors (ERs), progesterone receptors (PRs) or HER2 receptors.

17 Jan 2014

What is Neurology?

Neurology is a branch of medical science that is concerned with disorders and diseases of the nervous system. The term neurology comes from a combination of two words - "neuron" meaning nerve and "logia" meaning "the study of".

17 Jan 2014

What is the Difference Between Neurology and Neuroscience?

Neuroscience describes the scientific study of the mechanics of the central nervous system such as its structure, function, genetics and physiology as well as how this can be applied to understand diseases of the nervous system.

17 Jan 2014

What are Amyloid Plaques?

Amyloid plaques are aggregates of misfolded proteins that form in the spaces between nerve cells. These abnormally configured proteins are thought to play a central role in Alzheimer's disease. The amyloid plaques first develop in the areas of the brain concerned with memory and other cognitive functions.

17 Jan 2014

Threadworm Causes

Threadworm is a very common infection that occurs when tiny, thread-like worms infest the human intestine.

16 Jan 2014

What are Threadworms?

Threadworms are small, parasitic worms that infect the human intestine. Also called pinworms, the worms are white and resemble pieces of thread. They can hatch eggs within the gut and multiply causing infestation. Threadworms are most common among children under 10 years of age but can also be seen in adults.

16 Jan 2014