Tips About Prostate Cancer Hormone Therapy

June 30, 2008 · Filed Under Prostate · Comment 

What is the truth about prostate cancer hormone therapy?

If you are a man over the age of 50 you may well have to ask yourself that question. Because the fact is if you live in North America you may be the 1 out of 6 men diagnosed with prostate cancer.That means in a room of 12 men, 2 of them statistically are likely to have prostate cancer.

These tips will give you some free information and a question or two to ask your doctor if it should happen to you.

This article is not intended as medical advice, nor should it be taken as medical advice. It is for informational purposes only. As always with a physical illness you should consult your personal physician right away. Please read on for more information.

It is important for you to understand what hormonal therapy is and what it can do. The primary purpose, of course, is to treat prostate cancer. It does this by blocking androgens, which are male hormones. Read more

Tips About Prostate Cancer Radiation Treatment

June 28, 2008 · Filed Under Prostate · Comments Off 

Astonishingly enough prostate cancer radiation treatment (also referred to as Radiotherapy) may not be the best treatment for you if you have prostate cancer.

In fact, depending on your age and health it may be years before radiation treatment becomes necessary. Radiation therapy is only one of the therapies you and your doctor will have to decide on. Read more

Weight Loss Nutrition Secrets

June 28, 2008 · Filed Under Weight Loss · Comments Off 

Are you one of those people struggling with weight loss? These days, it seems like everyone is struggling with weight loss.

You already know that nutrition is important, but one of the first things every dieter tries is starvation. Yes, dieters call it a ‘diet’, but it’s actually a form of starvation.

And unfortunately, starvation deprives your body of nutrition. Rather than triggering weight loss, starvation causes weight retention and weight gain.

How do you respond to your excess weight? Do you deprive yourself of food? Have you tried various fad diets or diet pills that claim to help you lose weight? Was exercise part of your weight loss plan?

If you have tried all these methods and you still haven’t lost weight, there is a good reason. There’s more to it than that.

Here are the major elements you need to achieve weight loss: Read more

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