50 Things You Need To Know About the Prostate: A Clear, Detailed, and Reassuring Guide that Helps Take the Worry and Confusion Out of Prostate Problems

by C.A. Whitney, Arnold M. Kwart (Introduction)

For men affected by prostate problems, it's more than a medical issue.

This year an estimated 200,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and many more will suffer from prostate enlargement. Yet even though it is one of the most common ailments among men over fifty and the most diagnosed cancer, it continues to be a subject mired in complexity, misinformation, controversy and fear.

This supportive and informative guide addresses all your concerns about prostate problems-medical, psychological and sexual. In a clear, accessible question-and-answer format that draws on actual case histories, it tells you everything you need to know,

-Up-to-date medical news on changes in testing procedures and diagnosis for the wide variety of prostate conditions
-Risk factors that help determine your odds of having a prostate problem
-Symptoms and warning signs that can help you detect a problem early on
-Treatment options-from deciding when surgery is and is not necessary to the latest surgical, nonsurgical and alternative procedures
-Healthy living after surgery-how to choose a diet and exercise plan
-A return to good sex and an understanding of the many common psychological and sexual concerns that men face after surgery

Finally, all the facts and comforting advice men need to recover!

140 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 15, 1994

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

When a friend advised me that he had been diagnosed with prostate trouble, I rushed right out and accidentally stumbled across a used copy of this book while I was looking for something else. Seeing the title, however, I grabbed it and promptly read it – it was a quick understandable read at 140 pages, including a few diagrams.

I found the book to be quite informative, and provided a lot of hope for men who might be concerned after getting a diagnosis of an enlarged prostate, or even prostate cancer. Still, the book is copyrighted 1994, some 20 years ago. While the information is presented quite clearly and provides a lot of hope – realistic hope – to sufferers, it should at best be a starting point to research more current material. (Even if nothing HAS changed, it would be nice to be able to verify that with something published more recently.)

RATING: 5 stars (cannot penalize it for its age).