The principal medical "solution" to BPH symptoms is the non-invasive surgery called TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate), also referred to as reaming out the prostate. The urologist inserts an instrument through the penis (while the patient is under anesthesia). This allows the urologist to see and remove enough of the tissue to open the urethra passage through the prostate and restore normal urine flow. For a clear and comprehensive explanation of the TURP process, its successes and problems, read Your Prostate by Chet Cunningham, an excellent resource.

There are drugs such as Proscar to shrink the prostate, but they have not been very effective and have objectionable side effects. The one quasi-medical approach that really does work was banned by the FDA in 1990. This approach was pioneered in a 1958 study by Drs. Feinblatt and Gant,¹ and subsequent studies confirmed its effectiveness. BPH was shown to be reduced in 77 to 92% of cases by capsules containing amino acids, glycine, alanine, and glutamic acid. This combination is available in several prostate supplements found in health food stores. There are no known side effects. If you have BPH symptoms, find one of these formulas that works for you while you do the cleansing to become truly healthy so that you won't need these formulas anymore.

Although prostatitis and BPH can, in advanced cases, be quite dangerous, the most serious prostate problem is cancer. Cancer of the prostate is the second most frequently diagnosed cancer in males (after skin cancer), and the second most frequent cause of cancer death in males (after lung cancer).² Approximately 200,000 American men will get the unhappy diagnosis of prostate cancer this year alone -- and 38,000 will die of the disease. No one is quite sure how many other men have prostate cancer and are not aware of it. Autopsy studies of men who died of other causes suggest that by age 50 or so, 30% of all men have undetected prostate cancer. And autopsies show that by age 90, the majority of men have it; it simply never grew or didn't grow large enough to get their attention.

Comedian Jerry Lewis has prostate cancer. So do Senator Bob Dole, General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, philanthropist-financier Michael Milken, and Andrew Grove, CEO of Intel Corporation. The disease has killed singer Frank Zappa, Nobel Prize-winning scientist Linus Pauling, and actors Telly Savalas and Bill Bixby. I've had prostate cancer twice, in separate areas of my prostate, both times without symptoms.

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