
eBook - ePub
Mayo Clinic Essential Guide to Prostate Health
What to Do about Prostate Enlargement, Inflammation and Cancer
- 272 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Mayo Clinic Essential Guide to Prostate Health
What to Do about Prostate Enlargement, Inflammation and Cancer
About this book
Important information for men from
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one of the most reliable, respected health resources that Americans have" (
Publishers Weekly).
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Many prostate problems—even cancer—can now be easily treated, thanks to medical advances and important new discoveries at Mayo Clinic and other leading medical centers. This book is based on advice Mayo Clinic doctors share every day in caring for their patients. Included is information on:
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· When to get a prostate checkup, and what to expect
· The Mayo Clinic's latest recommendations on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing, with detailed information on normal PSA levels by age
· How doctors diagnose and treat an enlarged prostate, including new information on the two types of drugs currently used to significantly reduce symptoms
· New guidance on managing incontinence and impotence, two common side effects of prostate treatment
· Current medical options for treating advanced prostate cancer
· New advances that mean better prostate cancer survival rates
· What to expect after prostate surgery, including information on recovery time and getting on with life
· Medical assessments of popular alternative therapies and more
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Mayo Clinic Essential Guide to Prostate Health is an easy-to-read yet comprehensive guide to understanding, treating and living with prostate disease. It's just the kind of thorough book you would expect from a world leader in medicine—Mayo Clinic.
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Many prostate problems—even cancer—can now be easily treated, thanks to medical advances and important new discoveries at Mayo Clinic and other leading medical centers. This book is based on advice Mayo Clinic doctors share every day in caring for their patients. Included is information on:
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· When to get a prostate checkup, and what to expect
· The Mayo Clinic's latest recommendations on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing, with detailed information on normal PSA levels by age
· How doctors diagnose and treat an enlarged prostate, including new information on the two types of drugs currently used to significantly reduce symptoms
· New guidance on managing incontinence and impotence, two common side effects of prostate treatment
· Current medical options for treating advanced prostate cancer
· New advances that mean better prostate cancer survival rates
· What to expect after prostate surgery, including information on recovery time and getting on with life
· Medical assessments of popular alternative therapies and more
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Mayo Clinic Essential Guide to Prostate Health is an easy-to-read yet comprehensive guide to understanding, treating and living with prostate disease. It's just the kind of thorough book you would expect from a world leader in medicine—Mayo Clinic.
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Topic
MedicineSubtopic
Diseases & AllergiesTable of contents
- Mayo Clinic Essential Guide to Prostate Health
- Copyright
- About Mayo Clinic
- Editorial staff
- Preface
- Table of contents
- Part 1
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- At a glance
- Part 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Part 3
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Part 4
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Additional resources
- Glossary