The technique here is often used in operations on other tissue—in eye surgery, for example—and now doctors have begun applying it to BPH. It uses a special ultrasound probe that works through an endoscope, a lighted «periscope» used in exploration and treatment of many diseases. The ultrasound targets tissues high in water content, like BPH [...]

Your doctor may want to do these studies if your history or the physical exam suggests that the primary cause of your symptoms—perhaps from a neurologic condition—is bladder dysfunction, not BPH. Cystometry is a means of measuring bladder pressure and function. It’s performed by threading a small catheter into the penis, through the urethra and [...]

A new approach to bone pain has arrived with the development of a compound called radioactive strontium-89—a radioactive isotope that is injected into the body as an outpatient procedure. Strontium-89 is specially tailored for bone pain. Like calcium, it is taken up immediately by bone, as water is absorbed by a sponge—except this compound tends [...]

One day, as new and better drug therapies and combinations are developed, it may be possible to cure prostate cancer at any stage—or at least to restrain it, to make sure that it never leaves the prostate, or that it stays well-differentiated and slow-growing rather than becoming an aggressive, lethal invader of tissue and bone. [...]

PSA GOES UP AFTER SURGERY? You will be given general anesthesia, which means you’ll be unconscious during the procedure. To reach the prostate, surgeons make an incision just above the rectum. The prostate is gradually separated from the rectum, bladder, urethra and vas deferens. The seminal vesicles are removed along with the prostate, and then [...]

HELPING YOURSELF-SEX TECHNIQUE, TIMING, FREQUENCY Masters and Johnson found that simple advice on and attention to technique, such as in the list below, provided the answer for one in eight of their so-called ‘infertile’ patients. Sex technique-To have the best chance of getting a woman pregnant a man’s penis must penetrate her vagina deeply and [...]

MEN-PREMATURE EJACULATION One way or another anxiety usually lies at the heart of a man’s problems which are of psychological origin. The anxiety is usually unconscious but either way it diminishes his pleasure and impairs his performance. Premature ejaculation-Sex therapists argue about the definition of premature ejaculation. Some say it is present if a man [...]

Obviously women’s likes and dislikes are very personal and individual when it comes to love-play and the caring man finds out what pleases his partner most by asking her to tell him and by experimentation. We cannot stress enough how different women are one from another in what they like, so don’t go by your [...]

Controversy rages on the subject of circumcision and its effects on a man’s sex life, so it is worth a mention here. Circumcision is an operation carried out to remove the foreskin and so leave the penis head uncovered all the time. Circumcision is now a rare operation and is usually only carried out for [...]

Marriage, like all human endeavours, never stands still; it evolves with time. Phase one-This first phase lasts until the couple start a family. Changing homes, friends and life-styles to accommodate the marriage can be difficult. However, for many, the first few years spent together — with the wife working and no children — providing themselves [...]

Weave the threads of sensuality and colour powerfully into your life. Colour is a fabulous way to enhance romance, love and relationships. Team information on sensual colour psychology with positive communication strategies and notice the changes in your relationship. Colourful changes. You will enjoy them, absolutely. The Colour of Sex provides you with romantic remedies [...]

You need your home to look attractive too so you feel proud when your guest comes calling. Can’t afford the home decor you yearn for? Choose some splashes of happy colours as accents in the meantime. Something as simple as a vase of flowers or new and colourful cushions, will make you look and feel [...]

Take a new look at yourself. Decide to involve the senses as much as possible in your life. Be as sensual as you can. Examine what you do each day to recognise and gratify your sensuality. Then you can bring that awareness to your romance. What can yourself more in tune with your senses of [...]

We asked Elizabeth, who is in her late 40s, to list her courting behaviours when she went out on a first date and after much honest consideration and embarrassment about her modus operandi, this is the list she came up with: 1. When 1 like someone, early on in the relationship 1 touch his hands, [...]

On a first date, you want to be confident, comfortable and show yourself off to the best advantage. A first date is in many ways like going for a job interview. There, you present yourself in the best light possible, dress in an appropriate manner and hope you say the right words and have the [...]

Bipolar manic depression is a disorder characterized by periods of major depression alternating with periods of elevated mood. When those periods of elation are severe, they are known as mania and the diagnosis is bipolar I. When the periods of elation are relatively mild, or hypomanic, the diagnosis is bipolar II. About 25% of the [...]

Having a surgical operation throws your life into turmoil, at least for a while. The length of time you’re out of action obviously depends on how severe the illness is, and the prognosis will determine the way you face the rest of your life. If there is a threat to your life, survival will naturally [...]

What would really help is preparation — talking about the likely changes so you don’t think you’re going crazy and how to cope with problems as they arise. Terence told me, ‘I wish there had been some way of preparing myself for the incredible change in my lifestyle. We sailed through the labor without a [...]

The success rate of fertility programs refers to the ‘take-home-baby rate’, but for every one of these babies (the ‘success stories’) many more will have a near miss. One of the cruellest blows is when the euphoria of a positive pregnancy test turns to disaster when the pregnancy miscarries. After an assisted fertilization, things are [...]

There’s an old saying that you have to work at marriage. Now while that’s definitely true, it helps if you start off with the right raw materials: some interests in common, compatible goals in life, an ability to compromise and adapt, an ability to listen, compatible beliefs about childraising and financial management, mutual respect, and [...]

Despite the excellent organisation of the lymphatic system, as we have just seen, the lymph often needs help. For example, a deficiency of calcium or vitamin D creates a problem for the lymphatics. Swellings in children, notably in the region of the groin and at times on the neck or behind the lower ear, can [...]

Even though the blood has been subdivided into groups, the Rh factor has been discovered, and we know already that the texture of our blood may be either coarse or fine (similar to the skin with its coarse or fine pores), there are many singularities of the blood that remain unknown. Just think of the [...]

It is important that growing children, indeed all of us, eat wholefoods and avoid white sugar and white flour products as much as possible. Food should be eaten in the same condition that nature or the Creator made it grow. In wholefoods you will find all the vitamins and minerals in the right proportions and [...]

Important Factors in the Treatment of Pulmonary Diseases It is strange that orthodox medicine still does not pay enough attention to the basic healing factors in the treatment of lung patients. Much can be achieved by rest, light, air and sun, and their value has been proved beyond doubt. The words ‘Lift up your eyes [...]

There is no doubt that fresh mountain air has a favourable effect on our health and those who are fortunate enough to be able to spend their holidays in the mountains should take every advantage of it. Alternatively, if you are unable to visit the mountains, you may go to the seaside, where the air [...]

Ah, food! We can’t live without it, but sometimes it seems like we can’t live with it, either. It can make us fat, it can encourage cancer, it can promote heart disease. We can become obsessed with it, and yet we have to eat, for our bodies need a wide variety of nutrients every day [...]

Thin shouldn’t be confused with healthy. I treat many very thin models—women who weigh between 95 and 110 pounds. They’re thin, but at the same time some of them are significantly «overfat!» Of course you don’t ever know it by looking at them. Still, body weight is accounted for by a combination of lean body [...]

Research studies conducted under ideal conditions are one thing, but I always want to know how well something works in the real world, where conditions are not always perfect. Fortunately, my patients have enjoyed excellent results with this amazing yet simple substance. I’ve used Chitosan for years. One of my early Chitosan patients was Joan, [...]

There is no doubt that the risk of coronary heart disease rises as the cholesterol increases. Conversely, the risk drops as cholesterol falls. Although the American Heart Association recommends that the total cholesterol be 200 or less, I feel that this is too high. It may be average, but being average in this country is [...]

Claire, a 48-year-old, 200-pound nurse whom I’ve known for many years, recently showed me her computerized «diet database.» «Look at this, Dr. Fox,» she said proudly, pointing to the computer screen. «Here’s a list of the diets I’ve been on, arranged alphabetically.» It looked like there were 30 or 40 diets on the screen, from [...]