The Problem is Significant

The statistics are shocking and with baby boomers now entering the risk years the number of men with prostate problems will significantly increase. Men over the age of 50 are accounting for 75% of all prostate problems. England has reported 350,000 cases annually and another 100,000 cases may not have been reported.

While a number of drugs have the ability to alleviate some of the more serious symptoms, the adverse effects of these drugs may result in other problems becoming more prevalent. Surgical treatments can bring about impotence in 65% of all cases and 40% becoming incontinent, which may also result in the need for psychological counseling. In the United States, over 100,000 prostatectomy operations are performed annually.

Death from prostate cancer in the United States kills about 20,000 men every year. The statistics state that 1 in 12 men will be affected by prostate cancer annually. As bad as these statistics are, they are expected to increase within the next 10 years. Lack of adequate consumption of nutrients that assist the body in keeping the prostate healthy, as well as the numerous environmental insults that we are subjected to are responsible for the increases we are seeing.

Public awareness about the disease and affective prevention methods are for the most part unknown by the majority of the populace, especially in the United States. Prostate cancer may easily spread to other organ symptoms of the body and it is thought that 35% of men over 50 have at least a few cancer cells in their prostate.

Men over the age of 50 should have a blood-screening test called a Protein Specific Antigen test (PSA). This test measures the level of a protein released into the bloodstream by prostate cells. If cancer is present the blood level is very high.

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