Prostate Awareness Month - September - 1st Sep 2011

Each year 600 kiwi men die of prostate cancer!

Did you know that a man is 33% more likely to get prostate cancer than a woman is to get breast cancer? It's true.
A husband, father, son, brother, grandfather, friend dies every 17 minutes of every day from Prostate Cancer

Are you a male 40-75 or over 35 and African American or has your father or brother had Prostate Cancer?

Please get tested!

• Someone you know may be affected.
• One in every six men will get prostate cancer.
• 35% will be under the age of 65.

There are supplements available which help provide effective relief of symptoms of  benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), containing therapeutic doses of herbs traditionally used in Western herbal medicine for this condition: saw palmetto, stinging nettle and willow herb.

Both saw palmetto and nettle have been shown in clinical studies to reduce symptoms such as urinary frequency, nocturia, hesitancy, dribbling, and incomplete emptying, whilst significantly increasing urinary flow rate; while willow herb has been shown to have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and enzyme inhibitory effects that could explain its traditionally observed effects in the management of BPH.

HERBS THAT MAY ASSIST
Serenoa repens (saw palmetto) fruit
Urtica dioica (nettle) root/rhizome
Epilobium parviflorum (small-flowered willow) herb


For more info about prostate cancer and BPH, click on the links below -

http://www.nsu.govt.nz/files/Strategic_Screening/Testing_for_Prostate_Cancer_-_Information_for_Men_and_their_Families.pdf

www.prostate.org.nz