Prostate Diseases

• Latest News
• NIH Launches New Study to Compare Prostate Surgery and Drugs (08/19/2004, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Prostate Problems (National Institute on Aging)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Understanding Prostate Changes: A Health Guide for All Men (National Cancer Institute)
• What I Need to Know about Prostate Problems (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)

• Anatomy/Physiology
• What Is Your Prostate? (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Genital Problems in Men (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Hematuria (Blood in the Urine) (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
• Medical Tests for Prostate Problems (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
• Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute)
  Also available in: Spanish
• PSA Levels: Can They Rise after Prostate Removal? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Ultrasound of the Prostate (Radiological Society of North America)
• Ultrasound: Pelvis (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)

• Treatment
• About Prostatectomy (For Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia) (American College of Surgeons)
• Enlarged Prostate: What Are Your Treatment Choices? (American Foundation for Urologic Disease)
• Prostate Surgery - TURP (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
  Also available in: Spanish

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Prostatic Diseases (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Prostatic Hyperplasia (National Institutes of Health)

• Alternative Therapy
• Recall of PC SPES and SPES Dietary Supplements (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
• Saw Palmetto (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Natural Standard)

• Specific Conditions
• Ask the CPDR: Questions from Our Patients and Answers (Center for Prostate Disease Research)
• Discolored Semen: What Does It Mean? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Prostate Enlargement: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
• Prostate Infections: Why Do They Keep Coming Back? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Prostatitis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Prostatitis: Disorders of the Prostate (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)

• Research
• Combined Drug Therapy Prevents Progression of Prostate Enlargement Helps Men at High Risk Avoid Surgery (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• NIH Launches New Study to Compare Prostate Surgery and Drugs (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Treating Men with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (American College of Physicians)

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Prostate Disease Glossary (American Foundation for Urologic Disease)

• Directories
• Directory of Kidney and Urologic Diseases Organizations (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
• Find a Urologist (American Urological Association)

• Organizations
• American Foundation for Urologic Disease
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
• National Institute on Aging
• National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

• Statistics
• FASTATS: Prostate Disease (National Center for Health Statistics)
• Kidney and Urologic Disease Statistics for the United States (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)

• Women
• For Women Who Care: Information on Prostate Disease to Share with the Men in Your Life (American Foundation for Urologic Disease)