Developing an enlarged prostate, known medically as benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH, is an unfortunate fact of life for most men. Beginning in a man’s...
Derek Burnett
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Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Symptoms
Nearly all men who reach full life expectancy will develop an enlarged prostate, also known as benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH. The prostate is an...
What Causes an Enlarged Prostate (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia)?
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH, or just “enlarged prostate” to most people) is an oversized prostate gland whose excessive cell growth is non-cancerous. The prostate is...
Prostate Problems: Enlargement, Prostatitis, and Prostate Cancer
About half of all adults have a prostate, yet most men have only a hazy understanding of what it does. We know that it’s involved...
How to Reduce Your Risk of Atrial Fibrillation Naturally
When some people receive an atrial fibrillation diagnosis, their first question is whether medication and surgery are really necessary. Can the condition (an irregular, quivering...
Atrial Fibrillation Treatment in the Elderly
Somewhere between 3 million and 10.5 million Americans have atrial fibrillation, an erratic heartbeat caused by faulty electrical signaling in the heart. A-fib is especially...
Surgical Treatments for Atrial Fibrillation
Although atrial fibrillation (“A-fib”) is a serious and even dangerous condition, it also happens to be quite treatable. Today’s heart doctors have multiple options for...
Atrial Fibrillation Medications
Recent decades have seen a blossoming of the science around controlling the dangerous form of irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation or “A-fib”. Pioneering physicians...
Can Atrial Fibrillation Be Caused by Anxiety?
When first told that they have atrial fibrillation, many people begin wondering what they might have done to bring on the condition. Among other factors...
What Is the Main Cause of Atrial Fibrillation?
Atrial fibrillation (or “A-fib”) is an irregular heart rhythm in the upper chambers of the heart that’s closely associated with stroke risk. If you or...
Atrial Fibrillation Symptoms at Night
If you’ve been told that you have atrial fibrillation (or “A-fib”), you may have noticed that you only experience its symptoms—or experience them more strongly—at...
Atrial Flutter vs Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation, also known as “A-fib,” is a type of heart arrhythmia in which the electrical signals that regulate contractions of the heart muscles are...
