Men's Heath and Women's Health

Women's Health: Principles of a Breast Cancer Diet

If you've heard the term breast cancer bandied about, you're not alone. Many experts are conducting studies to try to determine what diets may help prevent breast cancer or help those who diagnosed with the disease. While no one diet plan has been determined to be unfailingly effective, several discoveries have been made, leading to a somewhat loosely defined breast cancer diet. Some very disappointing studies have recently bucked the assertion that a diet high in vegetables, fruit and fiber, low in sugar and fat can prevent breast cancer or the recurrence of breast cancer. These studies run contrary to the common assertion that diet can affect the prevention of breast cancer. Many more studies are being conducted to investigate the validity of these latest findings. One study conducted by scientists at the University of Texas in Austin investigated the impact of diet and...

Read the rest of the article here.

Men's Health: Common Prostatitis Symptoms to Watch Out For

The prostate is a small gland just below the bladder and surrounding the urethra. It is normally about the size of a walnut, but often grows larger in older men, causing urinary difficulties. When the prostate swells or grows inflamed, men sometimes assume that their age is catching up with them; the reality is that those traits are also prostatits symptoms. In that case, discomfort is not a sign of age, it is a sign of a serious problem.

Prostatitis is classified according to causative agent, and the National Institutes of Health recognizes four categories of the condition. Each type of prostatitis comes with its own set of symptoms.

Category 1: Acute bacterial prostatitis

Acute bacterial prostatitis symptoms appear suddenly and include the following:

• Flu-like symptoms, including fever and chills
• The need to frequently or urgently urinate

Read the rest of the article here.