Understanding Your Prostate | The Basics

Foods that irritate the prostate should be avoided or best eaten in moderation.

Problems with the gland are almost inevitable, but there are ways to keep it healthy.

Can no treatment be a good treatment? Yes. And it works for people with certain diagnoses.

Cancer screening guidelines have changed significantly. Detection methods have followed suit.

Elevated prostate-specific antigen test results can point to cancer, but not in every case.

Guidelines concerning testing, biopsies and treatment have been updated in recent years.

Broaching a potentially uncomfortable topic might just save your life.

Cancer is bad enough. When it forces removal of the bladder and prostate, that's a lot to face.

The prostate plays a role in ejaculation and is an erogenous zone that responds to massage.

Besides driving ejaculation, the gland produces an enzyme that helps regulate its own growth.

Whole grains, fruits, veggies can lower the risk of aggressive cancer and high PSA, studies say.

Yep, enhancing that once-lush mane might mask a prostate problem. But there's a solution.

Cancer isn't the only form of prostate disease, and women can help their partner spot problems.

This part of the male anatomy grows all your adult life, but how big is too big?

CPPS hurts, especially during erections and climaxes, which can cause an aversion to intimacy.

Our Q&A should encourage you to play with your hidden—and hot—prostate zone.

Changes in your urine stream could point to one of two prostate issues. Find out what they are.

Men are rightly concerned with keeping their prostate healthy, so don't fall for misconceptions.

Do we take our knowledge about prostates for granted? Maybe, but it's all thanks to research.

Arm yourself with the facts, dispel the myths and work with a doctor to avoid cancer.

While the prostate is key for procreation in younger men, it becomes a health concern as we age.