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A "state of the art" article in Best Life magazine (April 2007):
The Sex Destroyer
Read about the big swing in thinking sweeping through the urology world!
March 2006, Urology Times:
Neurophysiologic tests for CP/CPPS show promise
Pelvic pain shows range of effects on sexual function
Psychological therapies may benefit CP/CPPS patients
New names for pelvic pain could advance treatments
Data suggest sources of chronic, acute pain differ
Chronic pain: It's time to think outside the box
Clinicians urged to adopt new model of chronic pain
Genetics could explain chronic pelvic pain
Acupuncture
May be the Answer to Prostatitis
Old concepts gradually
falling away.... and help from an unusual quarter! July 2002
Chronic
Prostatitis - "The Other Prostate Problem"
(besides prostate cancer and benign enlargement). An overview
from early 2002.
IC
Research has Answered Many Questions, but Not All
December
2001
New
bacteria strains found in prostatitis patients
November
2001
Chronic
prostatitis symptoms stabilize over time
November 2001
Prostatitis
- A Disease which Begs Understanding
JAMA article from July
25, 2001
Chronic
prostatitis may have autoimmune component : Research documents evidence
of self-reactivity to PSA; may point to a therapeutic target.
Dr Richard Alexander is confident that autoimmunity is the
cause of CP/CPPS for a subset of patients.
Plant
extracts show effect in chronic prostatitis.
Dr Shoskes
on phytotherapy.
Antibiotics
offer little help in category IIIb patients : Cure rate of 53% at
6 weeks drops to 3% at 18 months following antibiotic therapy.
Category IIIb patients (no bacteria, no inflammation) show little
improvement over placebo and experienced a high rate of adverse
reactions when treated with antibiotics, this European study found.
Inflammatory
marker high, endorphins low in prostatitis.
CP/CPPS patients
have high levels of a marker for inflammation and low levels of
a natural opioid.
COX-2
inhibitor may relieve prostatitis symptoms : Half of men with noninflammatory
prostatitis report 'good' improvement at higher dose.
J. Curtis Nickel, MD, reports equivocal results using COX-2
drugs.
Recognizing
CP/CPPS as multifactorial a big step forward.
Anthony J.
Schaeffer, MD, on individualized treatment strategies.
Only
a Small Number of People Know the Facts about Prostatitis
Sad, but true. It's the "Hidden Disease of Men".