Inventions to Treat BPH
It is estimated that at some point in their lives, 8 out of 10 men will experience the uncomfortable symptoms caused by an enlarged prostate. However, this occurrence isn’t anything new. Doctors have been working to find cures and develop treatments for this very common condition for centuries. In fact, in our last few articles, […]
Advances in Prostate Care
In the early 20th century, located right here in our neck of the woods, a young doctor was developing a prostate procedure that would revolutionize the way prostate conditions are treated and open the door to the many other treatments that would follow. This man was urologist Dr. Hugh Hampton Young, who due to his […]
Early Treatment Methods
By the late 1800s, physicians had found a link between prostate size and a man’s age, as well as between prostate growth and testosterone. This discovery set the foundation for developing various treatment methods in order to relieve the uncomfortable symptoms caused by an enlarged prostate. Though it wasn’t until centuries later that the more […]