The Prostate Sourcebook [Paperback]

Steven Morganstern (Author), Allen Abrahams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 11, 1998 | Series: Sourcebooks

Using layman's terms and case studies, The Prostate Sourcebook begins with some easy-to-understand background information on this vexing gland and proceeds with sensible advice about various prostate problems and treatments.

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The Prostate Sourcebook is the primer on prostate care for the non-specialist general reader. The Prostate Sourcebook has everything needed to explain the various prostate problems and their treatments, the psychological trauma that accompanies prostate problems, the effects of exercise and nutrition, prescription medications and their side effects, and where to find other sources of information. The Prostate Sourcebook also provides the happy news that sex is good for the prostate, exercises that can help the prostate, and offers a comprehensive debunking of all the myths associated with the prostate. For those who think they just might have a prostate problem, The Prostate Sourcebook will ease the anxiety by telling what can go wrong, what kinds of treatments are available, and whom to talk to about it. The Prostate Sourcebook is highly recommended for all library health & medicine collections as is particularly useful for the spouses, caregivers, and the adult children of men suffering from prostate problems. -- Midwest Book Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Steven Morgantstern, M.D., is a staff member at Doctors Memorial Hospital in Atlanta and the coauthor of Love Again-Live Again.

Allen Abrahams, Ph.D., was the coauthor of Love Again-Live Again.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 3 edition (November 11, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156565871X
• ISBN-13: 978-1565658714
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #509,156 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Book That Every Man Should Own, December 31, 2000

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This review is from: The Prostate Sourcebook (Paperback)

If you are a man and are experiencing difficulty while trying to empty your bladder, getting up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, or who has the urgent and sometimes painful need to urinate, your prostate may be trying to send you a message. If you have pain in your private parts, especially after having sex or urination, be sure to consider the possible source of the referred pain as the prostate.

Prostatitis (inflammation and or infection in the prostate) can make a man miserable. Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH), better known as enlarged prostate, affects most men eventually and accounts for one of the most frequent reasons of surgery on men each year. Finally, prostate cancer is one of the leading causes of death in men.

All of these subjects and more are handled deftly by Dr. Morganstern and Dr. Abrahams, who have written a book that is easy to understand and emminently useful. If you are looking for answers and resources this is the book to get. Even if you are already seeing a urologist, you need this book!

If you are having problems with your prostate, or want to learn what to do to prevent them, or are a concerned partner wanting to help and support the man in your life, I highly recommend this book.

As a man who once suffered from untreated prostatitis and middle lobe hypertrophy, I wholeheartedly endorse this book. It may save your sanity and could certainly save your life.

5.0 out of 5 stars If your approaching 50, you must read this book!, July 24, 2011

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This book is very well written. I feel that every man approaching 50 should read this and be informed. I learned things form this book I never even thought about or knew. Excellent Book!

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Written by a layman that should let the experts write with caution., April 11, 2007

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I am a layman that has studied the thyroid for many years. Some of the information that she presents is false, a novice would be easily misled on some very inportant guidance. On p. 3 she correctly states that iodine deficiency can cause a lot of the thyroid problems, but on pg. 85 she states that Asian women who move to Ca. are at a higher risk because they are now in a iodine rich diet. Completely false. They moved to a area that is extremely low in iodine. In the U.S. the average intake is under 100 mcg. per day, verses 13 mg. in Japan. Japan has the lowest thyroid and breast cancer in the world.