The PSA test, used to detect prostate cancer, measures the level of a substance called prostate-specific antigen PSA in the blood. A higher level of PSA may indicate prostate cancer. Unfortunately, a hormone imbalance in obese males may make the PSA level reading lower than it should be.
As a result, many obese men with prostate cancer are diagnosed at a later stage than their normal-weight counterparts. This can lead to worse outcomes. If an obese man has a biopsy after the PSA test, his chances of developing an infection from the biopsy are higher.
After treatment for prostate cancer, obese men are more likely to develop complications. These complications can range from incontinence and erectile dysfunction to postoperative infection and deep-vein thrombosis. If you are overweight or obese, losing weight can help prevent all of these conditions. Weight loss can also help reverse some urologic conditions, including incontinence, benign prostatic hyperplasia BPH, or enlarged prostate , hypogonadism and ED. When I prescribe medication for them, I also suggest that they eat right and exercise.
This is a great opportunity for urologists to have a teachable moment and positive impact on our patients' overall health. I have seen many of my patients lose weight after being given this information, and they didn't need the ED medication anymore. For other urologic conditions, such as prostate cancer and kidney cancer, losing weight will not cure the cancer that has already developed, but it can slow the progression of the disease and make treatment easier.
If you are in remission, losing weight can help prevent the cancer from coming back. Weight loss can also help someone who has a history of stone disease prevent recurrence of kidney stones. Maintaining a healthy weight should be a priority for all Americans, for our urologic health and for our overall health. Despite her busy schedule, Diane has made an effort to start exercising regularly.
She is also fitting "timed urination" into her schedule. Additionally, she has made an effort to eat a healthy diet. She now avoids "bladder-irritating" foods and brings nutritious food with her when she knows she will not be at home.
Diane explained her new perspective: "I realized that if I was in the bathroom all the time, or I was too unhealthy to take care of others, I wouldn't be any help to my family, myself or anyone else.
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Being the largest person in the room. You know those stats about how obese America is? Well, I cannot remember a time when someone was bigger than me in a room.
When I first joined Weight Watchers I was probably pounds bigger than anyone else in the room. I felt like the obesity epidemic.
I remember those every single day. I remember what it was like for my wife to worry about me and to feel like everyone was laughing around me.
They probably were not, but it always felt that way. I remember seeing an "ERR" on the scale and cried when I finally saw three numbers. I remember when I got a salad after losing 20 pounds, and the cashier rolled her eyes. I remember losing 50 pounds and being able to hear the click of the seatbelt.
I remember losing 80 pounds and being able to wipe myself. I remember losing pounds and being able to get size 54 pants at a "normal" store in the Big and Tall section. I remember losing pounds and being under pounds for the first time in a long time. I remember losing over pounds and knowing I will struggle but never get back to pounds. People ask me my goal weight, and it is never to get to be over pounds again.
I will fluctuate, and I will have my good and bad days. Many extreme weight loss cases do. I have much more to lose now. I have two kids. So when people ask me what is the secret to weight loss, I like make others say there is no secret. News U. Politics Joe Biden Congress Extremism. Special Projects Highline. Chair seller ErgoHuman in Austin, Texas, said the average office chair is for a pound person, tops.
Clearly, that's not strong enough for many American workers. Seeing a need, Ergogenesis was one of many manufacturers that introduced chairs for the extra large in the past few years. Its Bodybilt chairs were designed with an extra wide "bariatric" seat pan that can support someone who weighs up to pounds. One government agency bought of them in If it seems as if it's harder to get a seat on the bus in recent years, that would be right.
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