Category Archives: Senior Health

Every day 70 Canadian men are diagnosed with prostate cancer and eleven die from it. The National Cancer Institute in the United States predicts that over 200,000 men in the US alone will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2012. Now another study is pointing the finger at red meat consumption as a risk factor ...click here to read more

Life can throw a lot of challenges at you as you grow older.  Health problems may increasingly become an issue. Chronic symptoms can affect day-to-day living. Friends  can pass away. Things may be a little stressful financially  as you learn to live with less income. But in spite of all this, seniors are generally happy. ...click here to read more

Fifty percent of men over 60 years of age and 90% of men in their 70s and 80s will likely suffer from benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH. BPH occurs when the prostate enlarges, putting pressure on the urethra. This can cause an obstruction of the bladder and urine flow. It is quite common for men’s prostates ...click here to read more