How the Prostate Help Association can help you

Philip Dunn the founder of the PHA and editor of the quarterly Newsletters was described in Health Lines, the Health Educational Authorities magazine write up on prostate cancer as an expert. His expertise is available to you through his book Prostate Cancer and through the Newsletters.

The PHA have also arranged discounts for Newsletter subscribers on over 160 products - from Prostabrit (Cernilton) and Natures Best Saw Palmetto Complex, to a portable pocket sized loo.

Subscribers are now entitled to a major discount (almost 50%) from THERMEX, a one hour outpatient BPH radiofrequency treatment.

The PHA have a 'Support Network' of men willing to share experiences with others including 'new men on the block' !

Why not join us now and check out how others have managed, overcome, or learned to live with their prostate condition, be it prostatitis, prostate cancer or BPH.

Write snail mail to:-

PHA(W),
LANGWORTH,
LINCOLN, LN3 5DF,
UNITED KINGDOM,

for our initial information and more detail about the discounted offers we have arranged, or take a look at their website www.pha.u-net.com

Background Information

Much of the general population still appears to think that any prostate disease is an "old mans' disease". The PHA knows from letters received that young men in their teens have prostatitis which can totally disrupt their social and working lives, and men in their 40's have and die from, prostate cancer. Even BPH, benign prostate enlargement, firmly classified in the publics mind as an old mans disease, (do you need to be reminded of Private Godfrey in Dad's Army ?), affects tens of thousands of men still in their 50's. This 'brain washing' has meant that the majority of men under 60 totally ignore the symptoms of the disease and remain ignorant of its serious consequences. 96% of men according to a 1994 Mori poll knew nothing at all about the prostate gland.

This lack of knowledge has meant that prostate disease is the Cinder-fella disease. The major operation to treat BPH and regarded as the 'Gold Standard' treatment, not cure you will note, was developed seventy years ago and has hardly changed since, although it is true that the 'tools of the trade' have been and are being refined. New techniques are finding it very difficult to make a mark, even though, in at least one case, the success rate is as good as the 'gold standard' turp, yet without the possible side effects of the turp operation.

A mass educational effort is needed to alert the public to this underfunded disease. The PHA do their best but are held back by lack of funds. The U.K. government spends none of your money on education and virtually none on research. You can help by subscribing to our Newsletters, sending a donation or even writing to your MP drawing his attention to the low priority accorded prostate disease.

Find out more about all aspects of the prostate condition by subscribing to the PHA Newsletters. The PHA also a Support Network, and a number of special publications which go into detail in regard to the TURP operation and the new TURAPY treatment for instance.

 We are grateful to the Prostate Help Association the for their help in compiling this section.