Okay, guys! It’s time to have “the talk.”
No, not THAT talk. You already know all about that.
This talk is about what you’ve probably been ignoring for a long time. You know:
– Feeling like you have to go all the time.
– Waking up in the middle of the night to go.
– Your sex life maybe not being up to par.
These are all symptoms of an enlarged prostate or BPH. And I don’t blame you for ignoring it, because we all know the solutions can be painful and risky.
That is, until now. An interventional radiologist at UHealth, Dr. Shivank Bhatia, M.D., is leading a team that has made a breakthrough discovery in BPH treatment. He came on the show to tell us about it.
It’s called prostate embolization, and it involves new techniques to reduce the blood supply to the prostate, causing it to shrink 30% to 40% and providing significant relief of symptoms in two to three weeks.
This prostate treatment breakthrough is an outpatient procedure, and it has none of the side effects usually associated with major prostate surgery.
UHealth’s University of Miami Central Campus is one of the leading sites for an FDA clinical trial of the procedure, and researchers are currently enrolling patients.
The only other site in Florida is in Tampa.
Hey, BPH is a very common condition among men over age 50 and early treatment gives you the best chance for a favorable outcome. So if you’re interested in enrolling in the UHealth trials, call 305-243-3404.
And here’s a good article about this promising new treatment – http://med.miami.edu/news/miller-school-researchers-to-study-new-treatment-for-bph.
Click here to listen to the full interview with Dr. Shivank Bhatia, M.D., of UHealth.
