Buy backpacks, exercise machines, athletic shoes, and more at Fogdog Sports. It's a walnut-size gland that lies at the base of the bladder and surrounds the urethra. This year about 185,000 American men will be diagnosed with the disease and about 40,000 will die from it.
Risk increases with age.
Men 65 or older account for more than 75 percent of the cases diagnosed. African American men appear to be at greater risk than white men, and an individual's odds may be higher than average if the disease runs in his family. For starters, load up on tomatoes. Tomatoes are particularly rich in the antioxidant lycopene. Lycopene may have particular power to stop healthy prostate cells from turning malignant.