What is in this article?:
- The expanding market for men’s health ingredients
- Prostate health
- Prostatic and gonadal cancer
- Reproductive wellness
- An alternative Viagra
- References
The innovative marketing of nutrients for men is opening up a potential goldmine for the natural products industry. Mark J Tallon, PhD, takes a look beyond prostate health into this emerging multi-ingredients market.
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Benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) is a well-recognised men's health issue, although other important medicinal conditions should not be overlooked. Prostatitis syndromes — inflammation of the prostate gland — in general are responsible for 2 million visits to physicians per year in the United States, and prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death, accounting for 14 per cent of all cancer fatalities in men.1,2,3
Erectile dysfunction also shares a prominent place in any discussion on men's health, what with the blockbuster popularity of Viagra and its competitors. Therefore, this article will cover a broad range of topical trends regarding the application of nutraceuticals for the enhancement of men's health beyond the traditional focus on saw palmetto for BPH.