To help you learn more about benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), I have carefully selected books and articles which I believe were written by physicians and nonphysicians with an above-average knowledge of BPH.

This second page of this two-page BPH website contains the following sections:

• Sources of Information and Notes
• Recommended Reading
• BPH Discussion Board Link
• Information about Me

 1. Costello, Robert B., Editor in Chief. Random House Webster's College Dictionary. Random House: New York, NY, 1995), page 662.
 2. Carter, H. Ballentine. Prostate Disorders: The Johns Hopkins White Papers. (Johns Hopkins Medicine: Baltimore, MD, 2006), page 1.
 3. Carter, page 25.
 4. Walsh, Patrick C. and Worthington, Janet Farrar. Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer. (Warner Books: New York, NY, 2001) page 22.
 5. Marks, Sheldon. Prostate and Cancer, Third Edition. (Perseus Publishing: Cambridge, MA, 2003), page 2. Dr. Marks is a well-respected urologist in private practice. He also teaches urology at two universities and leads a nonprofit research institute. He began collecting his patients' frequently-asked questions, which led to the first edition of this book. Much of it is presented in question-and-answer format. Easy to understand. Not recommended because of its skimpy coverage of BPH but I included it as a reference because of two of its informative statements about BPH. Recommended for its coverage of prostate cancer.
 6. Carter, page 7.
 7. Blute, Michael (editor). Mayo Clinic on Prostate Health, Second Edition. (Mayo Clinic Health Information: Rochester, MN, 2003), page 40.
 8. Walsh, pages 32-33.
 9. Carter, page 7.
10. Carter, page 1.
11. Walsh, page 2.
12. Carter, page 1.
13. Walsh, page 14.
14. Marks, page 4.
15. Rous, Stephen N. The Prostate Book: Sound Advice on Symptoms & Treatment, Newly Revised and Updated. (W. W. Norton & Company: New York City, 2001), page 87.
16. Walsh, page 27.
17. Walsh, page 25.
18. Carter, page 8.
19. Rous, page 109,
20. Rous, pages 96-97.
21. Onuf, Peter. Life After the Presidency, a chapter in Thomas Jefferson Biography: A Life in Brief. (The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, January 19, 2005).
http://www.americanpresident.org/history/thomasjefferson/biography/ LifeAfterPresidency.common.shtml
Accessed June 20, 2006.
22. Carter, page 5. He summarizes an article, without stating the title, from the journal Kidney International, June 2005, Volume 67, page 2376. I did not read the article.
23. Rous, page 57.
24. Carter, page 10.
25. Blute, page 46.
26. Carter, page 10.
27. Blute, page 160.
28. McDougal, W. Scott and Barry, Michael J. Prostate Disease: Finding the Cause and the Cure. (Harvard Health Publications: Big Sandy, TX, 2005), page 16.
29. Carter, page 11.
30. Blute, page 161
31. Carter, page 12.
32. Carter, page 14.
33. Blute, page 47.
34. Strum, Stephen B. and Pogliano, Donna. A Primer on Prostate Cancer: The Empowered Patient's Guide, Second Edition. (Life Extension Foundation: Hollywood, FL, 2005), page 136. Dr. Strum, a medical oncologist, is an internationally-acknowledged authority on prostate cancer. This is the best book on prostate cancer of which I'm aware. Not recommended for BPH because it focuses 99.44 percent on prostate cancer.
35. McDougal, pages 15-16.
36. Carter, pages 15-24.
37. McDougal, page 13.
38. Rous, page 59.
39. Rous, page 60.
40. Rous, page 201.
41. Blute, page 42.
42. Rous, page 61.

ooo Blute, Michael (editor). Mayo Clinic on Prostate Health, Second Edition. (Mayo Clinic Health Information: Rochester, MN, 2003)

Dr. Blute is a urologist and surgeon who has been treating patients, conducting clinical research, and teaching in Mayo Clinic's nationally-esteemed Department of Urology for over 20 years. He is also a Professor of Urology at Mayo Medical School. This 193-page book devotes 24 pages to BPH. Exceptionally easy to understand.

ooo Carter, H. Ballentine. Prostate Disorders: The Johns Hopkins White Papers. (Johns Hopkins Medicine: Baltimore, MD, 2006)

Although only 88-pages long, this is an extraordinarily informative book. Written for nonphysicians by a nationally-respected professor from the highly-regarded Department of Urology and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Updated annually.

ooo McDougal, W. Scott and Barry, Michael J. Prostate Disease: Finding the Cause and the Cure. (Harvard Health Publications: Big Sandy, TX, 2005)

Drs. McDougal and Barry are on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and treat patients at Massachusetts General Hospital, nationally recognized for its urology department. Their report is authoritative, 33-pages long with 9 pages devoted to BPH. A excellent source for beginning your BPH education. The report lists three books as resources, one of which was written by Dr. Rous, which is the next recommended book.

ooo Rous, Stephen N. The Prostate Book: Sound Advice on Symptoms & Treatment, Newly Revised and Updated. (W. W. Norton & Company: New York City, 2001)

Dr. Rous is professor of surgery (urology) at Dartmouth Medical School who has treated urology patients for 40 years. He has a deep and comprehensive understanding of prostate disease. The chapter on BPH in this 272-page book is 32 pages long, more than in any of the other books. The BPH information is authoritative and easy to understand. Very worthwhile.

ooo Walsh, Patrick C. and Worthington, Janet Farrar. Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer. (Warner Books: New York, NY, 2001)

Dr. Walsh is a urology professor at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and an internationally-acclaimed urologist. His co-author is an award-winning science writer. Although this easy-to-understand book is about prostate cancer, it also gives authoritative information about BPH. Excellent illustrations.

Go to the Google search engine by clicking on http://www.google.com. When it comes onto your screen, click on "Groups." Type into the search box: sci.med.prostate.bph and click on "Search Groups."

On 6/4/06, I became a member of this board and on the same day responded to the question of a member by sharing my knowledge and experience relevant to his question--my first post to this board.

During my career, some of my activities were:

• providing psychotherapy to adults
• authoring/co-authoring ten articles in professional journals
• supervising other psychologists and psychology interns
• chairing the Organizing Committee of Psychologists Interested in the Study of Psychoanalysis.

• foster good relationships with them
• calm them
• facilitate their "opening up" to me.

I began to write about these skills and their effects on conversations and everyday relationships. After I retired, I created a public service website on empathic listening to inform people of its benefits and basic methods.

Link to the home page (page 1) of this two-page website.

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