Everyone has experienced the urge. You’re in your car on a road trip when you suddenly feel a strong pressure in your bladder. The need to urinate becomes an inevitable interruption requiring a rush ...

As the world sends its good thoughts to King Charles III as he embarks on his cancer battle, we need to also give him kudos for sharing with the public last month that he was being treated surgically ...

The aim of the procedure is to pull back the parts of the prostate that are pressing on the urethra so that it's no longer blocked. It's designed to cause less damage than surgery or other procedures.

The prostate gland surrounds the urethra where it leaves the bladder. If the prostate enlarges (the medical name is benign prostatic hyperplasia) it can press on the urethra from the outside. This can ...