Jackie Bates wrote:

I was active in this ng until about five years ago.  Back in the late
90's there was a line of thought that Saw Palmetto was effective against
bph due to a 'lateral lobe' enlargement but not when the enlargement
involved the medial lobe(s)--(don't know about the plural).

I was diagnosed with a left lateral enlargement at about age 60.  Saw
was my choice and over 6 years it provided urinary relief (went from 5x
per nite to 2x per night).  The enlargement is gone and the PSA is way
down.  Therefore I feel that the lateral vs. medial line of thinking was
correct.

I've not bothered to research any of this and am far from expert in the
physical characteristics of the Prostate--it just worked for me.

Residual damage is some bladder neck tension that my Uro treats with
very low dose Hytrin.

...Lmac

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Doctor John Ioannidis was the author of a study that found that a third of
major medical studies were eventually contradicted. That study was printed
in the Journal of the AMA.
Source: July 25, 2005 issue of NewsWeek magazine (page 25)

Keep this in mind when reading a study that has already been contradicted
by dozens of other studies.

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