An enlarged prostate is not usually serious, but can cause troubling symptoms needing treatment. The prostate is a gland that should be about the size of a walnut. It sits at the base of the ...

Although an enlarged prostate is benign (it's called benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH), it can make it difficult to urinate because the gland begins to press against the urethra. BPH might also ...

Britain’s King Charles III has been diagnosed with an enlarged prostate, a condition that is usually benign and affects many ...

And it can spare men surgery and side-effects, such as impotence. More than a third of men over the age of 50 have an enlarged prostate, which can make if difficult for them to pass urine.