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According to the American Foundation for Urologic Disease, 25% of all office visits by young and middle-aged men for genital and urinary problems are the result of prostatitis.

org The American Foundation for Urologic Disease Prostate Health Council 1128 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201 800-242-2383 (toll-free) 410-468-1800 www.

Go to the "Just for You" directory and click on "men" and then "prostate cancer," for example, and you'll be linked to 20 articles on prevention, screening, and treatment from the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute on Aging, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Foundation for Urologic Disease, and major medical school sites.

To help everyone better understand the disease, the Prostate Health Council of the American Foundation for Urologic Disease has developed a new brochure, ``Prostate Health: What Every Man Should Know,'' to educate men about prostate disease, treatment and maintaining prostate health.

For more information, contact the following organizations: American Foundation for Urologic Disease 1128 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201 (800) 242-2383 Home page: http://www.

According to the American Foundation for Urologic Disease (AFUD), at least 17 million people in the United States alone suffer from symptoms of overactive bladder.

An estimated 17 million Americans have an overactive bladder, according to the American Foundation for Urologic Disease.

More information is available from American Foundation for Urologic Disease 1128 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Phone: 1-800-242-2383 or (410) 468-1800 Email: admin@afud.