Howick man takes alternative route

Howick man takes alternative route 14/5/07

The prostate gland is a little like a busy intersection, says the founder of a Howick-based complementary therapy company, Mr Gary Furness.

And he's in a position to comment considering the challenges he's faced.

Furness' father was diagnosed with prostate cancer at the age of 79 and three years later died of the disease.

Just three months later, Furness himself was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of prostate cancer.

He registered a Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) count of 14.7, the average level is approximately 3.5.

PSA is a substance produced by the prostate that may be found in an increased amount in the blood of men who have prostate cancer, infection or inflammation of the prostate.

Furness’ father was treated with conventional medical methods, putting himself through radiation, chemotherapy and 15 different drugs.

When Furness was diagnosed with the cancer, he felt there must be a better way.
“The whole example was a warning experience for me,” he says.

Furness spent a lot of time and money researching natural medicine and the benefits involved.

Despite the urges from family to follow conventional medical methods, he soldiered on.

Six years on and at the age of 68 Gary Furness has reduced his PSA levels from 14.7 to 2.3, below the average level and without symptoms.

Furness, who has lived in Howick for 15 years, has developed his own prevention programme called Prosgenia and believes prostate prevention needs to be considered by men 40 and over.

The Prosgenia programme is a complex of herbs, specific minerals, nutritional ingredients and lifestyle recommendations used to improve the baseline of health, and positively reduce the symptoms of an enlarged prostate.

The Prosgenia programme works to block the 5-alpha reductase and aromataze enzyme.

By reducing DHT (dihydrotestosterone) and estrogen, it helps to assist with the
maintenance of healthy testosterone and estrogen levels and increase the probability of
long term prostate health.

“A hell of a lot of guys suffer from prostate issues and something has to change.”

The figures support the claims, with 3,000 New Zealand men being diagnosed with prostate cancer every year.

Almost eighty percent of these men survive and die from something else; however their quality of life is severely harmed.

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