- it's like my youth. (laughing) i feel great. - [announcer] and you can start feeling great again too, without harmful side effects and without painful surgery. today you're going to find out what the prostate is, what it does, why it causes so man problems for so many men. and what you can finally do about it simply, easily and safely. this is larry may, medical researcher and scientist. he received his degree from harvard and is a former faculty member at ucla. for years he has studied the causes of an enlarged prostate, and has helped thousands of men revers and control the problem. today he'll help you. - the numbers, they're unbelievable. half the men over 50 in this country, that's 30 million men, suffer from an enlarged prostate. - barbara, that's right. every man has a prostate, and as surely as their hair is going to turn gray, that prostate is going to enlarge. by the age of 70, 80% of men will have problems. as men age, testosterone, the male hormone, is converted to dihydrotestosterone, a much more potent variety, and it stimulates the prostate cells to grow and multiply and the prostate to enlarge. - what kind of problems does that cause? - a weak stream, hesitancy, stopping and starting, urgency, frequency, getting up frequently at night to urinate, ultimately pain and sexual dysfunction. - and virtually every man is gonna face this? - every man has a prostate, and if a man lives long enough they're gonna experience symptoms. - lets back up just a minute. what is a prostate? and why the problems? - the only function of the prostate is it provides fluid to transport the sperm. but just like in real estate location is everything. and the problem is the location of the prostate. here's the prostate, located just below the bladder, which is where t urine accumulates, and then flows through this tube called the urethra. the prostate surrounds the urethra. and as it enlarges it squeezes the urethra, slowing the flow of urine, much like you can see in an hour glass. the sand flows through just like the urine flowing through the urethra. and the prostate surrounds it, slowing the flow, and ultimately stopping. and a doctor can help you because a doctor performs an exam we call a digital rectal exam. and you can feel the prostate and say hey, your prostate's getting a little big, but unfortunately that usually doesn't occur until the 50's, and the growth of the prostate may begin in the 30s. and unless the symptoms are now debilitating the doctor may not offer any treatment other than to rule out a serious disease. to wait until your life revolves around the bathroom or you lose your sex life is no life at all. - and then it's back to the doctor. - back to the doctor for drug treatment, prescription medications which may relieve the symptoms, but often the side effects are worse, decreased libido and even impotence. plus the prostate can continue to grow. ultimately there's surgery. - but at least the problems go away, right? - yes and no. there are many types of surgeries, and they each have their own problems and side effects. and often they need to be repeated. there's the gold standard, what we call a turp, or transurethral resection of the prostate. for this we use an instrument known as a resectoscope. - that looks scary. - it is. and it's a 12-inch instrument that you introduce through the penis, into the area where the prostate is, and then you scrape away the prostate. scrape it away in order to create a new opening. it's painful, it's bloody, it requires a hospitalization, but patients submit to it because untreated a large prostate can damage the bladder, cause renal failure, lead to infection, or ultimately obstruct urine flow completely. - but there's something that can help? - this is prosvent. it contains natural substances and minerals which have been shown in study after study involving thousands of patients to reduce the symptoms of an enlarged prostate, promoting prostate health and returning men to a normal existence in less than 30 days. - i love driving a school bus. i love the kids. but when you got kids on the bus you can't just you gotta go, you gotta go, you can't. and i thought i was gonna have to give up driving the school bus. and so when this thing came about i figured this is something i wanna try. and it worked. it worked within a week. not having to run to the bathroom is unbelievable. it's kind of changed my life to what it used to be. it's better than great because it's made a bigg difference in my life. - i'm surprised it worked. and i'm surprised it worked so quickly because within a week and a half i was doing fine after that, i wasn't going to the bathroom anymore. - sometimes you have the urge to go to the bathroom and you stand there, and nothing's coming out. and then when it finally comes out it trickles out. well now after taking the pill i've noticed that i go less frequently, and when i do have to go it just comes out, boom right back to bed. - what's in this? - it's the most comprehensive formula that's ever been developed. it contains stinging nettle. this herb has been used for years for prostate and urinary problems, even for relief of painful urinary tract infections. it's especially helpful in relieving frequent urination, particularly over night. pygeum africanum, also found to reduce frequency and urgency. pumpkin seed oil contributes additional sterols. saw palmetto to inhibit the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone, the root cause of prostate enlargement. acting together and in concert they inhibit prostate enlargement, reduce frequent overnight urination and dramatically improve urinary flow. lycopene, a nutrition anti-oxidant that's derived from tomatoes. and then there's vitamin d and zinc which contribute to overall prostate health. of ingredients together in a formulation that's so effective in eliminating the debilitating symptoms. - very happy to be able to be normal. i did think of it as an old man's problem. for me to have it at 40 instead of 60 was a little alarming. after the first week i noticed that i didn't have to stop what i was doing at work. i could continue working. this is wonderful stuff. remarkable stuff. i wish someone had told me about it sooner. - i went from three to four times a night to once a night getting up. it's a good product, and it works. - i've been getting up like two, three times a night, sometimes four times a night to run to the bathroom. dire urgency to get there, and then not much happens. and before i knew it, waking up once, and then a couple weeks later, few weeks later, a whole night's sleep, wonderful. - i want every man watching right now to answer these questions. in the last month, have you had the sensation of not emptying your bladder completely? do you urinate less than two hours after you've just finished? do you start and stop several times while urinating? do you have a weak urine stream? when you have to go, do you feel an urgency, like you might have an accident? do you strain or push? and finally, do you get up two or more times a night? if you answered yes to any of these questions, you may already have enlarged prostate. and if you've answered yes to more than one, you've gotta do something about it now. - and prosvent can help? - prosvent can absolutely help, and it does it without side effects. prescription drugs can help, but they do it with side effects that may diminish your sex life. and surgery, while it can sometimes help, can be bloody, dangerous and often has to be repeated. - how long can we start seeing changes? - many men will see changes within two weeks, but most will experience benefits in 30 days. - if you or someone you love suffers from the symptoms of an enlarged proste, frequent urination, urgency, hesitancy, reduced flow, pushing or straining, pain, or a diminished sex drive, - [announcer] do you or someone you love make too many trips to the bathroom? suffer from urgency that is hard to control? have a weak stream or find it difficult to start and stop? do you get up more than once a night? or find it next to impossible to sit through a movie? worse yet, is a diminished sex drive destroying your life? if you answered yes to more than one of those questions, you are probably one of the 30 million men who suffer from an enlarged prostate. until now, you had three choices. take expensive drugs with potentially serious side effects, suffer painful and bloody surgery that often must be repeated, or try and live with it. you don't have to live with it anymore. introducing prosvent, the all natural solution so good it's guaranteed to give you relief in less than 30 days. prosvent is a unique combination with naturally occurring substances shown to reduce the symptoms of an enlarged prostate, helping return men to comfortable and happy lives. and no side effects. it has pygeum africanum, stinging nettle, saw palmetto with beta sitosterol and pumpkin seed oil. all with long histories of limiting overnight urination, lessening urgency, even improving urinary flow. powerful anti-oxidant lycopene, clinically proven to support prostate health. plus, vitamin d and zinc to round out this powerful prostate health formula. all in an easy to swallow gel pill with bioperine to increase absorption. so what's getting your life back worth to you? painful and bloody surgery costs thousands of dollars, and prescription drugs with potential side effects could cost hundreds of dollars. but prosvent won't cost you $100, not even close. a full two month supply is only $79.95. but it won't cost you that either because we're going to let you try prosvent for 30 days for free. that's right, free. you pay only shipping and processing. plus, call in the next 20 minutes, and as our free gift we'll include a 30-day supply of dr. may's ultimax, his natural formula for those intimate moments when you wanna put the spark back in your life. that's a $40 value free. plus, dr. may's guide to prostate health to answer all your prostate questions. try prosvent. try it for a full 30 days. and if it doesn't help you sleep through the night, reduce urgency, frequency or just make your life a whole lot better, return the unused portion and your credit card will never be charge that's how sure we are it's going to work for you. get your life back, call now. have your credit card ready when you call. don't suffer through more sleepless nights. don't let urgency and frequency ruin your days. an enlarged prostate may be inevitable, but it doesn't have to be a life sentence. prosvent can help restore your life. sleep peacefully through the whole night. sit comfortably through a ball game or movie. drive without worrying about the next rest stop. remember, call in the next 20 minutes and get a 30-day supply of ultimax for those loving moments as our free gift. don't wait, call now to get prosvent for 30 days. all you pay is shipping and processing. - so it's pretty obvious that men should start using prosvent way before symptoms start to appear. - absolutely because the prostate begins to grow long before symptoms. here's our normal walnut sized prostate in the 20's. no symptoms. by the 30's, there's often enlargement occurring, but still no symptoms. by the 40's and 50's, the enlargement continues but now symptoms begin to occur. the prostate squeezes the urethra, slows the urine, ultimately stopping the urine flow. recently i sat with a group of men who had been experiencing some of those symptoms. this was the first time they talked in a group. - i can't remember the last night i didn't have to get up four or five times. i mean i was saying to myself just two or three nights ago, god wouldn't it be nice to experience an eight hour uninterrupted sleep? - when you get to a certain point, it's almost like being a drug addict. you're worrying about your next drug, i'm worrying about where the next bathroom is. if i'm on a plane, am i in the aisle seat? the worst one was i took my son to see the last "lord of the rings," i thought it was a two hour movie. i make it two hours on the nose, all of a sudden this thing's going i'm like oh no. - you're going throw the ring, throw the ring. - is this the end? - i got news for you. i'm very happy that my wife is an rn, she worked in the hospital, and we used to get urine caps, put it in the trunk, i'd reach down, hello. (laughing) how's everything? yeah sure. - i thought it was normal to pee two or three times a night. - sometimes my doctor would say you're not 21 anymore, so i just wrote it off as that. until finally he said "well just how many times are you going?" "i said five, six, sometimes seven." - you got up five or six, seven times a night? - yeah. - you didn't think there was something strange about every hour? did you ever sleep? - i thought what goes in goes out. - are we that stupid or that embarrassed over something that we shouldn't be embarrassed about? - yes. - i think embarrassed and living in denial. - we nicthans suby t ris and that's why we always become aware of a problem when it's too late. - truth is that now i start messaging to my friends. i go up to guys, when i'm standing at the urinal and there's a guy standing next to me and i'm slower than i am, i ask him how long his prostate's been enlarged. and he doesn't know what the hell i'm talking about. - it's a great pick up line. (laughing) - [steve] they love me for that. - what happened when you started taking prosvent? - it probably took maybe two weeks, 10 days to two weeks before i really started going instead of three times a night i might get up once now. and i had one or two nights where i didn't get up at all, i was like shocked. i mean i hadn't slept through an entire night in maybe 10 years. i like it, i'm taking it. - i am very happy. i'm thrilled beyond compare. i mean i take this stuff and hey, i'll sleep all night long. - it's really funny, i was just, we went on a trip my wife and i, we said let's get away before the holiday, so we had to sit in the car. - [group] oh boy. - before i started taking it i would have had a fit. but i was okay. i was really surprised. say six, seven months ago, no. so i love it. it's a good product. - when should you start doing something about all this? - at the first sing of any symptoms. that is that your urinary stream has gotten a little narrower or you wake up once a night, or you find that you can't make it through the whole movie, that's when you absolutely should start treating it - r me is remarkable because e, and that's huge. - having gone through what i've gone through, had that been available when i was in my mid 20's, i certainly would have talked to my doctor about it. i wouldn't wish what i've go through on anybody. - if no one takes anything else away from this show, i want them to figure out what's going on because being silent is being stupid. i don't wanna be stupid anymore. - tell us again about what's in prosvent. - prosvent has a unique combination of natural substances and minerals that both help alleviate symptoms and protect the prostate's health. there's pygeum africanum, stinging nettle, pumpkin seed oil and saw palmetto acting together and in concert they inhibit prostate enlargement, reduce frequent overnight urination, lessen urgency and dramatically increase urine flow. but we wanted an even more comprehensive formula so to all that we added lycopene, powerful anti-oxidant, plus zinc and vitamin d for overall prostate health. - before i did anything i would always go to the restroom. leave the house, go to the restroom. when you get to the next destination, go to the restroom. i haven't experienced that since i've taken the pill. so it definitely has improved my daily routine and the quality of my life. - it happens every two, three hours and then, as i said, when i get up and go to the restroom, come back to bed, i have problem to go back to sleep. now after taking this pill for two weeks now it helps me a lot. i think i'm more productive and more restful during the day also. - if somebody had the same symptoms that i had, i would tell them to try this product because of the fact that i don't want them to be an idiot like i was. - he was on a constant search for whatever bathroom he could get to and whatever quick amount of time he could get there. and this has enabled him to see life a little bit differently. - it made my husband a completely different person. and i'm not crabby either because he kept waking me up every time he would get up. i'm very happy for him, and i'm happy for me too. - many times wake up at night, five, six times at night. and even only feel drop and i have to go, i cannot hold. my life is a lot better now. it has changed my life. - there were sometimes when i didn't quite make it to the bathroom sometimes, some places. but now, oh geez, i just can't get over it, how great these little pills are. - the best ting about taking prosvent is not only do i not have to get up three or four times a night, but i don't have to take drugs. - now is your chance to order. you really can change your life for the better. - [announcer] do you or someone you love make too make trips to the bathroom? suffer from urgency that is hard to control? have a weak stream or find it difficult to start and stop? do you get up more than once a night? or find it next to impossible to sit through a movie? worse yet, is a diminished sex drive destroying your life? if you answered yes to more than one of those questions, you are probably one of the 30 million men who suffer from an enlarged prostate. unit now you had three choices. take expensive drugs with potentially serious side effects, suffer painful and bloody surgery that often must be repeated, or try and live with it. you don't have to live with it anymore. introducing prosvent, the all natural solution so good it's guaranteed to give you relief in less then 30 days. prosvent is a unique combination with naturally occurring substances shown to reduce the symptosis of an enlarged prostate, helping return men to comfortable and happy lives. and no side effects. it has pygeum africanum, stinging nettle, saw palmetto with beta sitosterol, and pumpkin seed oil. all with long histories of limiting overnight urination, lessening urgency, event improving urinary flow. powerful anti-oxidant lycopene, clinically proven to support prostate health. plus vitamin d and zinc to round out this powerful prostate health formula. all in al easy to swallow gel pill with bio perine to increase absorption. so what's getting your life back worth to you? painful and bloody surgery costs thousands of dollars, and prescription drugs with potential side effects could cost hundreds of dollars. but prosvent won't cost you $100, not even close. a full two month supply is only $79.95. but it won't cost you that either. because we're going to let you try prosvent for 30 days for free, that's right, free. you pay only shipping and processing. plus, call in the next 10 minutes and as our free gift we'll include a 30-day supply of dr. may's ultimax, his natural formula for those intimate moments when you wanna put the spark back in your life. that's a $40 value free. plus, dr. may's guide to prostate health to answer all your prostate questions. try prosvent. try it for a full 30 days. and if it doesn't help you sleep through the night, reduce urgency, frequency, or just make your life a whole lot better, return the unused portion and your credit card will never be charged. that's how sure we are it's going to work for you. get your life back. call now. have your credit card ready when you call. don't suffer through more sleepless nights. don't let urgency and frequency ruin your days. an enlarged prostate may be inevitable, but it doesn't have to be a life sentence. prosvent can help restore your life. sleep peacefully through the whole night. sit comfortably through a ballgame or movie. drive without worrying about the next rest stop. remember call within the next 10 minutes to get a 30-day supply of ultimax for those loving moments as our free gift. don't wait, call now to get prosvent for 30 days. all you pay is shipping and processing. - we have some callers on the line with questions. chris in rochester, you're on the air. - [chris] yeah, i'm just beginning to see some of thesehings happen, i gotta tell you i'm a little scared. how quickly is this gonna get worse? and i can reverse what's started? - nobody can tell you how quickly your symptoms are gonna progress, we can only tell you that with time they will get worse. but if you start prosvent, it has the ingredients that will reverse that process, and from the day you start the healing will begin. - our next caller is lou from new york. - [lou] i'm 62 years old an i'm having some of the symptoms you're discussing today. can some of these lead to cancer? - lou, the simple answer is no, but the man of 62 who has benign prostatic enlargement is also the man who's at risk for cancer. remember i encourage every man at the age of 50 to see their physician, have a digital rectal exam, and get a psa measure. you've got to rule out cancer, then prosvent can help alleviate the problems of an enlarged prostate c thesgrnten sed clesses with thousands of patients and no side effects. - i'm glad to say we have a woman on the line. francine from philadelphia. - [francine] i'm really worried about my husband. he says he's fine, but i know something's wrong with him because he just gets up all night long to go to the bathroom. and when he goes to the bathroom he's in there forever. he says nothing's wrong, but because his ph, ps whatever you call it, psa was negative and he just won't talk about it, what should i do? - francine, you've gotta talk to him. understand that it's unlikely that he has cancer, that's what the psa means. but those symptoms are horrible, and they're interfering with his life and yours. and you've gotta persuade him that there is something that can be done and he doesn't have to live with those symptoms. - this is a perfect example of how it not only effects the man but his loved one too. i can't believe how men just think it's gonna go away. francine, if you're still there you gotta pick up put it down and make him take it because it's not only gonna help him, it's gonna help you and your relationship ny bigger problems. - and he's gonna be grateful for your help. - all right. we have time for one more caller. neil from los angeles. how are you doing, neil, you have a question? - [neil] yes, you know i've been having the symptoms you've been describing for many years now. you know i've tried a lot of things. when don't i just have the prostate removed? - that's a good question. - neil, your body is not like a car, you can't just change the oil filter. you may be trading a bad problem for a worse one. if you have your prostate removed you run the risk of damaging the nerves and winding up incontinent, impotent. it is not the treatment of choice. it is truly your last resort. - now, we only have couple minutes left, is there anything else that you wanna add? - the problem of an enlarged prostate is inevitable, it's going to happen to every man listening out there today. so far it's been a silent epidemic. don't be afraid to talk about it. don't be embarrassed. don't wait until the problems overtake your life. you have a family history of prostate problems or have any symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency, hesitancy, getting up frequently at night, pain or discomfort when urinating, or a diminished sex drive, try prosvent today. get back your life. - thank you for joining us. and be well. - i had run out of the samples at one time, and i noticed going back that getting up once a night to twice a night, and i said, that's when i really realized that i really, this product was really working, and that i should continue to take it. - going to bed and being able to get a full night sleep, get up in the morning and make believe i'm a race horse was unbelievable. - i wanna be healthy. and i am. maybe i'm a little overweight, but that's because i eat so many cookies, but what are you gonna do. - [announcer] try prosvent. try it for a full 30 days, and if it doesn't help you sleep through the night, reduce urgency, frequency, or just make your life a whole lot better, return the unused portion and your credit card will never be charged. that's how sure we are it's going to work for you. get your life back. call now. have your credit card ready when you call. don't suffer through more sleepless nights. don't let urgency and frequency ruin your days. an enlarged prostate may be inevitable, but it doesn't have to be a life sentence. prosvent can help restore your life. sleep peacefully through the whole night. sit comfortably through a ball game or movie. drive without worrying about the next rest stop. remember, call now and get a 30-day supply of ultimax for those loving moments as our free gift. don't wait, call now to get prosvent for 30 days. all you pay is shipping and processing. the preceding was a paid commercial program for prosvent, sponsored by prosvent llc. >> brennan: welcome back to "face the nation." we learned early on in his pandemic that the coronavirus disproportionately affects communities of color. saturday we spoke with dr. marcella nunez-smith, the chair of the covid-19 health equity task force, about how the biden administration plans tl health disparity. doctor, our new cbs news poll shows that vaccine hesitancy has actually ebbed among racial minorities and that tarted about mid-january. we are now seeing that black americans are likely as white americans to say that they're willing to get vaccinated. are you also seeing that shift? >> doctor: yes. this is great news. we see vaccine confidence growing in all groups across the country. and so now the work is to make sure that people can connect with vaccine when they're eligibility. it is very promising. i'm hearing the same thing, that confidence is high. we are at a great moment. we have three vaccines authorized in the united states for emergency use, and people need to get connected with those. >> brennan: so is vaccine hesitancy no longer an issue? >> doctor: we absolutely have to meet people where they are. whether we are talking about vaccine confidence or really engaging with health care more broadly. you know, there are institutions, unfortunately, when we think