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A new tool can measure sexual health in female partners of patients with prostate cancer, a study suggests.

The partners of patients with prostate cancer grapple with their own quality-of-life issues that impact their sexual well-being, a new study shows. Using the first questionnaire of its kind, the authors uncovered key challenges faced by patients' wives and female partners, including difficulties with communication about their sexual needs, inadequate sexual health counseling by physicians, and feelings of isolation and loss of intimacy.

Men with prostate cancer dread the loss of sexual function and bladder control. Eating more fruit and vegetables lessen the loss.

Higher intake of healthful plant-based diet is associated with a lower risk for death from prostate cancer.

Researchers say a plant-based diet can help ease the side effects for men being treated for prostate cancer, especially those involving sexual health. Another study also reveals that a plant-based diet can help slow the progression of prostate cancer.