Latest expert panel consensus on role and quality of lipidosterolic extracts of saw palmetto for urinary symptoms and prostate health

Wednesday, November 2

9-10am

Join Valensa International at their Breakfast Brief at SupplySide West and Food ingredients North America as they discuss how lipidosterolic extracts of saw palmetto affect urinary symptoms and prostate health.

Our special guest speaker, esteemed researcher and clinician Dr. Curtis Nickel, will discuss the outcome of an international panel of experts’ review of the global body of scientific literature on saw palmetto for prostate and urinary tract function, and the importance of a standardized extract to benefit a man with urinary tract symptoms.

Additionally, Dr. Nickel will present the strength of the panel’s published consensus statements, and he will discuss challenges with identifying an effective saw palmetto product, as well as different extraction methods. Dr. Nickel will summarize the different guidelines for use of saw palmetto supplement products in North America, Europe, and other parts of the world that guide the physicians’ recommendation for patient care. Finally, he will bring an expert voice to the need for a standardized Lipidosterolic Extract of saw palmetto for men with lower urinary tract symptoms associated with an enlarged prostate, as defined by the US Pharmacopeial Convention and/or EU Monograph, and compliant with these standards.

Dr. Curtis Nickel is Professor Emeritus of Urology at Queen’s University and Kingston Health Sciences Centre in Kingston, Ontario. He is also a staff urologist at Kingston General Hospital. Dr. Nickel’s clinical experience and research covers benign prostatic enlargement, prostatitis, prostate inflammation, and their relationship with lower urinary tract symptoms.

Don’t miss this opportunity to join Dr. Curtis Nickel, world renown Urologist and global key opinion leader, speak about the latest consensus on the importance of a standardized lipidosterolic extract of Saw Palmetto to fill an unmet need for consumers suffering from Lower Urinary tract symptoms associated with age related enlarged prostate.

Learn more here.

Speaker:

+ J. Curtis Nickel MD FRCSC; Professor Emeritus Department of Urology,

Queen's University and Kingston Health Sciences Centre

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