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Jason Howland: Its a common problem for older men: benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH.

Toby Kohler, M.D., Urology, Mayo Clinic: "BPH is a fancy way of saying the prostate is getting larger, and we dont want it to."

Jason Howland: Dr. Toby Kohler, a Mayo Clinic urologist, says the enlarged prostate forces the urethra to narrow, causing a variety of urination problems. And as men age, the symptoms occur more frequently.

Treatment for BPH has long been medications and procedures, such as lasers or an electric loop, which burn the prostate from the inside out.

But, now, a relatively new convective water therapy treatment uses steam to make the prostate smaller.

Dr. Kohler: "For nine seconds, a steam ball is produced and that kills all that prostate tissue that we dont want or that has grown out of control."

Jason Howland: Dr. Koh...