By: Dan Sperling, MD Energetic walking during the day and good sleep at night may be beneficial in preventing prostate cancer. If you find yourself wondering how, you’re not alone, because the connection isn’t obvious. Common wisdom suggests that prostate cancer patients who embrace healthy nutrition, regular exercise, and stress management generally do better than those keep reading
By: Dan Sperling, MD “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” So said Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician whose famous oath for new doctors established important medical ethics. Wouldn’t it be great if diseases like prostate cancer could be cured—or altogether prevented—by eating the right foods? The plant pigment lycopene, found in keep reading
When Does the Business of Medicine Collide With Patient Best Interest? By Dan Sperling, M.D. The choice to go into medicine is determined by many factors, including a desire to help humanity. “Above all do no harm,” a universal principle, helps idealistic physicians deal with the fact that sometimes their best efforts to improve or keep reading
