Month: May 2023

A friend of mine had a 2004 Subaru Forester with a whopping 192,000 miles on it. I was starting to see it as the automotive version of immortality. With usual maintenance, that car ran like a top. One Saturday, my friend discovered an oil spot in the garage. Sure enough, for the first time in keep reading

Benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH, is an enlargement of the prostate gland that typically begins after age 50 and continues. It is a noncancerous condition, meaning it poses no life-threatening risks and cannot spread to other parts of the body... keep reading

It’s hard to avoid bad news these days. It seems like everywhere you turned, someone is trumpeting dark messages about crime, global climate change, new COVID variants, ocean pollution…it’s one warning after another. Now the American Cancer Society (ACS) has added its own red flag in the area of men’s health. The rate of newly keep reading

Most men like the idea of inheriting positive genetic traits from their parents: intelligence, good looks, a full head of hair, a slim but muscular body type, etc. No one, however, wants a genetic disorder, or a genetic vulnerability for disease. There is a difference between these two hereditary conditions. A genetic disorder means... keep reading

If you’re at midlife or older, chances are you may be facing the “battle of the bulge.” It is common after age 40 to discover creeping weight gain, and the need to be more committed to healthy diet and exercise. Gaining pounds, however, is not as much of an issue as WHERE you’re gaining them... keep reading

Vitamin B9, or folate, is good for you. In fact, it’s essential for your body to function properly. It plays a key role in the manufacture of blood cells in your bone marrow, it helps produce the molecules DNA and RNA, and it facilitates your body’s use of carbohydrates for energy. Folate in foods If keep reading

Celebrities and athletes are great publicity fodder. What are they wearing? Who are they dating? Did they buy a mansion on the coast? What diet or exercise regimen are they following? That last question about their wellness choices brings up a new celebrity fad: hyperbaric chambers. Among the rich and famous who own or use keep reading

Almost all statistics point to a greater occurrence of prostate cancer among African American men than Caucasian men. According to national data, black men are 1.6 times more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 2.4 times more likely to die from it. This is thought to be because of... keep reading

If there were a single drug that would offer you a longer, healthy life, would you take the pill? I recently posted an update on metformin, a common diabetes drug that seems to have anti-aging properties; it may also offer some protection against prostate cancer, especially when combined with statins. Another substance called rapamycin has keep reading

Do you use products labeled as eco-friendly? As a consumer, do you spend your dollars on goods and services that claim to do less (or no) damage to the environment? If so, you have joined the multitude of individuals who are aware that personal choices and actions can impact air and water pollution. Since the keep reading