Prostate Health & Wellness Blog

The Sperling Prostate Center is pleased to join seven academic centers in announcing the results of our national clinical trial of a novel focal prostate cancer treatment. keep reading

Three common foods help promote prostate health and prevent prostate cancer. Here's how to optimize them in your diet... keep reading

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Does PSA screening reduce prostate cancer mortality or not? The debate rages on, but here's the latest and most thorough science... keep reading

Prostate Health & Wellness Blog

Chronic inflammation can occur in the body without your even being aware of it—and it's estimated to be the cause of up to 20% of all cancers. How to minimize this potentially deadly condition? keep reading

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Prostate enlargement unpleasantly restricts urine flow...but the very same enlargement may also cause BPH to restrict prostate cancer tumor growth... keep reading

Focal Laser Ablation in Clinical Trials

By: Dan Sperling, MD Two well-respected clinical institutions, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the University of Chicago Medicine (UCM), have been conducting clinical trials on Focal Laser Ablation (FLA). They are considered interventional trials, meaning that a treatment is under investigation. Here is a little description of what each center is doing: a) NCI, under keep reading

Telling the Truth about ED after Robotic Surgery

By: Dan Sperling, MD Over two years ago, I filed away an article from the New York Times that got my attention—but as my practice grew, I didn’t think about it. I recently ran across it, and in revisiting it I found I had to agree with the writer, Tara Parker-Pope.[i] (The writer is the keep reading

Lycopene and Prostate Cancer

“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? keep reading

Can Imaging Rule Out The Need For Biopsy?

By: Dan Sperling, MD It’s exciting to be involved in medicine at this point in history when it seems like practically every week some new breakthrough makes life better and longer for patients. Think about it: a discipline like surgery has been around since ancient times, but it took thousands of years to overcome the keep reading

Two Good Health Habits

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

When Does the Business of Medicine Collide With Patient Best Interest?

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

Dealing with Bone Pain in Prostate Cancer

Here at our prostate detection and treatment center practice, we noticed that one of the most common symptoms of advanced prostate cancer is bone pain resulting from cancer cells metastasizing (spreading) to your bone, particularly the pelvis, the lower parts of the spine, and the thighbones. Metastasis of prostate cancer to the bones is often keep reading

Patients Prefer MRI-Guided Biopsy

By: Dan Sperling, MD Patients frequently ask me about the differences between a standard transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) prostate biopsy vs the MRI-guided biopsy we offer at the Sperling Prostate Center. I point out the superior imaging of 3T multiparametric MRI technology over the much lower resolution of ultrasound. I also discuss the low number of keep reading

Prostate Laser Ablation: The Power Of Patient Reviews

Dan Sperling, MD Where would you turn if you were seeking someone reliable and trustworthy to design a deck, repair your roof, or sand your hardwood floors? If you are one of the 1.5 million paid subscribers to Angie’s List, you turn to the List because you know the power of testimony gathered one person keep reading

How to Talk to Your Partner with Prostate Cancer

Diagnosis of prostate cancer do not just have a negative impact on the man involved. It could also be distressing to the man’s family and loved ones, particularly his partner. Here at our prostate cancer detection and treatment center, we do not just empower our male patients, we also aim to empower partners, loved ones, keep reading

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Great 2-Year Results for New Noninvasive Prostate Cancer Treatment

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Recipe for A Healthy Prostate: 3 Foods Every Man Should Eat

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PI-RADS Updates Improve Prostate Imaging, Interpretation and Reporting

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Lifesaving PSA – Does It or Doesn’t It?

Prostate Health & Wellness Blog

Anti-Inflammatory Diet Reduces Prostate Cancer Risk

Prostate Health & Wellness Blog

Could BPH be Prostate Cancer’s Natural Enemy?

Focal Laser Ablation in Clinical Trials

Telling the Truth about ED after Robotic Surgery

Lycopene and Prostate Cancer

Can Imaging Rule Out The Need For Biopsy?

Two Good Health Habits

When Does the Business of Medicine Collide With Patient Best Interest?

Dealing with Bone Pain in Prostate Cancer

Patients Prefer MRI-Guided Biopsy

Prostate Laser Ablation: The Power Of Patient Reviews

How to Talk to Your Partner with Prostate Cancer

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