Category: Health & Wellness

If the Battle of the Sexes was over how long a person lives, women come out the winners. Around the globe, women have an average lifespan longer than men. This raises the question: which has greater influence over longevity, genetics or lifestyle? The origin of the nature vs. nurture debate is attributed to a 19th keep reading

Are you a prostate cancer (PCa) patient on Active Surveillance? If so, do you ever worry if there’s a chance your cancer will progress and start to spread (metastasize)? A new study suggests that your best investment against metastasis may be a home treadmill or exercise bike so you can get a vigorous aerobic workout keep reading

Are you newly diagnosed with prostate cancer (PCa) and deciding on a treatment? Are you on Active Surveillance and monitoring your PCa using biomarkers and MRI? Have you had a local treatment, either radical or focal, and are doing annual follow-up as instructed? Do you have advanced PCa controlled by androgen deprivation therapy (ADT)? Do keep reading

What is successful aging? According to a 2018 article in Forbes, “The term successful aging was made popular in 1987, when the scientists John Wallis Rowe and Robert Kahn published an influential book entitled Successful Aging. Rowe and Kahn stated that successful aging involved three main factors: (1) being free of disability or disease, (2) keep reading

National Men’s Health Month occurs every year in June. According to National Today, its purpose is to “heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of diseases including cancer, heart disease, and depression.” It’s great to dedicate an entire month to special events, symbolic pins, special websites, etc. because it keep reading

This blog is a departure from my usual prostate cancer topics because it is dedicated to the entire world of cancer. And yet, it implicitly includes prostate cancer, because what I want to share is an idea that could be the key to curing ALL cancers! I found a viewpoint article that was published by keep reading

Think about this question: would you be willing to put up with hunger pangs and irritability for a couple of weeks if you knew from then on you could live a longer, healthier, and smarter life? Sound unlikely? And yet, the latest scientific evidence suggests... keep reading

If you know about metformin, a drug that is the “main first-line oral drug of choice” for type 2 diabetes patients of all agesi, you may be wondering, “Why is Dr. Sperling writing about something that has nothing to do with prostate cancer?” In fact, metformin DOES apply to prostate cancer... keep reading

Some folks might say that ED can lead to a broken heart. On the other hand, in 1989 the physical feeling of a “broken heart” accidentally led to a treatment for ED. When pharmaceutical giant Pfizer was researching medication for angina, a painful heart condition, their researchers discovered sildenafil, now known by the brand name Viagra... keep reading

Yoga for prostate cancer? It all began with the side effects of radiation treatment for prostate cancer. External beam radiation may be the right treatment for certain patients, but it can have downsides because it affects healthy cells as well as the cancer cells. keep reading