Category: General Prostate

How a Positive Outlook Reduces Cardiovascular Risk

Cardiovascular Health and Disease Risk among Men - Sperling Prostate Center

Men and cardiovascular disease (CVD) The U.S. Government health statistics don’t paint a very pretty picture of heart disease among men: Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men in the United States, killing 321,000 men in 2013—that’s 1 in every 4 male deaths. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men of most racial/ethnic keep reading

Good News for Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC) Patients

If you’re wondering what “castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC)” is, so are many others. Before I write about the good news, I want to back up and talk about what this means. Prostate cancer and testosterone The most newly diagnosed prostate cancer (PCa) cases are composed of slow-growing cell lines. They are typically discovered while keep reading

Calypso: Can Radiation Treatment be Improved?

If you look at an illustration of where the prostate gland is located, it’s easy to find. It’s nestled below and against the bladder, and sits in front of the rectal wall (with a layer of tissue in between). Seeing the illustration, your unconscious mind takes for granted that’s where the prostate always stays. However, keep reading

10 Top Questions Men Wonder About Regarding Prostate Cancer

Q: Is prostate cancer an “old man’s” disease? A: Yes and no. In general, growing older is considered the biggest risk factor for most types of cancer. This is because genetic instability increases with aging, and it might also be because some people are more susceptible to a lifetime accumulation of environmental toxins that damage keep reading

Multiparametric MRI Predicts Recurrence After Prostatectomy

Let’s pretend that you are a prostate cancer patient whose doctor, a well-known robotic surgeon, recommends robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RRP). He makes some very persuasive points: Based on the Partin tables you have less than a 12% chance of biochemical recurrence (rising PSA) in three years after treatment. He’ll “get it all out” and you keep reading

The Truth about How Prostate Cancer Treatment Affects Men’s Lives

A diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa) can be shocking, even when the cancer is early stage, localized, and considered highly treatable. A secondary shock wave hits when the patient finds out he has a number of treatment choices, but they all have a variety of trade-offs. Suddenly, the man’s fate lies in his own hands keep reading

Prostate Cancer Drugs Are Linked to Dementia

Men need testosterone, but prostate cancer does not. While there is new evidence that use of testosterone replacement therapy does not lead to prostate cancer, once prostate cancer has occurred, it appears to be fueled by testosterone. This is particularly bad news if prostate cancer has penetrated the edges of the gland capsule and begun keep reading

Why You Should Think Twice Before Having Another Drink

What do you know about the effects of alcohol consumption on your body? Everyone knows that alcohol abuse (heavy drinking) will eventually cause liver damage. But wait, there’s more. Those with a high level of consumption are putting other organs on the line: Brain – alcohol impairs clear thinking and coordination because it muddles the keep reading

How Additional Treatments after Prostatectomy Affect Quality of Life

In the urologic world, there is a longstanding bias that surgical removal of the prostate gland, or radical prostatectomy (RP), is the preferred treatment for prostate cancer (PCa). It is based in the outdated belief that all PCa is a) multifocal, and b) likely to spread beyond the gland if untreated. Thus, it seemed logical keep reading

Circadian Rhythm: Heed Your Internal Clock to Prevent Prostate Cancer

The earth completes a full rotation on its axis every 24 hours. For the majority of creatures – including humans – who do not live near either the north or south pole, about half of the time it’s day, and the other half is night. With relatively few fluctuations, this daily division of daylight and keep reading

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