Category: Prostate Cancer

What could be better than searching for buried treasure for many years, then finally discovering it? The answer might be, finding buried treasure when you didn’t even know you were looking for it! In the world of prostate cancer, an unexpected treasure was discovered when a diabetes drug, metformin, appeared... keep reading

“Considered one of the most prized and covetable plants on the planet, saffron is the 24-karat gold of spices,” states the food blog MasterClass. It adds, “With a history spanning back millenniums, saffron has been used by kings, pharaohs, and chefs alike for medicinal, aesthetic, and culinary purposes.” How would you like to be in keep reading

How many men put off getting a physical because of the digital rectal exam (DRE)? While the DRE has comic value in movie and TV scenes (the doctor snaps on a rubber glove while the man on the table looks like he’d rather walk on hot coals), a question circulating among urologists and primary care doctors is whether it still has screening value... keep reading

Everyone knows that on average, U.S. citizens live in the most privileged country on the globe, yet eat the worst possible diet. Right? The Western diet, which is low in potassium, high in sodium, fats, and simple carbohydrates, has been implicated in many diseases… keep reading

There was a time in rural America when horse-drawn wagons brought all kinds of traveling salesmen to small towns. Their wares included practical household items such as tinware dishes or cooking pans. However, there were also peddlers who brought potions and elixirs promoted as cure-alls. Countless naïve and sometimes desperately ill folks were suckered in keep reading

I wonder who first noticed that certain occupations are linked with getting prostate cancer (PCa). For example, I recently posted a blog on firefighting in which I described the theory that firefighters’ exposure to chemicals and toxic substances could be a PCa causal factor. That seems like an obvious risk. But what about employment that keep reading

It’s less than 200 years since a German-Czech monk named Gregor Mendel pioneered what we now know as the science of genetics. In 2003, over 90% of the human blueprint was finally revealed when the human genome was sequenced, described by the Human Genome Project as “one of the most ambitious and important scientific endeavors keep reading

The challenge to overcome cancer has been around as long as the human race has known about cancer. In modern times, the three main methods of battling cancer have been surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Each of these is an attack from outside the body. Now a new approach attempts to activate or boost the body’s own defense system to beat cancer from within... keep reading

If you were a kid in the 1960s, you may recall listening to the exciting audio countdown for NASA’s first rocket launches: “Liftoff at T minus 10 seconds. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, zero…and we have liftoff!” Since then, zero has been dropped from the countdown. In fact, it has keep reading

Legend has it that in the late 1400s, Spanish conquistador Ponce de Leon came to the New World in search of a fountain of youth. He never found it—possibly because he never looked for it! These days, however, researchers are busy seeking a food that may effectively prevent prostate cancer (PCa). It wouldn’t make your keep reading