Category: Prostate Cancer

You worked hard to get a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. Or maybe you earned your education, license or other credentials to go into engineering or teaching. Your goal was a white-collar career that would reward you in terms of a good salary, as well as meaningful work which would likely always be in keep reading

All of us should be grateful to the seven branches of our Armed Forces for protecting our safety and defense. Though the men and women who enlist may have varied reasons for doing so, they share the clear and present danger of putting their lives in the line of enemy fire if called upon to keep reading

I recently posted a blog on the relationship between prostate inflammation (specifically, prostatitis) and prostate cancer. I opened with the question, “Is there a connection between prostatitis and prostate cancer (PCa)?” We still don’t have a conclusive answer, but experts do recommend that men with the uncomfortable or even painful condition called prostatitis be informed keep reading

When it comes to prostate cancer, your body comes equipped with a kind of check engine light. It’s your PSA blood test. If it comes back abnormally high or rising, it’s a physical uh-oh. Like a check engine light, it doesn’t tell you exactly what the problem is. A doctor’s next step might well be a conventional 12+ core, with its risks of inaccuracy and side effects. What if there were a simpler way to assemble and evaluate vital information in a single step, such as a blood draw? keep reading

In the world of prostate cancer (PCa), there is a trend toward holistic care that aims to treat the whole person. It is creating a multimodality “cocktail” of healing resources for body, mind and spirit. This isn’t just some kind of pop psychology jargon. There is biological proof that combining both tangible and intangible modalities can alter prostate cancer itself. For instance... keep reading

As promised, the analyzed results of the MEAL study (2011-15) described below were finally published by JAMA in January, 2020.iIf the authors were hoping to show that increasing vegetable intake could slow progression of prostate cancer (PCa) among patients on Active Surveillance, they must have been... keep reading

Don’t read this blog if any of these statements describes you: • You don’t care if you ever get cancer • You don’t care about great health when you age • You don’t believe your lifestyle affects how long you live. In other words, if you’re a fatalist, this blog is not for you. A keep reading

Many symptoms, diseases or injuries are so clear-cut that diagnosing them is a no brainer. The body’s problem gives clear information and no guesswork is involved. Whether it’s a painful shingles rash, a rapidly swelling sprained ankle, or sudden crushing chest pain, a visit to your doctor or Emergency Department results in a rapid assessment, keep reading

Before a prostate cancer patient makes a final decision to have focal laser ablation, I go over the details of MRI-guided FLA and what to expect after treatment. I remind each person that it’s important to monitor for PCa recurrence. After any focal treatment (cryo, HIFU, Focal Laser Ablation, MRgFUS, TULSA) PCa can either come back in the treatment site—called treatment failure, meaning the treatment did not destroy all the cancer at the site—or recur in a different location... keep reading

If the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning had been an exercise coach, she might have penned this: “How does exercise help thee? Let me count the ways…” It would have to extend beyond a 14-line sonnet, because vigorous workouts have so many benefits it’s mind-boggling. But before you think I’m going to bore you by repeating keep reading