Tag: prostate cancer

Experts say, turn to an expert when best results matter. If you have high standards when it comes to caring for valued objects and personal wellness, you won’t be content with do-it-yourself problem solving. Whether it’s about a possession as humble as a prized but malfunctioning power tool, or as lofty as a sub performing keep reading

If you grew up in a northern climate, winter brought snow. As a kid, you quickly learned that some snow was good “packing.” This meant you could make a snowman. A snowman is built from the bottom up, and requires a very large ball as the base. You start with a small sphere, and roll keep reading

History is littered with poor judgments, often on the part of a very small handful of people—or even a single individual. If you’re a trivia buff, you’d recognize the name of J. Bruce Ismay, owner of the Titanic, who determined a mere 20 lifeboats would be enough for an unsinkable ship. Or how about Willem keep reading

A good night’s sleep is essential for physical and mental health. Is there a connection between sleep disruption and risk of developing prostate cancer? This question may have been sparked by a Japanese study that found an increased prostate cancer risk among... keep reading

High cholesterol is not your heart’s best friend, right? Everyone knows that! But what you may not know is the impact of high cholesterol on your PSA levels as well as risk of prostate cancer (PCa). As far back as 2014 we began posting blogs about the effects of statins—a class of drugs used to keep reading

Is there a universal diet that can add benefits to boost the effectiveness of cancer treatments? The short answer is no, according to an interesting 2020 review of published research on dietary interventions and cancer. Instead of a single dietary plan for all cancers, it appears that a number of diets are better for some 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

Here’s a question you might not think to ask: Can I exercise my worries away? Specifically, if you’re on Active Surveillance for prostate cancer (PCa), what’s the best way to “work out” any anxiety you might be having? For cancer patients, or even people who have a weird symptom and think it might be cancer, keep reading

Making decisions is a part of life. Each day you face countless situations calling for conscious choice. Some are minor: what to have for breakfast, should you carry an umbrella, how you’ll use your time if a meeting is canceled. Others are major: buying a new home, making a career change, moving an aging parent keep reading

As far as we know, no one has yet come up with a better mousetrap. This is also true of screening tests for prostate cancer (PCa). As everyone knows, the current PSA (prostate specific antigen) blood test is not specific for PCa. It only registers increased activity/irritation of the gland. Yes, it could mean cancer, keep reading