Tag: prostate cancer

“The customer is always right” is sometimes wrong, as many companies have learned when disgruntled customers use this slogan as an excuse to speak abusively to employees. As consumers of medical care, prostatectomy patients are also customers, but they often avoid expressing complaints to their surgeon about urinary or sexual side effects of treatment... keep reading

There’s a saying that where there’s breath, there’s hope. Sadly, that’s less true for smokers. With each drag on a cigarette, a tiny glimmer of hope is diminished with that breath. That’s bad news. Thankfully, there’s some good news. More U.S. smokers are rejecting the smoking habit. The big picture statistics are a sign of keep reading

Cancer never stands still. Since its nature is self-serving, it is always up to something. Prostate cancer tumor cells busy themselves with multiplying (tumor volume gets bigger) and/or mutating in increasingly dangerous directions... keep reading

Hey guys, there are about a gazillion reasons to achieve and maintain a healthy body mass index (BMI). Your BMI tells you the proportion of fat you’re carrying in relation to your height and weight. For adults, normal BMI ranges from 18.5 – 24.9, while anything from 30 on up is considered obesity. Chances are, keep reading

We like to believe we are creatures of logic, and that we make rational decisions based on tangible evidence. However, we rarely have an upfront, 100% ironclad guarantee that a choice we’re about to make has the result we most hope for. In such cases, we trust as much evidence as we were able to keep reading

In astronomy, news of a relatively rare alignment of heavenly bodies tends to generate excitement on planet earth. For example, over an 18-year period, only three or four total lunar eclipses will be visible from beginning to end (depending where you are and assuming the night is clear). I got excited over the convergence of keep reading

In January, 2023 the American Cancer Society issued an alarming report based on new data from Cancer Statistics, 2023. According to the statistics, the rate of PCa cases diagnosed at advanced stages has increased by 4-5% annually since 2011. Because advanced cases are more difficult to treat, cure rates are lower. Experts anticipate that over time... keep reading

I have written about several health choices that can affect prostate cancer outcomes: diet and nutrition, supplements, exercise, caffeine and exercise. In this blog, I want to share the results of a recent Italian study on how smoking affects long term prostate cancer survival... keep reading

Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer among men. In addition to the risk factors of increased age and being African American, researchers have long known that a third factor is a family history of first degree relatives (a father or brother) who had this disease... keep reading

If were such a thing as a Olympics for radical prostatectomy (RP), you might expect to see a gold medal awarded to a center like Johns Hopkins Brady Urological Institute, or one earned by Patrick Walsh. Such centers and individuals demonstrated a track record for excellence in this surgery. In fact, RP is the statistical keep reading