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Do you know how many decisions you make every day? Hint: it’s a whopping number. According to British psychology professor Eva Krockow, “Whether you’re making breakfast or deciding what to wear in the morning, your brain is making upward of 35,000 decisions each day… By the evening, you’re exhausted, but you can’t quite put your keep reading

When you’re in a hurry to get somewhere, you’re likely to take the path of least resistance, the route you’re most familiar with. It’s easy because you know it well. However, when it comes to knowing whether or not you have prostate cancer (PCa), the most familiar route is not always the best way to keep reading

Back in 2020, I posted an updated blog on the laboratory studies of potential anti-tumor properties of cannabis (aka marijuana, pot, weed, grass etc.) against prostate cancer (PCa). However, to the best of my knowledge there have been no human clinical trials. Now there’s a step toward connecting marijuana use with PCa occurrence. NOTE: this keep reading

There's a new approach to treating advanced cancers that sounds like a riddle, but it’s no joke. In fact, it’s a serious revolution in medicine that’s rapidly gaining traction. What do you get when you cross cancer therapeutics with diagnostics? Theranostics. 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

A recent Renal&Urology news story heralds, “The risk of dying from prostate cancer is low among older men receiving routine screening, investigators report.”[i](In this case, older refers to men ages 70-74.) At first glance, that sounds like encouragement to continue annual PSA screening as you age—an idea that conflicts with the 2018 U.S. Preventive Services keep reading

Doctor: You might have a phobia of marriage. Do you think you have the symptoms? Man: Can’t say I do. Doctor: Yes. That’s the main one. It is a common stereotype that men fear commitment. The truth is, so-called commitment phobia can affect anyone, and not just over romance. Long-term jobs or career choices, friendships, keep reading

How do you feel about the number 13? For some, Friday the 13th is considered unlucky. The number 13 may not have been the luckiest number for the 1970 Apollo 13 lunar landing mission. In fact, while circling the moon, Monday April 13 nearly became very unlucky indeed. The No. 2 oxygen tank in the keep reading

The word malignant comes from malignare, a Latin verb that means to intend to do evil. The ultimate evil is death. A cancerous tumor is called a malignancy because it causes death. As kids, cartoons and comic books show that evil villains are out to destroy the good guys, but there are either a) clever 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