Month: May 2024

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

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

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

Does PSA screening reduce PCa mortality, or doesn’t it? We know that PSA is not specific for cancer, since many prostate conditions can cause a rise in PSA blood levels. We also know that an elevated PSA can lead to a conventional TRUS-guided biopsy, and that such biopsies can either miss PCa (30% rate of false negatives), or overdetect insignificant PCa... 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

Ongoing research since we posted the blog below continues to support the need for more diagnostic indicators before performing repeat biopsy after an initial negative biopsy. Repeat biopsies increase the risk of side effects, with a “3.9-fold increase in serious infectious complications and a 16.1-fold increase in noninfectious urological complications…” 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