"A old man don't need his testicles....but they do tend to dress a fella out!" A previous Prostatediaries hormone discussion and history of "androgen deprivation" More about hormones and prostate cancer from a previous post When I was a urology resident at the Medical College of Georgia in the late 1980's if a man had …
The significance of the Gleason’s Score and why we “CAN” tell the difference between the slow growing and the bad kind in prostate cancer. The dirty little secret? You have to do the biopsy to know.
From the ASC Website Finding and treating all prostate cancers early may seem like a no-brainer. But some prostate cancers grow so slowly that they would likely never cause problems. Because of an elevated PSA level, some men may be diagnosed with a prostate cancer that they would have never even known about at all …
The Prostate CAncer gene 3 (PCA3) assay vs. the Free PSA….a prostate cancer title fight..”and in this corner…”
Decisions...decisions.... Sounds very straight forward to me. How about you? Not to pick on the American Cancer Society, but what if the discussion about whether to consider the PSA was the status quo in the diagnosis of breast cancer and mamograms? "Mrs. Smith. Before you consider a mamogram, it may be positive and that may …
Don’t “drink the koolaid” and don’t “eat the yellow snow.” When you put epidemiologists in charge of prostate cancer at the American Cancer Society this is what you get. This is from the ACS website…you cannot make this up!
The Red Sock-Be sure to read this and the comment that follows this post. Is it that the 10% of prostate cancer patients with the aggressive form of prostate cancer are "just not worth the time and money?" Spreading myths, lowering the public's and the male's guard, and for what reason? It must be for …
Don’t punish a child that wets the bed (enuresis)…even the lowliest of animals will not sleep in their urine–Prostate cancer incontinence: Men not bothered by it?
Happy Fourth From Prostatediaries After having had total incontinence for three months and wearing a condom catheter for that time…when one day I retained some urine I began to consider my incontinence future. When I got to where one diaper a day did the trick, I honestly felt that if it never improved anymore, …
“The Decision” A Prostate Cancer Decision Guide By Northeast Georgia Urologist John McHugh M.D. – A Finalist In The Eric Hoffer Award For Health
Eric Hoffer Category Finalists After our rigorous first round of judging, less than 10% of the titles become category finalists. We consider this a distinction of its own merit and, in 2008, began officially listing these titles on-line. Finalists are selected by category scoring. There are typically 1-6 books per category selected as a …
i bet halperin read yesterday’s prostate cancer blog and meant to say that obama was a prostate…i.e he had prostate on the brain! Weinergate all over again.
Remember my story about my pool? Blip.fm-the Nightfly- " Respect the seven second delay we use." Everybody wants to be the urologist.
Risk factors of prostate cancer and a smoking President Obama
I was reading where President Obama is still smoking. Then I read that one is at increased risk for prostate cancer if one smokes. And then I know that of the risk factors for prostate cancer, none is greater than being black and having a family history. As my mother would say..." A word to …
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what’s wrong with the reports of Chavez having prostate cancer-prostate cancer message boards and news reporting of medical issues?
It is surprising to me how often news reports are so off and misinformed when it comes to medical reporting in general and prostate cancer reporting in particular. A few weeks ago they reported about a man having incidentally being found to have prostate cancer in his femur. It then was reported that he then had the …
for prostate cancer a large obamacare “barrak crasy” first to provide care for all…then another “barrak crasy” to make sure the “deprived” use it….amazing!
What! I though having a national health care system would make health care equally accessable to all and hence improve things for all? What? The lower socio-economic patient is more likely to be "unaware, over weight and smoke." And finally, " the government needs to do more to improve the "uptake of screening and treatment …
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