Do you know which goes with what? You should! Illustration from "The Decision"
Two types of female incontinence-Are all incontinences created equal?
That which associated with activity is stress incontinence and usually is corrected with surgery. Urgency incontinence is associated with overactive bladder and this improves with diet and medicines.
Urology joke # 1
Patient to urologist: "So doc, If I have five penises how should my pants fit?" Urologist: "Like a glove!"
Questions about Prostate biopsy pain, bleeding or infection or if it is necessary a tall…Comment here about your experience for the sake of others….
One of the biggest complaints that I hear from patients is they were not told how things would be. So....here is your forum....250,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer a year....that represents 17-20 % of the men that had either an abnormal rectal exam or an elevated psa. So....tell us your story and let's make …
If you can’t get patients to stop wanting to be screened for prostate cancer…just call it something else. Brilliant!
So this is what it has come to. Patients are not smart enough not to "fall" for being treated for prostate cancer. So let's change the name. One way or the other the NIH, the HHS, the USTFPF (or whatever) will figure out a way not to pay for prostate cancer screening. They are a clever bunch. And who …
A low or normal PSA and still have prostate cancer? You bet!
The article below is one of the few times I have actually seen written the concept of a low PSA and prostate cancer. Why is it important? Because often times men will have a physical exam by their family doctor and everything is checked but the prostate by rectal exam. (Remember the article that stated …
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Is staging necessary in low to intermediate risk prostate cancer? Are we talking about me or are we talking about everybody else?
First off all...look at the sentence I highlighted in bold. Are you kidding me? Concerns about a CT scan and radiation all the while finding no complaints regarding treating the prostate cancer with radiation regardless if it's seeds, Proton, or external beam. The use of "misuse" is an attention getter is it not. We have known for years …
What’s wrong with the following “press release” about prostate cancer and sexual function-The article in general and the title in particular…Please comment…come on you can do this!
New Robotic Surgery Technique Maintains Sexual Function After Prostate Cancer Surgery The SMART Technique (Samadi Modified Advanced Robotic Technique) Enhances Surgical Precision and Maintains Sexual Wellbeing After Prostate Cancer Treatment Dr. David Samadi, Vice Chairman, Department of Urology, and Chief of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center knows the wide …
Can you get cancer from having sex with a man who has prostate cancer?…Part Two-response to a comment.
North Georgia is known for being in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and for the small streams associated with that. The state fisheries department "stocks" the streams with Rainbow trout that they raise at various hatcheries. The state then takes them by truck and empties the fish into the small streams at bridge …
Five reasons not to have a robotic radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer.
Patients often choose their treatment for prostate cancer not by which has the best cure of the cancer rather which treatment best blends cure with the risks. Prostate cancer differs in this regard from most other cancers and why many prostate cancer men choose radiation. Dirty little secret: patients understand and full well know the …
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Prostate Diaries 