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 …
Prostate cancer and the three kinds of lies….lies, damned lies, and statistics! Facts from the American Cancer Society but nothing about death. What?
Yes that's my dog Chloe licking the grill as the coals are heating up in the green egg as Penelope enviously looks on. Yes I did put the grill grate back on the egg and then cooked a pork tenderloin on it. Yes it did not bother me or mine a bit. How about you? I sent …
When it comes to prostate cancer and early detection…it’s about awareness stupid. Men are fixated on the thought that if there are no symptoms there is no prostate cancer. Wrong!
Hell no men don't know the risk factors….it's about the economy stupid….I mean awareness stupid. British Men Unaware Of Key Risk Factors For Most Common Cancer In Men British men lack a basic understanding of their prostate cancer risk, despite it being the cancer they are most likely to get. Research by male cancer campaign, …
prostate cancer and “killing a fly with a shot gun when a slingshot would have been fine” or ” a doctor prescribes the bark of the quinquinna when the patient would be be obliged to eat the whole tree.”
This story makes a strong point and one that is not lost on any surgeon who has had a patient not do well and ultimately die after an operation. Particularly in prostate cancer this is a concern because of some prostate cancers being "low risk, slow-growing, die with it not of it type" kind of …
happy birthday from prostate diaries to mumsey….penelope does a prostate cancer awareness dance….
Penelope on Jibjab Don't monkey around with prostate cancer!
Waiting on the results of the prostate biopsy and whether you’ve got prostate cancer…250,000 times a year the results just “ain’t good.”
Podcast on "Waiting on the damn prostate biopsy results." You've been there haven't you?
do you have a “mind” for active “but doing nothing about it” surveillance for prostate cancer
For years urologists have been aware of the "upgrading" of the Gleason's score when comparing the biopsy report with the final pathology report. The tricky thing here is that the urologist and the "surveillance minded" patient are making decisions about surveillance on limited information, i.e. the biopsy report. ( Think of twelve cores about twice …
mushrooms, tomatoes, walnuts, coffee…you name it…it will prevent or treat prostate caner.. i have a mushroom story from the 70’s
They drank the mushroom koolaid and did not get cancer and I didn't and I got prostate cancer. So the study is correct...right?
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