Chapter Two-A dog shows up at the lake John and Karen had two other dogs, Oscar and Tootsie, both of whom they loved dearly, but there was an emptiness around their home without Meg. The couple felt her memory and presence everywhere in and about the house. The couch, the trampoline, the backyard, the bedroom, …
Well…dahhhhhhhh. Breasts vs. prostate cancer.
Men prefer large breasts to enlarged prostates. Movember A new study has indicated that despite 1 in 6 men being diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetimes, men know less about how to monitor and prevent this condition than they know about what women should do to protect themselves from breast …
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the prostate and breast are more similiar than you think-but not like you’d think
Perspectives Nature Reviews Cancer, advance online publication, Published online 11 February 2010 | doi:10.1038/nrc2795 Opinion: Breast and prostate cancer: more similar than different Gail P. Risbridger1, Ian D. Davis2, Stephen N. Birrell3 & Wayne D. Tilley3 Abstract Breast cancer and prostate cancer are the two most common invasive cancers in women and men, respectively. Although …
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“Don’t talk to your friends with breast cancer”
This recent "episode" of me exploring the discussion boards pertaining to prostate cancer has been quite revealing. It has been a learning experience both from the standpoint of a doctor and as a patient. I mention in my book that I thought I was a very sensitive and intuitive doctor with my patients before I was …
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