Life is short and the Art long....Osler The Two Jokes...in spoken word...
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 …
Happy Birthday Jennie Cooper! One hell of a mother.
The ability to do as she pleases and "calm as a hurricane"...they got that right! Mother's Day circa 1994: You were born in the Depression years. You were named after your fathers' mother - Jennie Cooper. As a child, you could skate faster and ride a bike better than any boy in LaGrange, Georgia. You …
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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 …
Good question! Does urgency improve after radiation? Northeast Georgia Urology
"John, don't let short-term gratification out weigh long-term gain." That's what my mother said to me many times and that is why I am a doctor. It is however not why I am a urologist. "Mom....this is John. I have decided to be a urologist." "Ye Gods John. Do you know what they do." Priceless and …
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Zat you santa… “daugs?” Merry Christmas from the prostate cancer blog-Prostate Diaries
all you ever wanted to know (or tell) about sex after prostate cancer treatment-take Dr. Peter’s Online Sexuality Survey
Examples of survey responses Prostate Cancer Online Sexuality Survey My name is Dr. Jo-an Baldwin Peters (PhD) and I am the Principle Investigator of an online survey for prostate cancer survivors and their partners.My fellow researchers are Dr. Joel Funk, a certified Urologist associated with the Yavapai Regional Medical Center in Prescott, Arizona, and Court Brooker …
Ted Danson helped out with prostate cancer long before “Bored to Death.”
I have had fun with the character in "Bored to Death" Ted Danson getting prostate cancer. I have learned a lot about the TNM staging system. It is confusing. I initially posted about that it was not "real life" to just tell a patient that he had Stage Two prostate cancer. That is a very broad statement. …
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Bart simpson and prostate cancer and the “evil PSA”-damned if you do damned if you don’t
Doctor Settles For $600,000 For Not Informing Man Tests Suggested He May Have Prostate Cancer- By: Joseph Hernandez Description : Men often possess a scant understanding of prostate cancer, their own chances for the cancer, and the methods available for detecting if they have prostate cancer. Many men have limited, if any, understanding of …
My inklings on the inked margin
Positive surgical margins after RP do not predict prostate cancer-specific mortality By Sarah Guy 28 January 2010 J Urol 2010; Advance online publication MedWire News: The presence of positive surgical margins (PSMs) after radical prostatectomy (RP) does not indicate an increased risk for cancer-specific mortality, systemic disease progression, or overall mortality in prostate cancer patients, …
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