Medical insight, personal stories and humor from a urologist who has been where you are now.
Remember the uproar of the doctors missing the timing of the Lockerbie bomber and he was released to Libya to die in a predicted three months? No one at the time could figure out why such a missed diagnosis and what pressures Libya could possibly bring to bear on his captors to gain his release? Well...I …
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So I am out at the lake where the above picture was taken and I have DSL and a laptop I recently purchased to leave out here and I was assured by the computer guy that it was fully loaded with Microsoft Word. So I do the blog stuff, walk my dogs to the steps …
The "art of getting away with it" is a favorite medical saying of mine. If I remove a ureteral stone and don't place a stent and risk extravasation of urine into the patient's retroperitoneum and the patient does just fine....what does that mean? Does it mean that I was brilliant, used seasoned medical judgement, or …
First of all...how does Amazon know when an individual who has a Kindle marks something as a highlight? I saw these highlights today for the first time on the Kindle page for my book. I go there from time to time to read comments and check ratings. I want to comment on the highlights. Before …
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When the prostate is removed the surgeon has to put the bladder back together with the urethra. A catheter is placed to "stent" this area of the anastomosis. The reason a catheter is used and left in from 6-14 days is to allow time for this area to heal. In doing so keeping urine from …
Urologists are biased...sort of. Radiation therapists say we use "patient selection" to suit us.
When I come home from the river the "back way" I always go by this spot and try to take a picture of this tree and the mountain behind it through the window of my van. This is Skitts Mountain and when I pass it going home it is almost always is illuminated by the setting sun. …
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"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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Superior test for prostate cancer. That's what she said! Scientists at the University of Surrey identified a protein called EN-2, which is only produced by prostate cancer cells. Studies show a test for the protein detects 60 to 70% of cancers. But the false positive rate - men who are wrongly diagnosed with cancer - …
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