There was an article on the PCA3. I have used it and it is a useful adjunct in the patient with an elevated PSA and he is hesitant to do a biopsy on the PSA alone. Being Black, having a family history of prostate cancer, symptoms help in this regard. The free PSA and the …
John Roebling, Prostate Cancer, the PSA and Atlas Shrugged.
Gainesville, Ga is pretty good place to live. North Georgia is considered the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. From various points in around Gainesville, besides views of Lake Lanier, you can see the mountains north of our town. The mountains that surround Dahlonega, Wakua Mountain near Clermont, and of course Mount Yonah near Helen are …
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Atlas Shrugged and PSA and Prostate Cancer? Really? Mountain Bike Riding?
someone i used to know Something to listen to while you read. I think there is a way to do it. Ayn Rand ever heard of her? Years ago a Plastic surgeon friend of mine gave me the audiobook of the her book, "Atlas Shrugged." I don't read. I listen to books. I've listened to hundreds, mostly historical …
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The USPSTF approves PSA testing in Bald men for prostate cancer…just kidding.
A bald patient of mine a few weeks ago told me, " I don't waste my testosterone on hair!" Do bald men face higher risk of prostate cancer? Updated: May 22, 2012 3:01 PM EDT © iStockphoto.com By Barbara Bronson Gray HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) -- Got hair? If you don't, you …
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A man in his early 40’s diagnosed with Gleason’s 7 prostate cancer with normal gland on exam and slightly elevated PSA.
My dear buddy Jo An Baldwin Peters made a comment on one of the posts yesterday and mentioned that her husband needed a MRI. They live in Canada and she related that the MRI had been scheduled some time in 2013. She mentioned, "Wait until the U.S. gets health care." I mention this to say …
How much would you pay for three months of life if you were dying of prostate cancer?
So the doctor says to the average patient, "The government rationing board has banned the drug that would treat your prostate cancer and extend your life by several months because it is too expensive. I am sorry, but good luck." This patient goes home to his family and relays the news and as good citizens all accept …
Wait til americans get a load of how government run health care will decide who gets what treatment for prostate cancer..
https://theprostatedecision.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/the-lockerbie-bomber-gaddafi-oil-hillary-and-obama-and-what-prostate-cancer/ https://theprostatedecision.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/bp-oil-spill-orange-beach-alabama-prostate-cancer-and-the-lockerbie-bomber/ Second Al Megrahi prostate cancer drug 'too expensive' for NHS PROSTATE cancer patients are to be denied a life-extending drug used to treat Abdelbaset Also Mohmed Al Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber. NHS patients are being denied two new prostate cancer drugs reportedly taken by Lockerbie bomber Al Megrahi Photo: REUTERS By Stephen Adams, Medical Correspondent …
Mother’s day and prostate cancer.
Two days after I had my prostate removed....the five year anniversary is today(I think) my wife and I set off to the condo on Orange Beach, Alabama. In a way it is a blessing and a curse we did that. I have horrible memories of the time that I remember every time we go there …
Prostate cancer, The U.S. Coast Guard and my mother the “Spar.”
Okay so a high-ranking official in the Coast Guard is found to have cancer and has plans to have surgery at Bethesda Hospital. I don't know this but they probably don't do the robotic method there...that's just a side note...it is of no consequence. It is still news, somehow and some way famous people who …
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Prostate cancer, Warren Buffet, American Cancer Society’s Otis Brawley, Obama and “Do as I say not as I do.” Mr. Brawley please educate Mr. Buffett.
That's a San Juan Worm and a Wooly Bugger dropper and a Soque River Rainbow....just flows off the tip of the tongue when you say it don't it? Also reader be advised...It is said to never talk religion or politics but this thing about health care, the psa, and who lined up for Pres Obama's …
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