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Heartburn

Help for Heartburn

Heartburn, also called GERD (gastro-esophageal reflux disease), is miserable.  To review what causes it, see this post.  Now, let’s talk about how to make it better.  I know this subject better than I’d like to, and if you suffer from heartburn, I feel your pain:  I, too, am a reluctant member of the GERD herd. So. […]

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May 17, 2025/by Janet
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Prostate

Don’t Undertreat Metastatic Prostate Cancer!  Part 2

Roadblocks to Combination Therapy, and Paving the Way for Success             As we discussed in Part 1, the year 2015 was a milestone in treatment of early metastasis (metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, or mHSPC).  For the first time, the CHAARTED study showed that men with mHSPC who began ADT (androgen deprivation therapy, which shuts down […]

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April 25, 2025/by Janet
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Prostate

Prostate MRI: What Does My PI-RADS Score Mean?

Do you have prostate cancer?  Answering that question is usually a multi-step process, with each step bringing another key piece of evidence to the puzzle. Step 1 is the screening PSA test, which may or may not be accompanied by a rectal exam (we can call that Step 1a.)  The trouble with the rectal exam […]

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April 24, 2025/by Janet
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Prostate

What Women (and Men) Need to Know About Prostate Cancer Screening: Part 3

PSA Numbers and How to Make Sense of Them What should the PSA level be?  Before we look at some numbers, please note:  if a man’s PSA is higher than these numbers, that doesn’t necessarily mean that he has prostate cancer; there are other factors that can raise PSA, which we will cover briefly.  I […]

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April 10, 2025/by Janet
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Prostate

What Women (and Men) Need to Know About Prostate Cancer Screening: Part 2

Why Don’t More Men Get Regular PSA Tests?  A Partial Deep Dive            Why doesn’t every man just get a PSA test at the yearly physical, starting at age 40?  Well, for starters, a lot of men don’t get yearly physicals.  And a lot of family doctors don’t order a PSA test for men in […]

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April 9, 2025/by Janet
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Prostate

What Women (and Men) Need to Know About Prostate Cancer Screening: Part 1  

Recently, I gave a talk on what women need to know about prostate cancer.  It was supposed to be for 20 minutes, but it went on for well over an hour because the ladies, ranging from their 30s to 70s, had so many questions.  So…Ladies, this one is for you.  Actually, it is for men […]

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April 8, 2025/by Janet
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Cancer

Don’t Undertreat Metastatic Prostate Cancer!  Part 1

If you have mHSPC (metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, when the cancer still responds to hormone therapy) and are otherwise in fairly good health, the last thing you want to do is inadequately treat your cancer.             And yet:  thousands of American men are not receiving the standard of care for mHSPC.  Their cancer is undertreated […]

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March 15, 2025/by Janet
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Janet Worthington Author Blogger

I'm Janet Worthington.

I am a daughter, wife, sister, mother, and an award winning author on men's health.

I write Vital Jake for the man who goes to the doctor regularly or should see the doctor even if he feels he doesn't need to go.

And the women who love him.

Recent Posts

  • Help for Heartburn May 17, 2025
  • Don’t Undertreat Metastatic Prostate Cancer!  Part 2 April 25, 2025
  • Prostate MRI: What Does My PI-RADS Score Mean? April 24, 2025
  • What Women (and Men) Need to Know About Prostate Cancer Screening: Part 3 April 10, 2025
  • What Women (and Men) Need to Know About Prostate Cancer Screening: Part 2 April 9, 2025

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