Part 1: Good Gut “Bugs” How to promote a healthy gut microbiome – and help your body fight cancer. There are trillions of reasons why we should carefully consider basic lifestyle choices like whether or not to exercise and what to eat, and they’re sitting right in our gut: they are the innumerable bacteria, or […]
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There is a scene in the great movie, “Independence Day” (1996; the sequel never happened) where Randy Quaid says, “I been sayin’ it. Ain’t I been sayin’ it?” He had been trying to make people aware of aliens for 10 dang years. I’ve got him beat; I have been encouraging men to be their […]
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Does everyone with prostate cancer need genetic testing? No. Many men are diagnosed with low-risk or intermediate-risk localized cancer, cancer that may not need to be treated immediately or maybe even ever. But as we discussed in Part 1 of my discussion with Oregon Health Sciences University medical oncologist Alexandra Sokolova, M.D., some men […]
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Does Cancer Run in Your Family? If you have high-risk or metastatic prostate cancer, you may have been born with a faulty gene, and you should strongly consider “germline” genetic testing, testing of the genes you were born with. In my work for the Prostate Cancer Foundation, I recently interviewed an expert on germline genetic […]
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Lessons from a Prostate Cancer Survivor Ric Siler fought prostate cancer twice, both times with doctors who were going for a cure. Today, five years out, he’s cancer-free and sharing his message of hope with other men and their families. You’re minding your own business and happily living your life, as most of us […]
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New research opens up a whole new avenue for treating advanced prostate cancer. One of the best things about working as a writer for the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) is that I have gotten to interview scientists doing some of the most promising research on prostate cancer, a disease that I can’t seem to get […]
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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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Prostate Cancer and Your Gut Part 1: Good Bacteria
Part 1: Good Gut “Bugs” How to promote a healthy gut microbiome – and help your body fight cancer. There are trillions of reasons why we should carefully consider basic lifestyle choices like whether or not to exercise and what to eat, and they’re sitting right in our gut: they are the innumerable bacteria, or […]
Your Own Best Advocate(s)
There is a scene in the great movie, “Independence Day” (1996; the sequel never happened) where Randy Quaid says, “I been sayin’ it. Ain’t I been sayin’ it?” He had been trying to make people aware of aliens for 10 dang years. I’ve got him beat; I have been encouraging men to be their […]
Germline Genetic Testing for Prostate Cancer and You, Part 2
Does everyone with prostate cancer need genetic testing? No. Many men are diagnosed with low-risk or intermediate-risk localized cancer, cancer that may not need to be treated immediately or maybe even ever. But as we discussed in Part 1 of my discussion with Oregon Health Sciences University medical oncologist Alexandra Sokolova, M.D., some men […]
Germline Genetic Testing for Prostate Cancer and You, Part 1
Does Cancer Run in Your Family? If you have high-risk or metastatic prostate cancer, you may have been born with a faulty gene, and you should strongly consider “germline” genetic testing, testing of the genes you were born with. In my work for the Prostate Cancer Foundation, I recently interviewed an expert on germline genetic […]
Lessons from a Prostate Cancer Survivor
Lessons from a Prostate Cancer Survivor Ric Siler fought prostate cancer twice, both times with doctors who were going for a cure. Today, five years out, he’s cancer-free and sharing his message of hope with other men and their families. You’re minding your own business and happily living your life, as most of us […]
Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Astonishing Improvement and a Landmark Case
New research opens up a whole new avenue for treating advanced prostate cancer. One of the best things about working as a writer for the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) is that I have gotten to interview scientists doing some of the most promising research on prostate cancer, a disease that I can’t seem to get […]
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. […]