American men need a baseline PSA test and rectal exam to check for prostate cancer in their forties, and then they need follow-up screening at regular intervals – maybe every five years, if the PSA number is low and nothing feels abnormal in the exam, or maybe more often, depending on the number. Men who […]
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“Tissue engineering is the ultimate in reconstruction,” says David McConkey, Ph.D., Director of the Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute at Johns Hopkins, “and we have a fantastic team” working to create a new bladder out of a patient’s own cells. Using a scaffold to layer stem cells and similarly “plastic” cells called progenitor cells – kind […]
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We are living longer, and 75 is not the ripe old age it used to be. But it’s a cutoff age for PSA screening – and this is missing cancer in men who really need to be treated, say Brady investigators. “There is increasing evidence that this age-based approach is significantly flawed,” says Johns Hopkins […]
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Before we start this discussion, please hear these words: this is not about your right to smoke marijuana. I don’t care if you spend every waking moment high as a kite, as long as you don’t operate heavy machinery or endanger anyone else. I do not care. That’s not my business. However, I’m worried about […]
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If your mom had breast cancer, that could raise your risk for prostate cancer. If you have aggressive prostate cancer, your daughter might be at higher risk for ovarian or breast cancer. Some “bad apple” genes run in families; doctors know what they are, and there’s a blood test to look for them. For the […]
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I’ve had a lot of requests to print a talk I recently gave. Here it is. — Janet Recently, I took part in a large, two-day dementia seminar in Prescott, Arizona, presented by Prescott United Methodist Church for the community. There was a full house both days; hundreds of people came, which shows that the […]
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Does the Paleo diet, basically, eating lean meats, nuts, fresh fruits and vegetables – foods our Stone Age, hunter-gatherer ancestors could have eaten – really make you feel better? If it does, then why? And how, exactly? What happens to the microbiome – the countless bacteria that live inside the gut – when you stop […]
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Policy Change on PSA Screening: A Step Back in the Right Direction
American men need a baseline PSA test and rectal exam to check for prostate cancer in their forties, and then they need follow-up screening at regular intervals – maybe every five years, if the PSA number is low and nothing feels abnormal in the exam, or maybe more often, depending on the number. Men who […]
Hope for the Future: An Engineered Bladder
“Tissue engineering is the ultimate in reconstruction,” says David McConkey, Ph.D., Director of the Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute at Johns Hopkins, “and we have a fantastic team” working to create a new bladder out of a patient’s own cells. Using a scaffold to layer stem cells and similarly “plastic” cells called progenitor cells – kind […]
Healthy and Over 75? Keep Getting Screened for Prostate Cancer
We are living longer, and 75 is not the ripe old age it used to be. But it’s a cutoff age for PSA screening – and this is missing cancer in men who really need to be treated, say Brady investigators. “There is increasing evidence that this age-based approach is significantly flawed,” says Johns Hopkins […]
New Marijuana Studies: Pot Hurts Your Brain
Before we start this discussion, please hear these words: this is not about your right to smoke marijuana. I don’t care if you spend every waking moment high as a kite, as long as you don’t operate heavy machinery or endanger anyone else. I do not care. That’s not my business. However, I’m worried about […]
Prostate Cancer and Your Genes
If your mom had breast cancer, that could raise your risk for prostate cancer. If you have aggressive prostate cancer, your daughter might be at higher risk for ovarian or breast cancer. Some “bad apple” genes run in families; doctors know what they are, and there’s a blood test to look for them. For the […]
Preventing Dementia: What You Need to Know
I’ve had a lot of requests to print a talk I recently gave. Here it is. — Janet Recently, I took part in a large, two-day dementia seminar in Prescott, Arizona, presented by Prescott United Methodist Church for the community. There was a full house both days; hundreds of people came, which shows that the […]
So Simple, But Does the Paleo Diet Make You Feel Better?
Does the Paleo diet, basically, eating lean meats, nuts, fresh fruits and vegetables – foods our Stone Age, hunter-gatherer ancestors could have eaten – really make you feel better? If it does, then why? And how, exactly? What happens to the microbiome – the countless bacteria that live inside the gut – when you stop […]