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Prostate

ADT and a Plant-Based Diet

Can a plant-based diet minimize the adverse effects of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in advanced prostate cancer?  Some investigators believe it can.  In fact, they believe it could even be life-changing, and are conducting a study to find out more.  If you are on ADT, before you even lift a fork to your mouth, you’re […]

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October 1, 2024/by Janet
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Erectile Dysfunction, Heart, Lifestyle

What’s Good for the Heart; Testosterone Levels; ED and Your Health

For a gland the size of a golf ball, the prostate sure does cause a lot of trouble, and treatment can be all-consuming.  That’s why this website has so much “prostate-forward” content.  But guess what?  There are other body parts you have to think about proactively, too!  Don’t forget about the rest of your body! […]

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May 14, 2024/by Janet
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Cancer, Prostate

Long-Term Remission

Meet Jeff Finerman, prostate cancer survivor and exceptional responder.               A couple months ago, I got one of the best emails ever.  It came from Jeff Finerman, a man I had interviewed in 2017 for the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF)’s website.  When I wrote that story, I began with these very true words: “Metastatic prostate […]

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April 10, 2024/by Janet
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Prostate

Focal Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer, Part 3

Killing the Cancer, Not the Prostate             Focal therapy, although not the standard of care, is emerging as a way to treat localized prostate cancer in carefully selected patients.  I recently interviewed one of the leaders in this field, urologist Arvin K. George, M.D., Director of Prostate Cancer Programs at the Brady Urological Institute at […]

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January 26, 2024/by Janet
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Prostate

Focal Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer, Part 2

            Is focal therapy for every man with localized prostate cancer?  Absolutely not.  In fact, says Northwestern University urologic surgeon Ashley Ross, M.D., Ph.D., it’s not even a good option for the majority of patients.  But for a few carefully selected men, with close follow-up, “it can be a curative option with minimal side effects.” […]

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January 18, 2024/by Janet
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Prostate

Focal Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer, Part 1

Why I agonized over writing about it, and why I have (cautiously and for very selected men) altered my opinion.  In three parts.             Four years ago, I wrote a VJ post on focal therapy.  I didn’t publish it.  I just couldn’t.  It started off:  “Dear Readers, if you ever want to start a veritable […]

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January 16, 2024/by Janet
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Prostate

Are ADT’s Side Effects Inevitable? 

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is a double-edged sword.  It can do a lot of good:  in men with high-risk prostate cancer, for example, a two-year course of ADT can make the cancer more susceptible to radiation treatment, leading to a cure.  And in men with cancer that has spread beyond the prostate, ADT by itself […]

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October 24, 2023/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.

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