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Learn from Peter Frampton!

I recently had the privilege of interviewing Peter Frampton (yes, THAT Peter Frampton!) for Johns Hopkins Rheumatology’s LEAP Magazine, and two things really struck me:  One, he is really a nice, decent guy.  And two, what he has taught his doctors about muscle memory and retaining function through repeated practice and hard work has changed […]

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March 2, 2021/0 Comments/by Janet
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Gut bacteria, Lyme Disease

Long-Haul Lyme Disease

This is an update to a story I wrote five years ago, for Johns Hopkins Rheumatology’s LEAP Magazine, with two world experts on PTLD: post-treatment Lyme disease.  They have uncovered some promising clues as to why, for some people, Lyme disease doesn’t go away, and identified some new potential avenues of treatment. Some people get […]

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March 2, 2021/0 Comments/by Janet
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Cancer, Lifestyle, Prostate

A Power Outage for Prostate Cancer

Limiting Prostate Cancer’s Fuel by Restricting Calories and Changing the Diet:  Just when it seems like the picture of diet and prostate cancer is finally coming into focus, Nicole Simone, M.D., a radiation oncologist at Thomas Jefferson University, has added a new dimension.  It may not be just a question of the good foods you […]

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February 3, 2021/0 Comments/by Janet
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Exercise, Inflammation, Lifestyle, Prostate

Worried About Prostate Cancer?  Be Proactive! Part 2: Exercise and Key Foods

Recently for the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF), I interviewed two scientists who study lifestyle factors and their effect on prostate cancer:  Epidemiologist June Chan, Sc.D., of UCSF, and epidemiologist Lorelei Mucci, M.P.H., Sc.D., of Harvard.  In the last post, we talked about diet.  Now let’s look at exercise, and we’ll wrap up with some quick […]

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December 28, 2020/0 Comments/by Janet
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Cancer, Exercise, Inflammation, Lifestyle, Prostate

Worried About Prostate Cancer?  Be Proactive! Part One

Part One:  Live Your Best Life! What can you do to live your best life?  You might say, quite reasonably, that your best life does not include prostate cancer.  True.  But no matter where you are in your journey – prevention, treatment, recovery, or survivorship – what can you do to maximize the good, to […]

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December 22, 2020/0 Comments/by Janet
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Prostate

More Fuel for the 2020 Dumpster Fire: The Fallout of Not Screening for Prostate Cancer

The dumpster fire that is 2020 just keeps on burning, and the latest fuel for this crappy fire is a study, published in the Centers for Disease Control’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, showing that the incidence of men being diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer doubled between 2003 and 2017.  It doesn’t take a genius […]

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November 18, 2020/0 Comments/by Janet
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Black Men and Prostate Cancer, Erectile Dysfunction, Prostate

One Man’s DIY Prostatectomy Recovery Plan

“I started doing all of this because I read about it on your blog.”  Vernon is a college professor who had radical prostatectomy eleven months ago, who contacted me to tell his story, because he hopes it will help other men. “I didn’t hear much about this at all from my surgeon.”  Vernon is black, […]

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October 11, 2020/0 Comments/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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