Did you know that prostate cancer is the second leading cause of male cancer deaths after lung cancer? Most men have few if any symptoms of prostate cancer. How will you learn about your situation. Will it be too late? One of the biggest misconceptions about needle biopsies is that they spread the cancer. This […]
Archives for January 2011
Blood Pressure (BP) is a measure of heart pumping pressure.
What is blood pressure? Blood pressure is the pressure of the blood circulating in your arteries. It is produced mostly by the contracting heart. The top measurement is the systolic pressure when the heart is at maximum contraction. The diastolic reading is the bottom number and is the pressure when the heart muscle is relaxed […]
WHEN “CANCERS” BEHAVE NONCANCEROUS
> the word “CANCER” can be VERY UNSETTLING BUT, the word “CANCER” CAN HAVE SEVERAL MEANINGS FROM NONCANCER BEHAVING TO SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS > MOST PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE THAT MANY “CANCERS” DO NOT BEHAVE CANCEROUS > the word “CANCER” is a NON-SPECIFIC and GENERIC label which simply describes an uncontrolled growth of cells […]
WHY SHOULD THE AFTER EFFECTS OF SOME PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENTS BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE ITSELF?
A great number of men who have completed a treatment for their prostate cancer are left without clear benefit from their choice of treatment and with considerable short-term and long-term after effects. The after effects from a treatment for localized prostate cancer are relatively common, often severe, often lifelong, can impact a man’s quality of […]
ROBOTIC PROSTATECTOMY “ FDA APPROVAL” DECEPTION
The FDA approval of robotics for prostate cancer treatment in 2000 was based upon a trial conducted by the robotic company itself. Aside from this serious conflict of interest, the trial had two other major problems: a) the study was undertaken only on diseased gallbladders b) when the 113 men who had robotic surgery were […]