Once again, the prostate cancer community has been rocked by startling and conflicting news. According to a research study from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine androgen deprivation therapy (hormone blockade- ADT) may encourage prostate cancer cells to produce Nestin, a protein that makes prostate cancer cells more likely to spread through out the body! [...]
Dr. Wassersug, a professor of anatomy at Dalhousie University in Halifax, and a prostate cancer survivor often gives lectures about advanced prostate cancer. He opens his lectures by asking a provocative question: "Who in our modern society is castrated? The answer invariably comes back loud and clear: sex offenders. Someone may venture another guess: transsexuals? [...]
At the recent Department of Defense Impact Conference Nicholas Bruchovsky, M.D., Ph.D., of Vancouver General Hospital and the University of British Columbia reported that an intermittent androgen blockade appears to delay the progression from treatable androgen-dependent cancer to untreatable androgen-independent disease. There has been an on going discussion about the difference in efficacy between a [...]
In many states, especially on the west coast, each home is allotted a limited baseline electric allotment. Once the household’s consumption exceeds this baseline, they are subject to significant economic penalties. Those of us who suffer hot flashes from hormone therapy will be penalized as a result of our medical condition. The use of our [...]
A recent study of nearly 800 men aged between 50 and 91 years of age showed that those who had low testosterone levels were 33% more likely to die within 18 years then men with elevated levels of testosterone. In this study, all causes of death were considered. In addition, those men with low levels [...]