In Today's issue of The New England Journal of Medicine are the results of a study which tried to: (a) find out what factors determine quality of life (QOL) after primary treatment for prostate cancer, and (b) measure the effects of these factors on overall satisfaction with the treatment outcome as reported by (i) patients [...]
Dear husband just spent a few days jaunting around central Florida, watching spring training (baseball) and having a blast with the guys. You can say it was "boys' week out." DH and his friends Derek and Joe took in five games, which included nine teams. To me baseball is the Anti-Cancer. It represents everything wholesome [...]
If you are thinking of having minimally invasive (laparoscopic) surgery for prostate cancer, have a family member who's had it or just want to *really* understand how it works, you will want to read this guest article by Arnon Krongrad, MD. Dr. Krongrad is a prostate cancer surgeon in Aventura, Florida, and Chairman of the [...]
This is from the Journal of the American Medical Association via a Johns Hopkins Health Alert. These are free and very useful. You can subscribe @ johnshopkinshealthalerts.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Erectile Dysfunction Linked to Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes A study of nearly 4,000 men with an average age of 57 found that nearly half had experienced erectile [...]
Gordon M. wrote in a PC newsgroup: I wanted to let you know that since I started treatment Jan 12, 2004 I have now walked over 5,500 miles (gone through 5 pairs of running shoes), swam 200 miles, and weight lifted over 8 million pounds. I look at that as walking from coast-to-coast. This doesn't [...]