“A brush with mortality turns out to be the best way to appreciate how blue the sky is, how sensuous grass feels underfoot, how melodious kids’ voices are,” wrote Nicholas D. Kristof in a recent New York Times op-ed piece. Mr. Kristof was fortunate, even lucky to have been found with a malignant tumor on his kidney after a CT scan was ordered for another part of his body. Despite survival rates of less than 50% for kidney cancer, a three-hour operation merely weeks ago left him with a six-inch scar, but more importantly, another chance to appreciate the finer things in life – to “seize the day” more often.
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Archive for June, 2010
Education, Lifestyle Issues, Medical Issues, Medical Treatment, Public Policy
False Positive or False Negative: Which would you prefer?
The following post is paraphrased from one of my recent guest lectures. It sparked enormous debate and I was very pleased to see college students taking the initiative to discuss their health among peers. Although the topic was testicular cancer and testicular self-examination, I told the females in the class to parallel the discussion to breast cancer and breast self-examination.
…and so the lecture/discussion began:
BREAKING NEWS: Creation of a federal Office of Men’s Health
TAMH is pleased to announce that the Indian Health Service (IHS) will welcome a new initiative into its effort, the Office of Indian Men’s Health. The novel Office was included within each version of the two congressional houses’ Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA), H.R. 2708 and S. 1790. The IHCIA was reauthorized permanently and indefinitely as part of this year’s federal health reform effort, The Patient Protection Affordable Care Act. Continue Reading
- Part I: Passivity and the Male Psyche
- The Eroding (Ok, Eroded) Masculinity of the American Male
- A Novel Prostate Cancer Therapy Gets the Green Light
- Investing in Health
- Paternity Leave: More than a policy
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Announcing the Male Reproductive Health Alliance
- Dr. Samadi Reports: U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop
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Survey Highlights Physical and Emotional Toll of Working Non-Traditional Hours
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T-Talk Tune-Up Men’s Health Event
- April is Alcohol Awareness Month
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barber Ballantyne: Bringing awareness to men's health is a great caus...
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Millicent: Geez, that's unbleiaveble. Kudos and such....
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Chana Alier: What an informative Article. Liked it....
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Peep Stalmeier: More PSA screening decision aids can be found at ...
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Kevin Peterson: Sonny you said: “For too long the health needs ...
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