By Partha Nandi, MD FACP (ASK DR. NANDI) – Let’s discuss a lethal disease, esophageal cancer. When diagnosed, most patients die within the first year of diagnosis with a 16% 5-year survival rate. One in 197 Americans will be diagnosed with esophageal cancer in their lifetime! Let’s find out what we can do to prevent...Continue reading
Month: July 2015
Shining a Light on the Color of Pain
There’s no question that color and light can have a significant effect on how we think, feel, and sometimes behave. But can they change us physically? Absolutely. Even more surprising, we don’t even have to see those colors for them to affect us. Let’s start with blue light. During the day, it’s great stuff. Researchers...Continue reading
Last Longer in Bed Using Only the Power of Your Mind, Part 1
If you’ve ever opened up Google and searched “how to last longer in bed” you’ve probably ended up with a bunch of nonsense, like: Think of baseball all the time during sex Buy this magical cream and you’ll never cum again Take this pill and you’ll have an everlasting, raging erection that ensure you won’t...Continue reading
5 Things That Campfires Teach Us
Just spent the week camping in Yellowstone Park with the family. Great big Wyoming skies, musky forest trails, spectacular Rocky mountain vistas, thunderclap-filled rain storms and, of course, campfires. Fire Light There’s a real science to campfires. Whether you prefer tipi, lean to, log cabin, Swedish fire torch or Finnish style, master campfire makers require only...Continue reading
Do You Maintain Your Car Better Than Your Body? (Part 3)
This is Part 3 of a 3-part series. Overview Part 1: Are you a car buff but a health duff? The evidence may surprise you. Part 2: Preventing car and health problems is eight times cheaper than fixing them. Part 3: Be your own mechanic using this 16-point body tuneup Be Your Own Mechanic: A...
Facts About Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal Cancer is cancer of the colon or the rectum. The colon is also known as the large intestine and the rectum sits at the bottom of the colon, connecting the colon and the anus. Colorectal cancer is the third most common type of cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in men...Continue reading
Cat Videos As Therapy? Could Be
According to YouTube, 300 hours of video are uploaded every minute. And 45 percent of the people posting those videos are uploading footage that features an animal–usually a cat. So don’t feel bad if you’ve indulged in a few (or a few hundred) cat vids. They’re incredibly addicting. Turns out that cat videos are more...Continue reading
Do My Du Mai
Is there anything as amusing as watching Dr. Paul Turek do a double take? Picture us, at the Integrative Fertility Symposium in Vancouver, sharing the podium for an East/West panel discussion on Men’s Reproductive Health, and, as often happens, the conversation takes an inevitable turn towards the male erection. We were discussing the difficulty men might...Continue reading
Prostate Cancer: Voices of Experience
Patients newly diagnosed with prostate cancer have to make difficult decisions about their care. Men who’ve been there have joined Vanderbilt University researchers to personalize information on treatment outcomes. Every year, 240,000 men in the U.S. are diagnosed with prostate cancer. Seven years ago, 72-year-old Ralph Conwill became one of them. “You hear the words,...Continue reading
Do You Maintain Your Car Better Than Your Body? (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of a 3-part series. Overview Part 1: Are you a car buff but a health duff? The evidence may surprise you. Part 2: Preventing car and health problems is eight times cheaper than fixing them. Part 3: Be your own mechanic using this 16-point body tuneup. Does Maintenance Have A Better...