The “Talk With Your Doctor” initiative designed to motivate people to stop smoking was unveiled today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and groups representing nearly 600,000 physicians to encourage smokers to talk with their doctors about quitting smoking. The “Talk With Your Doctor” initiative is part of CDC’s national tobacco education...Continue reading
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A Bank Account to Empty
“You tell me I need to lose weight. How do I do it, Doc?” “My dear patient, it’s simple: treat your body like a bank account, but one that you should empty. Put less in and take more out.”
Men, In Particular, Must Safeguard The Health Of Their Gums
There is a direct link between men and gum disease and cancer. A man who has a history of gum (periodontal) disease is 14 percent more likely to develop cancer than a man who has healthy gums. Periodontal refers to the area “around the tooth.”
Cancer Clinics Turn Away Thousands of Medicare Patients
Effective April 1, reduced funding for cancer treatment makes it almost impossible for Medicare patients to receive expensive chemotherapy drugs, says oncologists around the country. Thousands of Medicare patients are already being turned away from cancer clinics and some say the sequester budget cut is to blame. Patients at these clinics would need to seek...Continue reading
Coming To Our Senses In Romance
“Is not this the true romantic feeling — not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping you?” — Thomas Wolfe How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. For lovers, romance is the timeless tradition of keeping magic and passion alive by finding ways to say, “You are special...
Does 3D Television Work For Everyone?
Before you invest in that 3-D TV technology be aware that 3-D is not for everyone. Between 4 to 10% of the American population have difficulties viewing 3-D televisions. In this blog, I will attempt to explain in lay terms why that occurs.
Know Your Wooly Mammoths
Whenever I mention to the media that “stress” is bad for male fertility and men’s health in general, they show images of snarling, bumper-to-bumper traffic with heat shimmering off of the asphalt. Sure, that works for stress. But that is not the half of it.
Link Between Glaucoma And Sleep Apnea
Recent studies have shown a connection between obstructive sleep apnea and glaucoma. Glaucoma is not a single eye disease but is a term for several eye conditions that can damage your optic nerve. Glaucoma is the second leading cause of adult blindness in the United States. Risk factors for glaucoma include increased or high pressure...Continue reading
Debunking Some Nutrition Myths
In the not-too-distant past, smoking was considered healthy–and doctors even recommended it to their patients. Fortunately, researches had the intellectual honesty to tell us about the dangers of cigarette smoking. In a similar way, nutrition recommendations often change do 180s. Things that used to be considered good are turning out to either do nothing or...Continue reading
Fertility Preservation in the Male
Approximately 50% of all males will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lifetimes. A cancer diagnosis is typically fraught with a flurry of clinical activity, which is necessary to clarify the extent of the disease and to delineate the appropriate next steps in treatment. In the midst of all of this clinical...Continue reading