Last week, I asked the question, Do you trust what you read in the newspapers? This week, I want to follow up with a slightly different question: How do you know when to trust what you read? First, I look at the source itself. If it’s a wholly commercial one – trying to sell me something – I am highly skeptical.Second, I look at who is... Read more
Given the attacks on the press, lately, it would not be surprising if you answered this in the negative.
On the other hand, if you grew up without television – as I did – and most of your news came from newspapers and magazines, why wouldn’t you believe what you read?
And why would you believe your grandmother or television and not... Read more
This is not an indelicate question; it’s an important one.
For those who receive any of the three major treatments for prostate cancer (surgery, external radiation, seed implantation), at least some will have a problem with impotence.
This may be the inability to have any erection; a partial erection; a total erection. Most of the time – and... Read more
It’s fairly easy to forget that all cancers are not the same, and that all prostate cancers are not the same, either.
At the following URL, you can get some very good information (including graphics) from the National Cancer Institute regarding the staging of prostate... Read more
Since writing about Zack and Paul last week, things have changed.
If you recall, I said that Paul was holding off on doing anything (his PSA had actually dropped with time), while Zack had decided on seed implantation (his PSA had risen by 4 over a year, and he had a biopsy with a Gleason of 6.) I got a phone call from his wife, however, which... Read more
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