November Supporter of the Month: Jack Gray
Jack Gray has been a LIVESTRONG Leader and longtime volunteer for many years. He is currently retired from his teaching career in instrumental music and now spends his days working part time as a student travel planner. In his spare time, he enjoys woodworking and spending time with his grandchildren.November Supporter of the Month: Jack GrayLS: How did you become involved with LIVESTRONGJack:When I was first diagnosed with Stage IV Prostate Cancer, a friend gave me a wristband and suggested I visit your web site. The positive reinforcement and the inspiration I received from Lance and the Foundation helped me get through...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - November 3, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs
No, the PSA test probably didn ’ t save Ben Stiller ’ s life
A frequent topic of discussion on this blog is the concept of overdiagnosis. It’s a topic I’ve been writing about regularly since around 2007 or so and is defined as the detection in an asymptomatic person of disease that, if left alone, would never progress to endanger that person’s life or well-being within his or… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - October 7, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Biology Cancer Medicine Science Skepticism/critical thinking Ben Stiller lead time bias length bias metastatic disease overdiagnosis overtreatment prostate cancer psa Source Type: blogs
How clickbait headlines affect prostate cancer diagnosis and management
Our culture has taken a strange turn where the truth is relative, and where conspiracy theories rule the day. News sources and social networks are rife with political agendas, fake articles, and disguised advertisements. This chaos harms our social welfare, but can also impact physical health. Misleading news reports of new clinical studies make it difficult to discern medical fact from fiction.
I spend hours in clinic justifying recommendations to patients when they conflict with something they read on Facebook. Some patients think I have a hidden agenda or think I am ignorant and uninformed. In principle, I adhere to evi...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 6, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/matthew-n-simmons" rel="tag" > Matthew N. Simmons, MD, PhD < /a > Tags: Conditions Cancer Source Type: blogs
Treating the primary tumor can improve survival in men whose prostate cancer has spread
This study suggests a different and very novel way of thinking about how to manage men who present with metastatic prostate cancer,” said Dr. Marc Garnick, the Gorman Brothers Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and editor in chief of HarvardProstateKnowledge.org. “There are other cancers where treating the primary cancer in the setting of metastatic disease has been associated with improvements — and this study provides an important impetus to consider this option both in the context of clinical studies and individualized patient selection.”
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Source: Harvard Health Blog - September 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charlie Schmidt Tags: Cancer Health Men's Health Prostate Health Source Type: blogs
Beware how the affect heuristic filters your view of data
The Spock in us would like to see data as hard, fixed, and totally interpretable. The Dr. McCoy in us understands that data do not have those properties. Nietzsche once wrote, “There are no facts, only interpretations”
In fact we always interpret “facts” in light of our biases. Our filters come from our preconceived opinions. If we like something, we give great value to “data” that support that belief, while we de-emphasize the negative findings. Vice versa works also.
When you watch the debate, if you like Hiliary Clinton you will cheer her pronouncements and believe them true...
Source: DB's Medical Rants - September 26, 2016 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: rcentor Tags: Medical Rants Source Type: blogs
