Episode 110: The Prostate (Rebroadcast)
Listen now
Description
You’d think that something like screening for prostate cancer would be free of controversy, but that just isn’t the case. The benefits and risks of screening have been hotly debated by different medical organizations over the years. Today, 2 Docs Talk about how prostate screening and the various issues surrounding it. This is a topic every man should discuss with his physicians, and we hope this hepls you know what questions to ask when you do. Resources: Weiner AB, Matulewicz RS, Eggener SE, Schaeffer EM. Increasing incidence of metastatic prostate cancer in the United States (2004-2013). Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2016 Jul 19.] AU Tacklind J, Macdonald R, Rutks I, Stanke JU, Wilt TJ. TI Serenoa repens for benign prostatic hyperplasia. SO Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012;12:CD001423. https://www.cancer.gov/types/prostate/hp/prostate-screening-pdq   Be sure and subscribe in iTunes or Stitcher if you haven’t already.  And you know we’d appreciate it so much if you would tell your friends about 2 Docs Talk! Listen on iTunes Listen on Stitcher Now Available on Google Play Music!  
More Episodes
Over the last several decades a shift from independent physicians to corporate-employed physicians has changed the healthcare landscape.  It would make sense to consolidate and take advantage of economies of scaled to make healthcare for efficient.  Today 2 Docs Talk about whether this...
Published 03/03/20
With stronger regulations on pesticides (for good reason), bedbug infestations have been on the rise in recent years. These little parasites live in the nooks and crannies of places where humans like to rest and recharge.  Today, 2 Docs Talk about bedbugs, what they are, what they do, and why...
Published 02/25/20