Tag Archives: prostate cancer prevention

Stretching the Legs of my Elite T-Class Time Trial Bike

How to win a free pair of Sock Guy cycling socks Today was my first ride of 2012 on Zonker, my time trial bike. I posted this morning on my Strava.com profile [http://strava.com/athletes/robertwhess] that I’ll send a free pair of … Continue reading

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Minorities, Especially Blacks, are More Willing to Spend All for Cancer Care

Cure or Prevention. Where Should Our Focus Be? I just read the article below my comments and several questions come to mind: First, why are minorities more willing to devote all of their financial resources to curing their disease, and … Continue reading

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Did You Know You Have a Great Cancer Prevention Tool in Your Garage?

One-third of Cancers Come From Lack of Exercise and Poor Nutritional Habits American Cancer Society (ACS) research provides this startling figure: we could save 187,000 American lives each year if we simply exercised more and ate better. To me, that’s … Continue reading

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Clinical Advances for Metastastic Prostate Cancer

Very Interesting Video About a New Drug A great many visitors to this blog are looking for survival probability information.  Some of the key search terms bringing people here to our 29000Men blog are: prostate cancer survival probability, prostate cancer prevention, prostate … Continue reading

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How Fred Helps With My Prostate Cancer Recurrence Prevention

Exercise and Good Nutrition is the Best Insurance Plan I’ve posted before about the connection research is discovering between cancer, exercise, and nutrition. A recent article noted that, while all exercise is good, intense exercise provides the most protection. [Hard … Continue reading

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The Humble Soy Bean

A Soybean Extract May Help Prevent Metastasis A 11 November article in Medical News Today cites research at the Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University that demonstrates that a non-toxic soybean extract, genistein, inhibits prostate cancer cells from becoming … Continue reading

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Don’t Think You Need to Have an Annual PSA Test?

If Only He Had Known Here’s a very sad story from a bulletin board I follow that clearly demonstrates why it’s important to test and once again points out the strong trend within the medical community against PSA testing. The … Continue reading

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Walk the Talk – Always a Challenge!

Nutrition, Exercise, and Cancer Prevention The American Cancer Society estimates that a third of all cancers are related to poor diet and lack of exercises. There are at least 24 variants of prostate cancer and, to date, there is no … Continue reading

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Wellness and National Prevention Strategy Webinar

A Revitalized Dialogue on Health and Wellness in the US The Prostate Cancer Awareness Project was pleased to be a participant yesterday in a nationwide teleconference on new initiatives on health and wellness. The webinar’s title was “Investing in Community … Continue reading

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Visit With Millennium Oncology

New Treatment for Advanced Metastatic Prostate Cancer I just spent an interesting day at the offices of Millennium Oncology here in Cambridge, Massachusetts, along with the principal officers of seven other prostate cancer advocacy organizations. The meeting’s charter was to … Continue reading

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Tour de USA Book Underway

Yup.  I’ve Started Writing. So many people have asked about the trip that I’ve decided to write a book about the trip and the people I met as I crossed the US and back. The goal is to make it … Continue reading

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Tour de USA is Underway

Day 1 of the Tour de USA is Complete The Tour de USA 2010 is complete and the team current is at Bass Lake near Yosemite, riding to Sacramento tomorrow.  One day and 300 miles complete; 44 days and 7,762 … Continue reading

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How an “8” on Your Produce Code Could Spell Trouble

Do You Care About Genetically Modified Food? Cancer survivors vary in how they respond to the disease.  This reaction carries over into food, since the American Cancer Society notes that a third of all cancers derive from lack of exercise … Continue reading

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