by themediacaptain | Apr 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
In these times of Corona Virus, or COVID-19, there have been jokes made about spouses cooped up together spending a lot more time than usual and perhaps getting on each others’ nerves even more than usual. There have been other jokes about a new little baby boom that...
by themediacaptain | Apr 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
A new article about HIFU from the University of Miami is now out: Prospective Evaluation of Focal High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) for Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer. Focal treatment, meaning treating only the area of the prostate which has...
by themediacaptain | Mar 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
For several years now we as doctors have been reading about the advent of what can be termed telehealth. This also can be referred to as E-Visits (Electronic visits) Video visits. And most often we have seen this discussed in the context of patients who live in rural...
by themediacaptain | Jan 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
Prostate Cancer Treatment Update Amazing advances have been occurring in prostate cancer detection, diagnosis, staging, and treatment, and many of these have been discussed here previously. While most cases of prostate cancer detected early are curable with...
by themediacaptain | Oct 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
1. Is HIFU FDA approved? HIFU was approved by the FDA for treatment of prostate tissue in the United States in October of 2015. 2. What are the side effects of HIFU? There is a low rate of side effects with HIFU compared to other methods of treatment for prostate...
