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...
by themediacaptain | Oct 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
I wanted to further update you with information about HIFU and there are different approaches that can be taken with the treatment. The most typical treatment over the years has involved treating the entire prostate gland but with new diagnostic technology that can...
by themediacaptain | Aug 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Just a little while ago, I gave a presentation at our offices about an exciting treatment for prostate cancer new to Las Vegas which is HIFU…High Intensity Focused Ultrasound with the Sonoblate HIFU machine. Compared to the more typical choices for prostate cancer...
by themediacaptain | Jun 25, 2019 | advanced prostate cancer, bladder cancer, Las Vegas Urologist, las vegas urology, prostate, prostate cancer, prostate cancer screening, prostate cancer screening recommendations, prostate enlargement, prostate exam
The prostate is instantly blamed for most Las Vegas men having any difficulty with urinating such as frequency, urgency, waking up several times at night to urinate, slow stream, having to void twice in a row to feel empty, or not even feeling empty. However,...
by themediacaptain | Mar 26, 2019 | advanced prostate cancer, American Urological Association, doctor, erectile dysfunction, urinary incontinence
Two new aspects of treatment related to prostate cancer are now available in Las Vegas: HIFU and Space-Oar. HIFU stands for High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound which can be aimed at prostate cancer tissue in minute sections only about 1mm by 0.3mm by 0.3mm at a time,...
by Dr. Lawrence Newman | May 11, 2017 | advanced prostate cancer, American Urological Association, Las Vegas Urologist, prostate, prostate cancer, prostate cancer screening recommendations, psa, Uncategorized, urologist, urologist las vegas, urologists, urology
As expected and as had been predicted in previous blogs here, the US Services Preventive Task Force (USPSTF) reversed their misguided prostate cancer screening recommendations and now recommend the screening in informed and interested patients between the ages of 55...
