Take home message FIRST Ginger may have beneficial effects against prostate cancer. This, of course, is not conclusive since the study soon cited was done in vitro (in test tubes) and in vivo (in mice.) However, this study is compelling…
Take home message Chocolate is good for heart health Anything that is good for your heart is good for male sexual function and penile health Chocolate has components that can help fight cancer Chocolate is high in calories so too…
I have written and lectured about vitamin D extensively. As a subscriber of the Drgeo.com community, you know I am a huge proponent of vitamin D supplementation and avoiding vitamin D deficiencies like the plague. There is, however, some concern…
Take home message first If one’s health goal is to stay healthy or slow the progression of most diseases, then consumption of at least 2000 IU of vitamin D is a good start. Vitamin D 101 – for…
Michael Pollan is a New York Times best selling author of numerous books two of which I have read from cover to cover; Omnivorous Dilemma and In Defense of Food. The articles on his website are well written and highly…
Unfortunately, although there is ample information on the web on prostate cancer (or anything else for that matter), many who come to our office at NYU Smilow Comprehensive Prostate Cancer center are not familiar with the basic facts…
I recently had the honor of writing a chapter for the 4th edition of the Textbook for Natural Medicine on Kidney Stones. If you have never experienced a passing of a kidney stone, the pain is excruciating often…
A study from the University of Missouri demonstrated that female mice would not want to mate with BPA exposed male mice. According to the lead investigator, Professor Cheryl Rosenfeld, Females do not want to mate with BPA-exposed male deer…
Previous journal articles have suggested that men smaller prostates are at higher risk of high grade prostate cancer (Newton et al., 2010). This months issue of the Journal of Urology, debunks that notion. After looking at 1,404 patients from the…