Breaking News

Talk With the Doc: Drinking alcohol increases personal cancer risk

It is reported by our USA NIH (National Institutes of Health) that alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, after tobacco abuse and obesity. The following summary of this important cancer prevention information is from the USA NIH. In 2019, ...

Talk With the Doc: The history of Labor Day in the USA

Yesterday, on Sept. 7, we celebrated our annual USA Labor Day. Let us know take a brief look at a review of this wonderful annual holiday to recognize so many who labor every day to do so very much for all of us. This informative historical review is from our United States Department of ...

Urology Pearls: A cancer with a mustache

Breaking News from August 19, 2026, The New York Times: “A New mRNA Vaccine Could Prevent Skin Cancer From Returning.” A vaccine? For cancer? For melanoma — the deadliest form of skin cancer? How can this even work? To explain it to myself, and to you, I turned to what I know about ...

Talk With the Doc: Fourth of July 2026

In just four days we will celebrate our 2026 Fourth of July throughout the USA. This year's celebration will be a very special patriotic celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of our great country. As we do every year, we will all have the opportunity to celebrate our great ...

Talk with the Doc: Heartburn review

Heartburn is very appropriately named. The personal symptoms of heartburn are a true “burning” painful sensation in the middle of the chest, usually located behind your breastbone, or sternum. It may occur anytime, but is also frequently experienced after one goes to bed, often with a full ...

Talk With the Doc: Our pancreas is an essential human organ

Our pancreas is located behind the stomach in the upper abdomen of our body. It is the organ likely best known to most people because it produces the hormone insulin, used by the digestive system to remove glucose (sugar) from the bloodstream. It also produces glucagon, and this hormone has ...