Show 1382: What You Need to Know About Prostate Cancer

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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What do you want to know about prostate cancer? This week, Joe and Terry Graedon welcome your questions about the latest screening tools and treatments for prostate cancer. Almost 300,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year, but stigma keeps many from discussing it. As a result, they may not learn about the latest […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyton and I'm Terry Grady. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at
0:11.5	People's Pharmacy.com.
0:15.0	Nearly 300,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year.
0:20.0	There will be over 35,000 deaths from the disease.
0:24.0	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden. Prostate cancer doesn't get as much attention as breast cancer, although the numbers are
0:38.7	surprisingly similar.
0:40.8	Men may be a little less proactive than women when it comes to screening and
0:44.6	follow-up. What's the best practice? Both diagnosis and treatment have improved
0:49.8	dramatically in recent years. Two experts are standing by to explain the latest developments.
0:57.0	Our lines are open for your questions 888 4772-3366.
1:04.0	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy,
1:06.0	what you need to know about prostate cancer. In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, Bird Flu is no longer limited to birds.
1:21.5	The H5N1 strain of influenza was first detected in Barnyard Geese and
1:26.1	chickens in the late 1990s. Since then, it has spread. Millions of chickens have been
1:32.0	killed to try to slow the spread of the virus.
1:35.0	However, wild birds have carried it around the world and the virus also infect mammals, including
1:41.2	mink polar bears and sea lions. The latest discovery is that
1:45.5	dairy cattle in Texas, Michigan, Ohio, South Dakota, New Mexico, Kansas, Idaho,
1:52.1	Texas, and North Carolina have also been infected.
1:56.8	Most worrisome, a farm worker in Texas, has come down with the H5N1 virus, presumably from the cattle he was tending.
2:04.6	Scientists don't yet know if the virus is spreading from cow to cow.
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