Prostate Cancer Screening Doing “More Harm Than Good”, Study Finds BY GUY DE LA BÉDOYÈRE 7 APRIL 2024 7:00 AM Writing as a man aged 66, you’d think I’d be concerned about prostate cancer, one of the current health hobby horses. In a way I am, but I also have an aversion to being told to worry about one thing after another, and my concerns also include the side-effects of treatment which are consistently overlooked in all sorts of contexts. I have seen what has happened to friends and relatives who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer. When I watched a Hannah Fry Horizon docume ..read more

Specialties & Diseases > Oncology & Hematology New research highlights combining prostate MRI with a blood test to avoid unnecessary prostate biopsies Published April 1, 2024 | Originally published on MedicalXpress Breaking News-and-Events MRI of the prostate, combined with a blood test, can help determine if a prostate lesion is clinically significant cancer, new research suggests A new meta-analysis by investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital suggests that doctors and patients can avoid unnecessary prostate biopsies by combining MRI of the prostate findi ..read more

Feeling overwhelmed? Try tallying your tiny wins. By Janice Dunn = New York Times When I joined The New York Times as a columnist in 2022, I hadn’t worked in an office in over two decades. Before, I wrote freelance articles and books at home; my only co-worker was Tux, my tuxedo cat. On my first day, I was shown to my cubicle and given a computer. Feigning confidence, I sat down, opened my laptop and found myself unable to log in. I tried again. I started to sweat. Then, I called our I.T. department. The person who answered volunteered to assist me over the phone. “Please, no,” I whispered. “E ..read more

This is a very interesting Podcast By Dr Louise Newsom, a hormone expert, who talks to her mother about why she should be on HRT forever. I get often get asked this question, and this podcast is as good an explanation as any for why I recommend taking HRT long term. https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=6zdrp-d15f3c-pb&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=1&btn-skin=7&multiple_size=315&square_size=300&order=episodic&filter=all&limit=10&season=all&tag=all ..read more

Family Medicine > General Medicine Is there any medical benefit to prostate massage? Exploring the science By Kristen Fuller, MD | Fact-checked by Barbara Bekiesz | Published March 27, 2024 Key Takeaways A medical professional may perform a prostate massage to help relieve symptoms associated with prostatitis.  More popular is its “recreational” use, as it can lead to male orgasm.  While some studies suggest potential health benefits, especially for conditions like prostatitis, there is still much uncertainty regarding overall usefulness and efficacy. Male patients care about t ..read more

I subscribe to the Spectator (the oldest continuous published magazine in the English world) and they have taken a very skeptical attitude to the Covid vaccine from the start. I don’t apologize for posting more on this subject, because I believe that the more we know about it the better, and to be cautious about official pronouncements about the safety of the Covid Vaccine. I have never had a mRNA vaccination, in spite of huge pressure to do so from various organizations. I could not join my wife on a visit to our family in Japan, because of my vaccine status. I have never had Covid. Coinciden ..read more

adam creighton Texas makes a stand against Big Pharma’s Covid vaccines 5:00AM December 19, 2023 236 Comments On the last day of November Texas launched extraordinary legal proceedings that could have wide-ranging political ramifications across the developed world. Following a lengthy state investigation, Republican Attorney-General Ken Paxton sued pharmaceutical giant Pfizer for “false, deceptive, and misleading acts and practices” related to its Covid-19 vaccines. Paxton didn’t mince words. “We are pursuing justice for the people of Texas, many of whom were coerced by tyrannical vaccine m ..read more

One of my readers sent me this email after yesterday’s blog about the cancer epidemic in young people. Hello Dr Holloway I have just read your recent email on the cancer epidemic, following Princess of Wales diagnosis. Frankly I am shocked. Surely it has not escaped you that this is connected with the covid vaccines? We have been reading many and various websites and posts for the last four years all saying that there will be an epidemic of ‘died suddenly’ and recurrent cancer, as well as new cancers in young people, as a direct result of the vaccines. They contain graphine, a nanoparticle of ..read more

Specialties & Diseases > Family Medicine When daily vitamins become a death sentence: What doctors need to know By Claire Wolters | Fact-checked by Davi Sherman  | Published March 13, 2024 Key Takeaways A man’s death has been linked to excess vitamin D, highlighting risks in common vitamins. While many vitamins can be good for us in moderation, excess use may cause harm. Recently, an 89-year-old man in the United Kingdom recently died of hypercalcemia, and lab reports suggest that vitamin D supplements may be to blame. Hypercalcemia can cause he ..read more

Readers of this blog will be aware that I have been saying that there I will be an increase in cancer cases a few years after the mRNA vaccination campaign. I am not saying there is a link, as it is unproven as yet, and I believe in evidence before making these claims. However, the most likely cause of these cancers have been overlooked. In time, people will look back and say how could we have been so stupid. As Princess of Wales reveals diagnosis, doctors warn of mysterious cancer ‘epidemic’ The disease is affecting fit, younger people more often – and researchers do not yet understand why He ..read more