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Straight, No Chaser: Cervical Health Awareness

January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, and to that end, The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) boldly proclaims “No woman should die of cervical cancer.” It
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD January 17, 2018

Colorectal Cancer Screening via Colonoscopy

Introduction This post discusses screening for colorectal cancer via colonoscopy. The last two posts have highlighted recommended screening examinations for men and women between a
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD December 18, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: The Cancer Vlog

Introduction – The Cancer Vlog The Straight, No Chaser vlog (video blog) series presents “health care basics” to keep you safe, healthy and out of the emergency room.
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD December 15, 2017

Basic Questions and Answers about Anemia

What is anemia? Anemia is a condition defined by blood containing a lower than normal number of red blood cells or if the blood cells present don’t contain sufficient hemoglobin
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD December 13, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Does Cuba Hold the Key to Lung Cancer Treatment and Prevention?

For many, some of the first things that come to mind when you think of Cuba are smoking and cigars. For many others, the one of first things that come to mind when you think of cig
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD November 15, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: What Are The Symptoms of HIV and AIDS?

This is the third in an ongoing series on HIV and AIDS. For an explanation of what AIDS is, click here. For an explanation of how HIV is contracted, click here. The National Insti
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD October 23, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: What Exactly Is AIDS?

This is the second blog in an ongoing series on HIV and AIDS. After all these years, it’s still an interesting and important enough question to ask and to know how to answer. Mo
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD October 21, 2017

Straight No Chaser: HIV Awareness Month – Can HIV Be Eliminated From the Body?

It’s HIV Awareness Month. Have you noticed there’s a lot less chatter about HIV lately? Don’t be lulled into a sense of false security; no, it hasn’t been e
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD October 20, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Breast Cancer in Men

I won’t overstate the case, but you should be aware that breast cancer occurs in men. That said it occurs at a much lower rate than it does in women. I know what you may be think
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD October 18, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Breast Cancer Treatment Options

The next to last post in this series on breast cancer is on management. Of course, there is no universal treatment of ‘breast cancer’; everything is based on the specif
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD October 17, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: How to Perform the Breast Self-Exam

Beginning in their 20s, women should be aware of the benefits and limitations of breast self-exam (BSE). Women should know how their breasts normally look and feel and report any n
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD October 16, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: This is How You Self-Assess For Breast Cancer, Part 1

When I started this series, my first thought was “Why reinvent the wheel? There is a massive amount of information available on the web about breast cancer, and surely itR
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD October 15, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: The Reach of Breast Cancer and Your Risk Factors

Even as a physician, I am left to think about the horror of being a woman with a lifetime risk of acquiring breast cancer that’s 1 in 8. The only thing I can think of off-han
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD October 14, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Even More Myths Regarding Breast Cancer

Continuing from the earlier post with additional myths, well because you have so many questions!  In fact, I’m doubling up on what you received earlier in Part I of Breast Canc
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD October 13, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Five Myths Surrounding Breast Cancer

Before I get into the details of what you need to know about breast cancer, it’s important to clear the table of some of the persistent myths and fears that exist. The diseas
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD October 12, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Ovarian Cancer

  You are likely aware that the ovaries produce a women’s eggs as well as being the main source of the female’s sex hormones. Ovarian cancer is not the most common gynecologic
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD September 20, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Reviewing (the Claims Made within) the Netflix Documentary "What The Health"

Per your request, I’ve looked at the movie “What the Health,” which apparently is all the rage and significantly promoting conversion to a vegan diet. Now I reall
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 2, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: Sickle Cell Disease/Anemia

I don’t type this post with any amount of joy. Can you imagine an existence in which your blood cells are deformed to the extent to which they resemble pointy knives poking at
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD June 27, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: The Cancer Prevention Workbook

We continue with simple principles to avoid various forms of cancer, but in today’s Straight, No Chaser, we add some detail about the what’s and whys of the conversation. T
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD June 5, 2017

Straight, No Chaser: The Cancer Prevention Checklist

I’m going to present this information two separate ways: today a checklist, as simple as possible; and tomorrow with the same information explained briefly but with detail. You l
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD June 4, 2017
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