[Leica] Elder Prostate Wisdom

[steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)]

> On Feb 22, 2015, at 3:46 PM, Philip Leeson <leesonpj at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> True
> NY Times opinion piece by Richard Ablin , March 9, 2010



this is perhaps true Phil, (I happen to believe so), but there must be 
better proof than a NY Times op/ed  piece by someone who runs his own 
Foundation.


Steve



> 
> Phil
> 
> 
> 
>> On Feb 22, 2015, at 4:39 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 22, 2015, at 3:58 AM, Douglas Nygren via LUG <lug at 
>>> leica-users.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> One of my doctors told me that every man's prostate will eventually kill 
>>> him. If we could live forever, our prostates would do us in nevertheless.
>>> That said, I read somewhere, if I am not mistaken, that the doctor who 
>>> invented the PSA no longer believes in it.
>> 
>> who ? why? is this documented?
>> 
>> 
>> s
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>>> I reported such to my doctor who nevertheless thinks the test is a good 
>>> idea. 
>>> "In tests we believe," should be printed on the dollar bill. It's like 
>>> military weapons in the hands of the police. If you've got them, you've 
>>> got to use them.
>>> If you don't test and the patient gets prostate cancer, you are liable, 
>>> I would guess.
>>> If your PSA gives a false alarms, your doctor is not in danger of being 
>>> sued.
>>> Personally, I abide by what the U.S. Surgeon General may have said, 
>>> namely, Science has proven that life is hazardous to your health.
>>> BTW, I do get my PSA checked.
>>> Cheers?? Doug
>>> 
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