The $275 Million Dollar Man Holding On To The Past While a New Girl becomes the Next Girl

“Hey Mickey, He Likes It.” (see if anyone gets that one)

Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod) is doing whatever he can to keep his body going!

The gambling NY Yankees are the ones on their knees praying that A Rods’contract, with 5 more years of  of $33 million per year salary actually is going to pay off!  One of the best baseball players of all time, arguably, is a very nice guy  and is well liked by everyone who knows him – maybe except a few of his ex-flames, like Madonna, and Cameron Diaz, and Kate Hudson and, and, and… But heck, who can blame the Silver Slugger for being a Tiger on the prowl.  Single again, crazy famous, and stupidly rich athletes seem to be magnetizing for celebrity and model type women!  (Hello Kim Kardashian and who?- we all know where that took us, and Victoria Secret Model Adriana Lima and Mr. Jaric are two good examples)  A Rod has had quite a past already, and it seems that his future is going to be just as interesting…

Love Doctor In the House (AKA “Next Girl”)

Torrie Wilson – considered by many “an expert on knees” but not the kind of specialist A Rod needed for his knee and shoulder.  No, this is not the Love Doctor, but she is in the house for now.  This is a former Playboy and FHM model, Miss Galaxy fitness competitor , and retired professional wrestler, who should not get any permanent tatoos with A Rod’s name, as his average girlfriend lasts anywhere from 4 hours to 4 dates.  This girl suffered a bad back injury (leave the jokes) and I believe had disc surgery which seems to be successful.  A Rod needs to have all of his joints working perfectly to play third base for the Yankees, but apparently he didn’t have to have a good knee or workable shoulder to reach home base with Torrie Wilson!

Tight Painful Knee Threatens Career – Novel Treatment Needed

Question:  Name three things that are now looser these days?  Answer:  A Rod’s knee and shoulder,  and Torrie Wilson!   That is kinda funny, but on a more serious note, A Rod has  traumatic osteoarthritis in his joints due to all of that running, swinging, and diving he does.  (and that’s just on dates!)  He decided to travel to Germany to get a novel treatment on his knee and shoulder called the Orthokine procedure.  This particular kind of PRP treatment isn’t being done in America at this point, and it does not use the animal derived activator Actovegin whcih is banned for use in humans. This is one treatment that Major League Baseball allows at this point, even though one could certainly argue that there is little difference in this, and the final result of human growth hormone (which is against league policy) as far as cartilage health and restoration.  Maybe A Rod has a thing for Germans, I believe Torrie has some German ancestry?!  I will describe the procedure, but first let’s look at how the knee cartilage wears out.  It isn’t a pretty picture.

Trauma causes excessive wear and tear on the delicate tissues that cushion bones and joints. Seriously, we as doctors need to be more open to these novel treatments such as the Orthokine procedure, because they can be a career extenders. The Orthokine procedure is an experimental therapy (in USA) in which blood is taken from the patient’s arm, placed into a centrifuge and then spun. This blood is then injected into the area the patient is having treated.  This is not a stem cell therapy, or growth hormone therapy, and it is not a violation of the World Anti Doping Association’s requirements.  While it is impossible at this point to regenerate cartilage that is gone, there have been some success in reducing the wear, and certainly reducing the pain that this condition causes.  Stem cell therapy along with HGH, and PRP could be the treatment that indeed could make new parts regrow or get bigger, and that is an exciting prospect.  (No, there have been no research to suggest that this could increase penis size – you perverts)

How the PRP Procedure Works

The blood is taken from the arm vein using the special EOT syringe. The glass beads in the syringe induce the blood cells to synthesize increased amounts of protective proteins inhibiting osteoarthritis.One of the proteins is the  Interleukin-1-Receptor-Antagonist, which acts as an anti-inflammatory and analgesic agent, thus, a cartilage protector. Joint pain usually resolves quite quickly after treatment, and this leads to the improvement of joint function. The degenerative process of cartilage damage is delayed.  Several sports stars have traveled across the pond to Germany to see Dr. Peter Wehling, at the center for Orthopedics and Molecular Medicine in Dusseldorf, including Koby Bryant, Fred Couples, and Vijay Singh.  Tiger Woods and Rafael Nadal have also had PRP (similar)  treatments.  So, while many doctors are trying to figure out if this treatment works or not, athletes are getting it done today because they don’t have time to waste getting back to business.

A Rod’s joints are now feeling A – OK!  Will let you know how things turn out as far as the love life. Can you get traumatic arthritis in the lips?  I might have to invent a new cosmetic Restylane/Orthokine lip filler product for Torrie?  You read it here first – the next evolution in lip beauty!

Right now the flames are hot.

Kneed to Go Now and Work on My Inventions,

Dr. Frye

SPACE PROBE 2012

The search for life inside the rectal vault of man

The prostate gland is a walnut-sized organ tucked away where the sun don’t shine, and although it often needs medical screening, it doesn’t always get it.

Virtual Robotic Fingers can go where no man has dared to go (outside of west Hollywood anyway)

About 1 in 6 U.S. men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point in their life. About 6 in 6 men dreaded going to their doctor every year to get their rectum probed. Sad part, in the U.S., about 217,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year, and 32,000 die.

Go Deep or Go Home

While most would think that when their annual rectal exam is “normal”  it would be very reassuring, but the DRE (digital rectal exam) is not designed to detect early cancers.  The space probe of the rear-end kind mainly reveals just the size and shape of the prostate gland.  Remember, tumors have to be very advanced before they can be felt, so there is a big push to find better ways to detect and treat prostate cancers and treat them when they are small.

Deliverance

The thought of going for a prostate exam can drive most men to drink.  Dropping their pants and bending over is the last thing most men want to ever do, as it can be embarrassing, and uncomfortable.  Actually, it is a lot like what we see when men come in for blood draws.  They get all worked up ahead of time, and once the blood is taken they say, “wow, that was nothing!”  The reality is that all men must get their prostates checked routinely, and although it is more than nothing, doesn’t cause banjo nightmares throughout the rest of your life.

“Try to get a boner now”

No gain, just pain

So, what is the better way to see if you have prostate cancer?  We have used the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test, which is a blood test to see if there are signs that cells are starting to become malignant.  While it is good www.beacheslab.com, high levels of PSA only sometimes signals prostate cancer.  It can also indicate an infection or an enlarged prostate (BPH), or tiny tumors that may never pose a threat.   Also, if you have had sex in the past 24 – 48 hours that can also raise your levels, so I always warn my guys not to have crazy sex before the blood test day.  Bad thing is, if the PSA is high we often recommend a biopsy, where we cut small pieces out of your prostate and send it to the lab.  Most men who undergo a biopsy for an abnormal PSA test don’t have prostate cancer, so pain, but no gain!

New Test for prostate CA!

Pee PCA3

Science has brought us a new (and expensive) test for prostate cancer (CaP), the urinary PCA3 gene test. Remember, serum PSA levels are not specific for CaP but this new marker has a much greater degree of CaP specificity than PSA testing.  Perhaps we can cut out all that cutting out of prostate biopsies (1 million per year in US). But, the way you have to get the sample…you have to do a Attentive Rectal Exam and then have the patient urinate.  That means you put your finger in as far as possible and you mash down hard on the prostate over and over to get the cells to loosen up to be peed out.

Attentive Rectal Exam = Prostate Milking = Means smashing the ole walnut with the gloved finger!

Rove you Rong Time Sailor

Working girls – should be able to bill Medicare for Happy Rear Endings!

These Asian girls have been doing prostate milking for years, and who knew they could have been screening the Johns for prostate cancer.  Their medical exam (sex massage) begins with a thorough soaping down in a large tub.  After that, there’s a romp on the bed to last about an hour and half and for some they pay for a happy ending which could include prostate massage (milking) with yikes, non-gloved finger(s)!  Some feel that emptying the prostate is therapeutic and reduces the risk of cancer in it’s own right.  The jury is still out on that one.  Price is between 1,000 and 1,600 baht ($32-52.00) plus tips.  Turns out this is the same amount Medicare pays us doctors for doing the DRE!

Aneros Helix Prostate Stimulator $47.38

For those who have to do it outside the doctors office..The prostate dildo,  referred to as the Rain Maker,  can be used to stimulate the prostate gland in men.  Some say the prostate gland could be the ‘male G-spot’ and is stimulated for either medical or sexual purpose, or I guess both.  Some have renamed the sensitive area the “P-spot.”  So, if you wanted, you could do the attentive Aneros Helix, then pee in a cup, and send it to my lab, www.beacheslab.com, and we can find out what it says.  And for those who want to be tested every week – buy a banjo and move to West Virginia.

On a serious note – Prostate Cancer is horrible and can be deadly.

Earl Woods

Tiger Woods’ father was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1998 and successfully treated with radiation, but the cancer returned more aggressively in 2004. Mr. Woods died on May 3, 2006 at the age of 74.  Even though Tiger is doing well of late with work, and perhaps with Elin, each day without his papa has got to be a sad one.  Unfortunately, black men have a much higher rate of prostate cancer, so it is important to get routine physicals and labwork, especially if you are undergoing hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with testosterones or human growth hormone.  For one of the best centers you may consider www.pbpmed.com. I am a big fan of Tiger’s and hope nothing but the best for him and his family.

Time to Re Glove,

Dr. Darrin Frye

Chunky Monkey War

Don’t play Chicken with this girl – you may lose a finger or two!

Fat, Dumb, and Gassy

Jessica Simpson was less than 3 Twinkies away from looking like this - I hear her daisy duke shorts exploded last year!  Now, rumor is that she has been signed with a weight loss company to lose her fat for $4 Million dollars.  That is about $40,000/lb or so, not bad.   I think it is sad when someone is 7 months pregnant and people weren’t sure she was carrying a child, or mountains of bon bons.

It’s not the Meat

Jessica recently said, “My belly is officially bigger than my boobs..well kinda…ha,”  You have to admit, the one thing she might be good at is breast feeding.  She seems anatomically gifted in that regard, even though after the breast feeding she may need a crane to get them back above her beltline!  She certainly won’t know how to spell milc but she will most like make a lot of it.

What happened to cute Jessica?!

Simpson wrote that she thinks she farts 225 times a day now, so I guess we have to send condolences to her fiance, Eric Johnson (sex with lights out) who most likely thinks Jessica’s new perfume line is called oeuf  pourri (rotten eggs).

Hormonal Haze

The prominence of progesterone in a pregnant woman’s body  plays a major role in excessive gas. Progesterone slows the digestive process, causing bloat and subsequent gas. Likewise, the weight of the growing baby presses onto the digestive tract, further slowing things down. This spells gassy hell in the old Simpson household.

Not everyone gets paid for being fat

When it comes to the salaries of men and women in the workplace, an employee’s body weight often determines the size of his or her paycheck!    The study  reported that women who weigh significantly less than the group norm earn about $16,000 more a year on average than women who are overweight.  It pays to be skinny!

Glass Ceiling

Self Esteem and Sexism

A  study  showed female managers are more than three times as likely as their male counterparts to underrate their bosses’ opinions of their job performance. The discrepancy increases with women older than 50, the study states.“Women have imposed their own glass ceiling, and if they are fat it can be even more dramatic!

He thinks he is hot!

However, studies find the opposite to be true for men, with skinny men not reaping the benefits that their female counterparts do when it comes to their earning potential. Average-weight men, and even those who are on the overweight side, earn about $8,000 more than their skinny male co-workers, the study found. Over the course of a 25-year career, these figures account for skinny women earning $389,300 more than average-weight women, while skinny men earn $210,925 less than the average male.

This sign should read, Please don’t feed the Fat Women!  (It is ok to feed the fat men)

When it comes to maintaining a healthy weight for a lifetime, the bottom line is – calories count!  Weight management is all about balance – balancing the number of calories you consume with the number of calories your body uses or “burns off.”  It ain’t as easy burning calories as it is eating them!

The perfect combination of chocolate and peanut butter.  One mini Reeses Cup is 44 calories.

Weight Bench

At 450 pounds,  sitting on this bench for 8 hours burns 28 calories or 1/2 of that Mini Reeses Peanut Butter cup!  That is 3.6 calories burned per hour.  With 3500 calories/ week = 1 lb loss - for her to lose 100 lbs she needs to sit here for 97,222 hours, or until the year 2023 without eating anything.  Fat chance.  I think Code Pink might ought to be thinking about obesity rather than protesting our military efforts!  Maybe peace does takes brains, protesting doesn’t.   When your stomach sits on two levels of bleachers,  I call this Code Disgusting and perhaps the time to reconsider your health plan.

Time to get that image out of my mind before dinner,

Dr. Frye

Where the rubber hits the road

Nowadays, condoms come in a variety of shapes, sizes, colors, and flavors, and there are even male and female styles now.  There are small ones, huge ones, skinny ones, grape, green, glowing, or peppermint candy ones; from latex to lamb skin – you name it, and there’s one probably out there.  Most women appreciate great sex, and the sperm stopping power of condoms, but scoff at the ribbing, bumps, bulges, and gadgets that men have designed into the rubber as ineffective.   Birth control pills while doing the best to prevent toddlers in the house, do nothing to stop sexually transmitted diseases, and they have negative consequences for women when it comes to lowering testosterone and increasing risks of stroke.  Wouldn’t it be great if we could find a birth control pill for men?  Well, there soon could be, and it is a natural approach!

Are you on the pill?

If you were designing the perfect contraceptive, it would be amazing if you could find one men could take.  Something natural, and easy to use, that doesn’t cause a lack of sensation on the private parts, won’t slip off, or break, and normal fertility can be restored soon after drug administration is terminated.  Is this a pipe dream or possible? Read on – you may be surprised!

Nutcracker – great ballet, poor birth control choice

Old school birth control aka getting “racked”.  The testicles are quite the manufacturing plant – making not only testosterone hormone, but also sperm.  We do know that trauma can have a negative impact on the production of both hormones, and any boy can easily recall a time when they had a significant pain in the shorts after some kind of accident.  Vitamins and minerals have a huge impact on the quality and quantity of male hormone production, but who knew that by blocking them you could literally castrate a man!  I guess scientists have know this for over a century but I must have missed that memo!

Do you have your A game?

As I mentioned, scientists have known for almost 100 years that depriving an animal of dietary vitamin A causes male sterility. Only recently has technology afforded us the ability to block a single nutrient from being able to get inside the cell to do it’s job. The brain of the cell – the nucleus, requires a code to allow entrance inside.  If we jam the lock which is RAR alpha (a nuclear receptor) Vitamin A cannot get in, and that results in male infertility.  Vitamin A is one of four fat soluble vitamins and one of 13 essential vitamins your body needs for health. It is an important nutrient and in third world countries, children that don’t get enough vitamin A get a condition called xerophthalmia that causes permanent blindness  - see  www.isightproject.org for more information on that tragedy.  You can donate to help that cause if you would like.

Tied up in nuts (knots)

For those who don’t want to block their vitamin or slap on a condom – vasectomies seem like a good idea, right?  Well, sperm stoppage is a war that rages on, and while it seems to be possible to create a temporary or permanent block of the fluid of life, many would love to find a natural way to block sperm without causing loss of the feeling of the sex act, or having a portion of their body cut in two.  If we could target men rather than women, and make it convenient and reversible – that would be something.  I am convinced by my medical practice experience, that men who get vasectomies, seem to encounter significant problems with low testosterone (low-T) a few years after the operation, despite the pre-surgical information that states it will not affect anything but sperm blocking.

May have to chew your arm off in the morning

I wonder what is going to happen if we block vitamin A to get birth control, and then the lack of vitamin A causes vision problems.   Gees, guys might get even worse cases of Beer Googles.  This could be very dangerous!  At least no love babies will be made from having thirteen too many beers, and three Tequila shots- that could be a plus!

Time to go take my vitamins,

Dr. Darrin Frye

KICK ZIPPY TO THE CURB AND FORGET HIM

Prescription for Peace and Quiet

Can you imagine that one day you could just take a little pill and forget all about someone who has done you wrong?  Like taking a Tylenol after one too many drinks – poof!  and all is well?  The real morning after pill!  Grudges and revenge be damned – amnesia is the new answer!  That is what might be on the horizon as researchers are working on a drug called PKM.

So far, researchers haven’t figured out exactly how the brain works, especially the female brain.  The diagram above shows a summary of what they have found so far. Apparently phone skill center is enlarging (thanks iphone 4s), encroaching on the commitment need center so more women are committed to their cell phone than a man.  I have heard women say, “heck, it vibrates” why do I need a man?  I don’t think this brain diagram is right actually, because women’s memory center has to be huge – they never forget when men do something wrong, and I don’t see memory center listed anywhere.  Where is memory stored anyway?  We know the pathways that the brain uses to store and retrieve memories, but which cells contain the thought?  We lose cells every day, yet we retain our long term memory….hmm?

You can forget the walk of shame!

New Option!  Stay overnight, maybe even have crazy (safe) sex, then walk home the next morning in the clothes you wore out the night before, and then take a pill and forget it ever happened!  The walk of shame will be no more!  We don’t know it all about memory storage, but neuroscientists reports that injecting a drug that blocks an enzyme called protein kinase Mzeta (PKMzeta) into the cerebral cortex of rats makes the animals forget a meal that made them sick weeks earlier. I think some restaurants may want to put this pill on their dessert menus.  I have eaten some forgettable meals – that’s for sure, and if you have ever gotten food poisoning – it is hard to ever eat that food again…escargot – never again for  me. And for those who wonder about the rat/human thing, remember many men are very similar to rats and so the data can be extrapolated with confidence.

Pretty Pedal Power

Have you heard the expression, “it’s just like riding a bike” implying that even if you kind of forgot how to do something, it will come right back?  Well, researchers have  identified a key nerve cell in the brain that controls the formation of memories for motor skills such as riding a bicycle, skiing or eating with chop sticks.  They found these molecular layer interneurons that transform the electrical signals into a language that can be laid down as a memory in other parts of the brain.  I wonder if PKM will make people forget how to do things?  That might not be good.

Freak Warning – Another Date Rape Drug?

Could be dangerous!

Can you imagine how the date rape drug perverts might use a drug that erases memory permanently like PKM?  It is horrifying to hear stories of the drug called Rohypnol (Roofie) which causes 8 – 12 hours of total amnesia, and women and men waking up not knowing what happened to them. It is really important not to accept drinks from others, or leave your drink unattended for even a second, for there are predators out there looking to take advantage.  Also, girls stick together and don’t let a stranger who offers to take one of your friends home who is way too drunk for how much they consumed, leave with them.  This pill is 10 times stronger than valium, so 20 minutes after they take it they are really woozy.  It combines with the alchohol and really causes loss of coordination, and ability to know what is happening.

Time for Selective Forgetting,

Dr. Darrin Frye, MD

TimeMasterMD

In the land of Milk and Honey  (or Los Angeles)- all is not sweet!

Everyone seems to be excited and talking about milk and honey shoes, but health conscious folks are concerned more about hormones and pollutants showing up in the milk supply rather than if  custom wedding shoes match the theme of the event.  Not only are contaminants scary to think about -frankly, cow’s milk isn’t even a properly balanced food .  Trying to sweeten the pot with honey? – well that might not be the answer either.  Read on to find out why.

Milk is not just cold white goodness. The milk of every animal is unique and specifically tailored to the requirements of that species. For example, cows’ milk has more protein in it than human milk does. Three to four times as much, and has five to seven times the mineral content. Minerals are important – check out www.ivitaminscience.com if you want to read about that.  However, cow’s milk is markedly deficient in essential fatty acids when compared to human milk. Mothers’ milk has six to ten times as much of the essential fatty acids, especially linoleic acid. (Incidentally, skimmed cow’s milk has no linoleic acid). We need these essential fatty acids to keep our waistlines tight, our muscles strong, and our circulation and energy healthy.

What’s all that powder on your nose (LA reference)- I mean feet, little bees?

In honey, Palmitic and oleic acids were respectively found in relative good concentrations, but only small amounts of lauric, stearic, and linoleic acids.  So if you are trying to get your essential fatty acids by adding honey to milk, you probably aren’t going to get much accomplished except satisfying your sweet tooth, and causing frequent trips to the bathroom for that lactose insufficiency problem.

OOh Baby Baby

It is a good idea to keep species specific nutrition in mind when it comes to feeding our children milk.  We must always try to breast feed if possible because of the proper ratios of protein, and nutrients – including fatty acids.  Plus it is a great bonding experience, and sets children off on the right foot, keeping them from getting infections and making them grow fast!

Got Milk and Mischief?

We should be careful what we are feeding our babies, or even adults who act like babies!  Lindsay Lohan has got milk, and also a pissed off judge to deal with.  We may need to keep an eye on her.  Now for the rest of us adults – let’s skip the cow’s milk, and all the drama, and bring on the BEEF!  I know all those cattle are out there mooing saying, “please eat more chicken” and “go vegetarian!”

Carnivore Cathy

Time for some milk, pollen and cookies, (and a lactaid) ,

Dr. Darrin Frye, MD  (the timemastermd)

We Need To Put The Squeeze on Cancer

Currently, one in 4 deaths in the United States is due to cancer. A total of 1,596,670 new cancer cases and 571,950 deaths from cancer are projected to occur in the United States in 2011!  While there seems to be some progress being made in diagnosis and genetic predictions, mortality rates remain remarkably resistant to our progress so far.  Scientists are really working hard to see how cancer cells seem to outwit us so easily, and they have just found a guy named JAK that is causing problems.

SEXY SQUISH

Zlata, 24 years old, is considered among the most extreme contortionists in the world, and may provide us with a visual demonstration on how cancer moves in our bodies.  Recently, scientists have discovered how cancer cells are able to squeeze between small spaces to spread throughout the body, thus avoiding our natural defense systems.

IT’S A TUMOR!

It turns out that a protein called JAK, is the key, and this gives cancer cells the ability to contract like a muscle and squeeze out of the tumor and move to other parts of the body.  When switched on, JAK makes cancer cells like Zleta, and they can morph like minature super bad heros and get through cracks and crevices (unlike this NY Rat below!)  We need to turn JAK off!

RAT ON (IN) CRACK IN NYC

With some types of cancers, like melanoma or other skin cancers, the cells move in two ways: by “elbowing” their way through the matrix, or by going through tunnels in the tumor formed by healthy cells.  This is why you have to continually look for early changes in your body, so cancers can be detected early, way before JAK wakes up.

CANCER BUSTING

Scientists are looking at ways to block cancer from being able to read the secret code to metastisize, and are able to turn off gene expression just by stretching the DNA!  By pulling the code longer, it no longer is readable to the cancer.  That is very exciting news indeed.  The problem is that there are other systems that need to read the code to get their job done.  How to selectively block cancer without killing the body is the hard part.  It looks like advanced vitamin and mineral supplementation also may make this process easier as well – check out www.ivitaminscience.com if you want to read more about that.

While some are blocking the code alphabet, other scientists have found a gene called WWP2  that when turned off keeps cancer cells dormant.  Problem is, what happens to the rest of the system when we poison WWP2 – do we get WW2?  Is it just me, or do these pink cancer cells look like the a Victoria Secret bra that Zleta seems to have lost while getting in the glass jar?

Time to continue fighting the BIG C (please do your part and stop smoking), I can’t fix these lips with Juvederm!

Dr. Darrin Frye

That’s right!  That little brown coffee bean packs a mighty wallop and seems to fight off the advances of the nasty Hepatitis C liver virus.

Apparently coffee beans help the liver but not the brain, and doesn’t seem to protect against stupid nose piercings…”She’s beautiful and likes to bathe in beans, and she has a metal rod jutting out from her nose.”  ”Bonus, he said.”

Is coffee antiviral?  YES it seems.

People living with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who drink three or more cups of coffee per day have a 53 percent lower risk of liver disease progression than non-coffee drinkers, according to a new study authored by Neal Freedman, PhD, MPH, of the National Cancer Institute.  Green or Black Tea didn’t do anything for Hep C.

Doctor’s may soon be writing hepatitis patients a prescription for RX:  VENTE HOT EXPRESSO MACHIATTO EXTRA DRY QUAD SKINNY ORGANIC LIGHT FOAM  SIG:  Two Sips P.O. Q 2 Minutes TBT over 20 Min  DISP:  1 (1 Refill) instead of one of the new breakthrough pharmaceuticals for Hepatitis C.   Where’s the next Super Starbucks with the Pharmacy going to pop up next?

Britney  Spears is no stranger to VENTE, and can always be found close to food and drink.  I guess she means “to the Food Market” when she sings, “I Wanna Go?”   (I hope that isn’t a bunny tat hopping through the bunny trail peeking out of her lowriders)  You can get hepatitis from tattoo parlors that don’t sterilize their needles well by the way.

Hepatitis Awareness Bulletin!   It is WORLD HEPATITIS DAY today the 28th, and it is good to get out the message, “Get tested, make sure you don’t have it!”

An estimated 170 million people worldwide have chronic hepatitis C infection. About 3.2 million people in the United States are chronically infected with HCV.  Egypt has the highest infection rate for a single country in the world, and Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean are the regions with the highest infection rates.

A lot of people have Hepatitis C and they don’t know it.  American Idol Judge,  and former Aerosmith front man, Steven Tyler, has been unable to escape the rocker lifestyle without consequence. In 2006, Tyler revealed that he had been secretly living with Hepatitis C for years, and after a hard fought battle using interferon, has reportedly been able to achieve a Zero viral count.  He states the virus has left his bloodstream, but in truth the virus can go dormant and revisit later down the line – so you always need to be vigilant and get your liver function, and viral tests done at least annually.  You can get labs done today without having to schedule a doctor’s visit so you can save the $150 for the visit.  Since you already know what you want, just go to www.beacheslab.com and order yourself a hepatitis  C test  for just $80 USD and in just a few days you will know your situation.

Those that have other liver issues, seem to make it easier for the Hepatitis virus to really take hold.  Those who drink alot of alcohol, take a lot of medications, or have other types of serious illnesses like HIV are at high risk of complications from hepatitis.  Once the liver fails, you are in bad shape, so don’t let it get that far.  There are two new drugs that just hit the market and they have shown great promise in heading off the advances of Hepatitis C.  Victrelis and Incivek both FDA approved this month,  boosts the chances that hepatitis C treatment will result in a cure — that is, a “sustained viral response” or SVR. Although hepatitis C virus (HCV) may not be totally eliminated, an SVR essentially means a person will never have to worry about developing complications of hepatitis C disease.  Incivek and Victrelis both target the HCV protease enzyme, making it nearly impossible for the virus to replicate.  I suggest you take your medication with a large cup of java!

The hepatitis C virus, normally thought to be transmitted exclusively through blood — such as by sharing of needles among intravenous drug abusers — can also be transmitted through sexual activity, principally through anal sex among gay men.  Nobody really knows for sure how the “Baywatch Beauty” Pamela Anderson got her Hepatitis C – it often comes from tattoed rocker guys who sleep around and mess with drugs, so I am not sure where she might have came in contact with anyone like that.  I guess I can look through Net Flix for her honeymoon video with Tommy Lee, or the other love story captured with Bret Michaels to see if there are any clues to how she might have got the C word, Hepatitis.

Get Tested!  Don’t be Yellow  (jaundiced) – stuff can come out of both ends at the same time and that is never good.

Apparently, Hepatitis can make you a very bad speller too.  Constant or contstant makes no real difference as long as the love lasts.  Love yourself and get yourself tested today at www.beacheslab.com.

Time to go Labbing,

Dr. Frye

Eating Shrooms May Shrink your Prostate Men!

A good piece of tail has always been a man favorite.

Not that kind of tail!  I am talking about the turkey tail Asian mushroom that has been found to be 100 per cent effective in shrinking a tumor of the prostate in an Aussie mouse.  This is really exciting news,  if it works on those animals without a tail!  So eating mushrooms may just be what keeps you having sex in the future, and could save your behind!

Polysaccharopeptide (PSP) from the ‘turkey tail’ mushroom targets prostate cancer stem cells and suppresses tumor formation.  Eat yourself to life, instead of eating yourself to death!  These mushrooms may save a man’s life, at the minimum a very nasty surgery!  If you want to see the status of your prostate it is a good idea to get a Prostate Exam and a lab test called the Prostate Specific Antigen or PSA.  This number will give us an idea of whether some of the cells of the prostate are enlarging ( BPH or benign prostate hypertrophy) , or turning into cancerous ones.  Go to www.beacheslab.com if you want to get tested or know more information.

Turkey Tails are beautiful fungus, and can have a huge impact on the quality of sex lives of millions of men.  I wonder how they taste in gravy, covering a salisbury steak?  Studies say it may be hard to eat enough mushrooms to get the amount of PSP you need to fight tumors.  Well, I say, let’s get a fork and get to it!

What is new to us isn’t news to the Asian Doctors!  I read that it costs about 40 cents to see a Chinese doctor in China and that seems rather cheap until I heard that they pay them a salary of 8 cents an hour!   Maybe we need to teach them marketing, and they teach us natural medicine?

These medicinal mushrooms have been used for over 6000 years, and is an important part of many of their traditional treatments for all kinds of ailments.  Maybe we need to stop trying to reinvent the mushroom and start worshipping the turkey fungus!

Time to eat myself healthy,

Dr. Frye