Friday, February 25, 2011

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Model Wars, PICS; Feb 26, 2011
Safe PICS For All Ages / Support Keith Olbermann who will be on "Current TV"

Updates on Keith Olbermann  @ ObamaBiden2008 (Update: Keith joined "CURRENT TV").  Check with your cable provider to see if you have "Current TV".  Current TV's website has option for you to request service from your cable provider.   Current TV's founder is Al Gore.  Charter Cable does not carry "Current TV".  Please Contact Charter now!  Keith is a man who stuck his neck out for progressives, as well as the LGBT community.

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  • Perhaps our male fitness photos shall inspire you to get Fit!
Health - Wellness - Exercise - Reflections:
A Game Changer In Prostate Cancer Screening

Dr. Jon LaPook, Medical Correspondent for the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric / February 25, 2011 / Huffington Post

An important new study out yesterday should lead to far fewer prostate biopsies.

First, some background. A lot more men will get prostate cancer than will die from it. On autopsy studies of men who die from OTHER causes at age 70, about 40 percent have microscopic evidence of prostate cancer. But only about 3 percent of men die from prostate cancer. Right now there's a huge focus on figuring out which men with prostate cancer should be treated -- and how aggressively.

In order to try to detect prostate cancer, doctors measure a protein in the blood called prostate-specific antigen -- or PSA. It tends to go up in prostate cancer (though not always) but can also be elevated in more innocent conditions such as inflammation of the prostate (prostatitis) or enlargement of the prostate with aging (benign prostatic hypertrophy). In recent years, doctors have been performing biopsies on men whose PSA level has been rising rapidly, even if it remains in the normal range -- thinking this might identify men with aggressive cancers that should be treated. But a large study out yesterday from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center by Andrew Vickers, Ph.D. and colleagues found that rapidly rising PSA -- by itself -- is NOT a reason to do a biopsy.

HOWEVER: men with increasing PSA levels should be still be followed with repeat PSA tests and with digital examinations -- and biopsy considered if a prostate irregularity (such as a nodule) is felt on exam or if the total PSA goes over a certain level. There's debate over what that level should be. A PSA of up to 4 is considered "normal" in most labs but some doctors consider doing a biopsy at a lower level; biopsying the prostate at a lower PSA level -- say 2.5 -- might pick up more cancers but would also lead to many more unnecessary biopsies (i.e., finding no cancer or finding a cancer that would never have caused any clinical problem).

The bottom line: screening for prostate cancer is a very tricky subject filled with nuance. What's clear is that men should carefully discuss the pros and cons with their doctor. But for men who do decide to have their PSA checked, the new data suggest they shouldn't worry about changes or spikes in their PSA, as long as their PSA is still in the normal range.
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And Now, Model Wars!

This group is called "Peckers Pics."  The English -  slang definition of "pecker" is to pluck at the truth. Therefore, we peck at items such as Gay Men's Health, Male Fitness, Gay (LGBT) Politics & Issues.  In this section you may peck at each photo in order to decide the winner of the "war of the fittest!"   Whereas, who is the model that may inspire you to exercise and "get fit?"  Warning: This may stoke you!
 
Your participation in discussion of health / news articles - appearing in this message is greatly appreciated.
 
Derek Richardson
 
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Vince Ramos
 
You Decide!
Sydney, Australia, Gay Mardi Gras, Feb 20, 2011
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Sydney, Australia, Gay Mardi Gras, Feb 20, 2011
Court Rules Gay-Married Couples Have Right To Spousal Inheritance
Huffington Post; Feb 25, 2011

Proponents of gay rights scored a victory in New York on Thursday.

An appeals court ruled that the survivor of a same-sex marriage is entitled to inheritance as a spouse, even if the couple wed out-of-state.

Gay rights group Lamba Legal said the decision was the first of its kind at an appellate level in New York.

It's illegal for gay couples to marry in New York, but the state recognizes same-sex marriages from other states and countries.

A recent poll showed more New Yorkers than ever support the right of gay couples to wed.

The court ruled that J. Craig Leiby and H. Kenneth Rantfle's 2008 marriage in Canada was legal, and thus Leiby should be recognized as a surviving spouse.

The couple had been together for nearly 25 years.

Rantfle died of lung cancer three years ago, leaving the majority of his estate to Leiby.

Rantfle's brother contested the will, claiming the marriage violated New York law.

From CBS New York:
The appellate court found that New York has a long tradition of recognizing out-of-state marriages. The only exceptions to that rule are marriages that violate "natural law." Those violations include polygamy and incest.
 
"Same-sex marriage does not fall within either of the two exceptions," the judges wrote in their decision.
Senior counsel for Lambda, Susan Sommer, lauded the court's actions.

The decision "puts to rest the idea that out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples could be vulnerable to attack," Sommer said.
"Every gay and lesbian person who has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of growing up is a survivor. Survivors always have an obligation to those who will face the same challenges."
....Jake
 
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