Health

4460 Orchard Lake Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48323
Phone: 248/683/10-i0
Fax: 248/683/9915

Dear Regent Street Staff,

I want to take this opportunity to thank you all so much for the
care you gave my parents. As it became clearer to all of the family
that my parents could not remain in their home any longer our
goal was to have them in an assisted living community.

My father was so relieved to be well taken care of and especially
relieved that my mother was well attended to also. Our family
breathed sighs of relief knowing that they were safe and sound.
Your caring concern and communication with us was tremen-
dously appreciated.

If you would like to refer any new potential residents or families
to me for a recommendation, please feel free to do so.

Thank you again,

Sincerely,

Dr. M.S.

REGENT STREET ASSISTED LIVING

4460 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield

248-683-1010

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child over food?

• Is your child sneaking food?

• Is your child gaining too
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• Do weight problems
run in your family?

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for Childhood
Weight Management

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staff of
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Childhood Weight
Management help you
and your child.

For more information about
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(248) 855-5112

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impact on the course of the disease."
In addition to his research, Dr. Cher
has urology practices in Bingham
Farms and at the Karmanos Cancer
Institute in Detroit. He and his wife,
Lisa Yufit, live in Huntington Woods
with their two children, one at
Congregation Beth Shalom nursery in
Oak Park and the other attending
Hillel Day School of Metropolitan
Detroit in Farmington Hills.

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Prostate Update

When the PSA
(prostate-specific
antigen) blood
test was intro-
duced in the
1980s, the inci-
dence of prostate
cancer was of
epidemic propor-
tions.
The PSA test
measures the
Dr. Michael Lutz
amount of a pro-
tein, the prostate-specific antigen, cir-
culating in the blood. A man with a
healthy prostate typically has a PSA of
4.0 or less.
"Before this test, about 75,000 cases
were identified annually, generally in
their late stages where treatment didn't
produce a cure," says Michael D. Lutz,
M.D., a urologist in Southfield and
co-chairperson of the Prostate Cancer
Task Force of the American Cancer
Society
"By the early 1990s, 350,000 cases
were identified in the early stages
because of the PSA test. The general
population was more aware of the
importance of early detection. In the
last two years, there has been an actual
decline of deaths resulting from
prostate cancer."
Today, patients have several treat-
ment options for prostate cancer, rang-
ing from surgery and radiation to diet
and supplements.
"Everyone wants an immediate
answer about what to do when they're

diagnosed with prostate cancer," says
Dr. Lutz. "The problem is prostate
cancer is sometimes a hard disease to
understand. For some, the disease is
very aggressive; for others, it's not.
"To determine which treatment
option provides the best quality of life
for patients, the University of
Michigan is doing research with a bio-
statistical questionnaire to measure
and analyze the outcome of treat-
ments," says Dr. Lutz. "Men are living
longer and we need to know some
answers about their life after treat-
ment.
"The questionnaire is very personal
and lengthy, but patients by the hun-
dreds are cooperating."
A new cancer prevention study
focusing on the issue of prostate can-
cer prevention was also recently initiat-
ed. Known as the SELECT study, the
research will enroll more than 32,000
men and follow them for 12 years to
determine whether selenium or vita-
min E can prevent the onset of
prostate cancer,
says James D.
Relle, M.D.,
urologist in
Southfield. "This
research came
about as the
result of studies
for other cancers.
For example, a
study on Finnish
men who
Dr. James Relle
smoked reported
that vitamin E did somewhat reduce
the incidence of lung cancer and it sig-
nificantly reduced the incidence of
prostate cancer in these men," says Dr.
Relle.
Another study on skin cancer found
that selenium did not reduce the inci-
dence of skin cancer over a 7-year
period, but it did reduce the incidence
of prostate cancer.
Patients interested in participating in
this study can be enrolled through
their urologist or, for more informa-
tion, contact Drs. Lutz and Relle,
(248) 353-3060.

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Prostate Symptoms

Located between the bowel and the bladder, the prostate gland is a
male sex gland helping to create semen. About the size of a walnut,
the prostate surrounds the upper part of the urethra, the tube that
empties urine from the bladder.
Early prostate cancer often does not cause symptoms. When
symptoms do occur, they may include some of the following:

• A need to urinate frequently, especially at night;
• Difficulty starting urination or holding back urine;
• Inability to urinate;
• Weak or interrupted flow of urine;
• Painful or burning urination;
• Painful ejaculation;
• Blood in urine or semen;
• Frequent pain or stiffness in the lower back, hips, or upper thighs.