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Breakthroughs in Treating Renal Cell Carcinoma

Kidney cancer is one of the 10 most common cancers in the U.S.; according to estimates by the American Cancer Society, approximately 64,000 new cases of the disease will be diagnosed this year and about 14,000 people will die from it. Approximately 90 percent of kidney cancers are categorized as renal cell carcinoma (RCC). In […]

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Save the Date – Free Men’s Health Seminar!

Premier Medical Group Urologist – Dr. Jason Krumholtz will be presenting a free Men’s Health Seminar on Wednesday, May 6 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center – Conference Room B Premier specializes in providing care and education regarding men’s health issues. Dr. Krumholtz will be discussing treatment options to meet the needs of our community. Our goal is to provide […]

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What You Need to Know About Peyronie’s Disease

In 1743, Francois Gigot de la Peyronie, surgeon to Louis XV of France, described the condition of penile curvature in a medical treatise. Some 270 years later, the condition, Peyronie’s Disease (PD), has taken his name but a definitive explanation of its cause has not yet been determined. At least three percent of adult males, […]

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The Promise of Probiotics

Living microorganisms in foods and supplements may provide health benefits. The challenge is in discovering which ones to use. The average person has several trillions of microorganisms which inhabit their body and particulalry the gut.  Most of these microorganisms are bacteria but they also consist of other organisms such as yeast. This community of microorganisms […]

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