Cancer does not begin as a tumor. It begins at the cellular level.
According to Dr. Stephen Petteruti, cancer is a long, slow biological process that often unfolds over years or decades. This extended timeline creates an opportunity. Prevention is possible when attention is placed on cellular healt...
Prostate biopsy is one of the most commonly performed urological procedures in the United States, with approximately 1 million performed every year. Yet a growing body of clinical evidence and physician experience suggests that many of those biopsies may be unnecessary, premature, or ordered befor...
Recent research by the American Cancer Society shows that 1 in 8 men will be affected by prostate cancer in their lifetime. This is higher than you might think, particularly for a disease that often goes undetected.
The good news is that a rising PSA does not always mean something serious is happen...
Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer: What Men Are Not Being Told
Androgen deprivation therapy — commonly called ADT — is presented to most men as a necessary and protective step after a prostate cancer diagnosis. It is often introduced early, sometimes before symptoms appear, and frame...
Saw palmetto and nettle root are two of the more widely used supplements for men dealing with prostate enlargement and urinary flow difficulty. The questions worth asking are straightforward: do they actually work, how do they work, and what does the research support?
How Saw Palmetto Works — and W...
Hearing the words metastatic prostate cancer changes everything.
Fear rises. Urgency takes over. Decisions feel compressed.
And that’s exactly when mistakes happen.
According to Dr. Stephen Petteruti, once prostate cancer spreads, the conversation often shifts in the wrong direction. The focus mo...
An elevated PSA can feel like a trap.
One blood test turns into fear, pressure, and a fast-moving conveyor belt toward biopsy, surgery, or radiation. Many men are told there is no alternative. Act now or regret it later.
Dr. Stephen Petteruti believes that framing is wrong and dangerous.
In this ...
Everyone wants to live longer.
What most people don’t realize is how much bad advice is packaged as “anti-aging.”
According to Dr. Stephen Petteruti, longevity medicine has become crowded with hype, expensive testing, and protocols that sound scientific but fail to improve how people actually age....
A Functional and Anti-Aging Perspective
Chronic pain is one of the most common reasons people seek medical care. Yet pain is rarely the true problem. It is a signal that something deeper is occurring at the cellular, metabolic, or structural level.
According to Dr. Stephen Petteruti, managing pain...
Metformin is one of the most prescribed medications in the world. Most people know it as a diabetes drug. Few realize it keeps appearing in cancer research, longevity studies, and prostate cancer discussions.
That is not an accident.
According to Dr. Stephen Petteruti, metformin’s relevance has ve...
What Helps, What Hurts, and What’s Pure Noise
The supplement industry around prostate cancer is loud, confusing, and often misleading. Men are sold hope in a bottle, warned away from anything not “FDA approved,” and left unsure who to trust.
In this part 2 podcast, Dr. Stephen Petteruti cuts throu...
What Works, What’s Hype, and What Could Be Harmful
If you’ve been diagnosed with prostate cancer, or you’re living with a rising PSA, you’ve probably been told to take supplements. Lots of them.
But which ones help.
Which ones do nothing.
And which ones quietly work against you.
In this podcast, Dr...