The Importance of Prostate Screenings
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Russell Greenfield, M.D.
Greenfield Integrative Healthcare, PLLC and Greenfield Consulting, LLC
704-364-2658
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Russell H. Greenfield, M.D. is the Director of Greenfield Integrative Healthcare (GIH), PLLC and President of Greenfield Consulting (GC), LLC.
He completed his residency training in emergency medicine at Harbor / UCLA Medical Center and subsequently entered into an administrative / teaching fellowship at the same institution. He moved to Charlotte, NC and became involved in the emergency medicine residency program at Carolinas Medical Center, where he was honored as the inaugural recipient of the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. He then became one of the first four physicians worldwide to graduate from the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at The University of Arizona College of Medicine under the direct instruction of Dr. Andrew Weil.
Dr. Greenfield returned to NC to become the founding medical director of Carolinas Integrative Health, a freestanding center in Charlotte owned and operated by the Carolinas HealthCare System. He was a consultant to the Federation of State Medical Boards in the development of national model guidelines for the use of complementary and alternative therapies, and is co-author of Healthy Child, Whole Child (2nd ed. HarperCollins, 2009).
Dr. Greenfield maintains a private consultative medical practice in Charlotte, consults with media and industry on integrative health initiatives, and lectures widely. He is the editor of Alternative Medicine Alert, a monthly newsletter designed for healthcare professionals. He also directs the creation of wellness information for shoppers for Harris Teeter, Inc.
Professional affiliations include Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and Visiting Assistant Professor at The University of Arizona College of Medicine.
In his spare time he likes nothing more than spending time with his wife and children. His personal interests are baseball and anything related to The Lord of the Rings.
The Importance of Prostate Screenings
Dr. Russell Greenfield explains the various prostate screenings available and discusses why they are important to your health.
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Dr. Russell Greenfield: Prevention and early detection where treatment can be cured of are the best ways to help limit the impact of most health disorders. But one of the most widely used screening tests doesn't always serve the patient well.
The Prostate Specific Antigen or PSA test was not originally designed as a screening test. Over a period of years it became used in combination with the ever popular Digital Rectal Examination to help detect prostate cancer in its earliest stages.
Indeed, the PSA test often helped identify early prostate cancer. But the results caused problems for many others. Why? Because an elevated PSA is widely interpreted to mean cancer is present. In fact, that's not necessarily so.
Relying too heavily on PSA test results can lead to unnecessary testing, some of it invasive and even unnecessary treatment. In both cases, side effects are common.
So should men over age 40 have a PSA test done? Ask your doctor what might be right specifically for you. Some men maybe at higher risk for prostate cancer based on family history or ethnicity, in which case a PSA test maybe recommended. Others should be screened in other ways.
Your doctor can help you make the best decision, but you need to ask. I'm Dr. Russ. Be well!
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