Bill Gates ranked tops (surprise!) in Forbes’ newest list of the top 400 richest Americans with a commanding $59 billion. Half of the ten wealthiest earned their billions from the tech industry.Among those that made the $1.3 billion cutoff were five Googlers (GOOG), including employee #12 Omid Kordestani and early investor Ram Shriram. Three of Silicon Valley’s most influential VCs made the super rich list:  Kleiner Perkins” L. John Doerr and Vinod Khosla and Sequoia Capital’s Michael Moritz. The Valley’s most revered entrepreneur, Steve Jobs (APPL), made the No. 56 slot with $5.7 billion.
But striking it rich through tech is still a small and elite business. Just 10 percent of those on the list make their billions that way. Compare that to nearly 5 percent who make money by inheriting it. Here’s a look at the ten richest tech titans and their staggering net worth.

Q:My husband wakes me up three times a night when he goes to the bathroom. His physician says his PSA is normal. Isn't there something that can help?
A: Many men focus on prostate cancer and forget that an enlarging prostate can cause problems for all men, but specifically men over age 45. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), commonly known as enlarged prostate, is one of the most common health problems in older men. Symptoms include frequency of urination, urgency to urinate, hesitation to void and a slowing of the urinary stream. A recent survey of men aged 50+ revealed nearly 70 percent of men would change their daily routines to compensate for the need to urinate frequently rather than seek medical attention. If left untreated, men could be at risk for sexual dysfunction, acute urinary retention, bladder infections, bladder stones and kidney damage.

Prostate enlargement symptoms are manageable. Many effective medicines are available and in-office techniques, such as heat therapy, can help to shrink the prostate and relieve symptoms.

Share your concern and this column with your husband. Men often need reinforcement to visit the physician. It may lead to better sleep for you and your husband.

Although prolonged asbestos exposure significantly increases your chances of developing an asbestos related disease, like asbestosis or mesothelioma, even minor exposure can put you at risk.

There are two families of asbestos, the Amphibole family and the Serpentine family, which differ based on the structure of their mineral crystals.

Asbestos fibers can have a serious effect on your health if inhaled. There is no known safe exposure to asbestos and the more you are exposed to asbestos, the greater chance you have of developing an asbestos-related disease, such as lung cancer, mesothelioma (a rare cancer of the lining of the chest and abdomen lining), cancer of the stomach, intestines, and rectum.

Effects on Sensory Development Children who are actively playing will have more opportunity to develop their senses than children passively viewing. By its very nature, TV is an impoverished sensory environment. In a recent study comparing TV viewing with laboratory simulated sensory deprivation, researchers found that 96 hours of laboratory induced sensory deprivation produced the same effects on the person as only a few minutes of TV viewing. Normal sensory experience is vital to maintaining a balanced state of mind and body.