While high rates of sickle cell anemia and lupus prevail in the black community, often requiring blood transfusions, experts say African Americans cur...
A cancer diagnosis can be a scary thing -- I know, I've been there -- but knowledge helps reduce the level of anxiety, especially when it comes to considering treatment options. Below are five questions with Dr. Haas, chief of Winthrop-University Hospital's radiation oncology division.
The cure for procrastination is action. Patients seeking care closer to home need only call their local doctor or clinic to stop postponing and start acting to promote their health and well-being.
Celts for Blue Cure won't be just another cancer awareness event. It will bring a message for action aimed directly at students. That message? Diet and lifestyle can help you avoid getting prostate cancer.
"As a man, would it interest you to know that Dr. Bernstein just published an article that links the pill to prostate cancer?" Notter asked Rep. Andre...
It's not every day that you hear a medical doctor suggest that lifestyle changes can be a form of treatment that can reverse -- not just help prevent ...
By Christine Gorman (Click here for the original article) The latest findings about the ineffectiveness of PSA testing to screen for prostate can...
My odyssey down the Prostate Cancer Highway began with the type of complete physical which includes many popular activities, including: pee-in-a-cup, X-Rays, bone scans, MRI, CAT scan, peering into my ears-nose-throat, the Icy Stethoscope Patdown here and there on my torso, and complete blood analysis.
After decades of work, researchers have discovered a new gene variant linked with a higher risk of developing hereditary prostate cancer. "We've b...
I've spent my life chasing fame and glory, trying to achieve great things. I've never been one to stop and smell the roses. This forced me to. I've been stunned by the outpouring of love, prayers and support.
WASHINGTON — John Shoemaker visited six doctors in his quest to find the best treatment for his early stage prostate cancer – and only the...
Men with low-risk prostate cancer should postpone treatment and instead monitor the disease to see if it progresses or gets worse, says a committee of...
On the field, you may know me as the guy who catches the ball from Eli Manning or as the salsa dancer in the end zone, but off the field I take pride ...
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Men with low-risk prostate cancer may wait to see if their disease progresses before treating ...
For men who don't have symptoms of prostate cancer and are now asking if they should get the PSA test as part of their routine medical check-ups, there is still no consensus within the medical community.
It's ba-aack. Yes, once again Justin Bieber is growing a mustache. But lest Selena Gomez, who has in the past publicly stated that she prefers a clean...
From the hand-painted to the perfectly coiffed handlebar, moustaches are sprouting all over the world in support of prostate cancer awareness now that...
Despite concerns by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that routine prostate cancer screening may do more harm than good, another group, The Nati...
One of the biggest cancers affecting men had never even entered my consciousness until a couple of Christmasses ago when I got a phone call telling me my dad was going for tests, which ended up with me going with him for his first treatment on that Christmas eve.
As hair starts to sprout above thousands of lips this month, prostate cancer activists hope that growing handlebars and pencil moustaches will push mo...
Does taking vitamin E increase your risk of prostate cancer? There are some important things you should know about vitamin E before you throw away your vitamin E supplements.
Men should be empowered to make the best decision about PSA testing for them, and the answer isn't a dictum -- it's information and education.
So, if PSA screening doesn't save lives and may result in harm, why do it at all? This counsel seems contrary to every cancer-related public service announcement we've ever heard.
Once a person is not vitamin-deficient, there is really very little evidence to support that vitamin or mineral supplementation beyond that has any dramatic beneficial impact on cancer risk.
Taking vitamin E supplements may harm men's health, according to a new study that suggests the supplements can significantly increase the risk of pros...
