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Men are often taken back when I casually mention that prostate cancer is as great a threat to a man’s life as breast cancer is to the life of a...

Being in and around the news business for most of my career it comes naturally for me to think like a reporter. Even when you’re not one, the urge to...

Living with a chronic health condition such as prostate cancer can have a huge impact on your life. Unfortunately, despite advanced treatments and laws to protect us from discrimination in...

Prostate cancer is not something that people talk about often. As a result, the misconceptions are rampant. To highlight the many misunderstandings about prostate cancer, we reached out on the...

With any illness, we take over the counter and prescription drugs. They both have possible side effects that are not always welcomed by us. However, the drug risks should be...

One day, I received a letter from Social Security Disability and tucked away deep inside the envelope was a brochure concerning what they deemed a Trial Work Period or TWP...

When I lost my friend to prostate cancer, I didn’t know how to feel. The pain was so much for me to handle. So many have lost family and friends...

On National Cancer Survivors Day, observed each year on the first Sunday in June, we honor and celebrate anyone whose life has been changed by a cancer diagnosis. We stand...

If we are old enough to have prostate cancer, we usually also have other underlying health conditions. And on Friday, 4/17/20, I woke up with the worst case of vertigo...

Time passed quickly once I finished my Taxotere chemo infusions. I began to recover from the side effects of having poison in my body. The hair on my head slowing...

The fight against cancer is never easy, but it can be all the more problematic when you are facing a cancer that is often misunderstood. Prostate cancer seems to be...

Professor and landscape architect Daniel Winterbottom has been designing and building therapeutic gardens for over 20 years. Here, he shares his unique viewpoint on the power of nature to heal...

If you’re a writer on this website, you occasionally get helpful article ideas from our Editors. I think of them as friendly Collie dogs keeping us on the straight and...

I ran across the findings of a 2019 survey of some 3,000 men, age 50+ who were asked about prostate issues. Sponsored by the European Association of Urology (EAU), the survey...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, telehealth is being used by more and more people. Telehealth is also sometimes called telemedicine or virtual care. Whether you have been using telehealth for...

As my PSA score slowly began to rise several years after my prostatectomy, it was suggested a visit to a radiation oncologist might be in order. Since the rise was...

During the early stages of my cancer diagnosis, I was told I only had about two and a half years to live. My wife, Cristy, and I received this wonderful...

After the initial education about why and how to perform pelvic floor exercises (aka Kegels), there is always the question of what next? How long until these exercises work? Are...

This article was written on April 13, 2020. Further developments in what we know about the coronavirus are continuously emerging. During the majority of the current coronavirus crisis, my family...

Today more people are aware that old and unused drugs can be dangerous to keep around the house. Leftover drugs may be stolen and misused, look like candy to a...