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My father had a cold every now and then but was relativity getting along well with his life. He could have never imagined that one day he would be diagnosed...

Becca, a pelvic floor physical therapist, answers a community member's question as part of our Ask an Expert video series. The question this week is: other than Kegel exercises, what...

Official Rules, Terms and Conditions for the Prostate Cancer Awareness Month Giveaway NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE...

Dogs have long been trained to sniff out a variety of things, from bombs to drugs. In more recent years, medical scenting dogs have been trained to detect different types...

It was a question I was constantly asking and now, as I have a little inside information, it’s a question people are starting to ask me. You may well recognize...

When I was given my stage 4 diagnosis in May 2017, aged 60, our world fell apart. Throughout the early months of 2017, I’d been training hard to take on...

I saw a survey that asked if we, as readers, have any goals for the New Year. Of course! Every year I think about pretty much the same goals, but...

Active surveillance vs treatment may sound great at first, but it may mean scheduling additional biopsies in your future. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine from 2021...

Many people make new year's resolutions. Over the Christmas holiday I had the opportunity to fellowship with my family. We were able to talk about new year's resolutions and what...

Welcome to our Ask an Expert video series, where we ask a healthcare professional to answer a community member's question about prostate cancer. Becca Ironside, a pelvic floor physical therapist...

In 2021, I received the Moderna vaccination against COVID-19. Following the advice of my treatment team for advanced prostate cancer with extensive bone metastasis stage IV, I took both shots...

Ever since my prostate cancer diagnosis, I no longer take my health for granted. I never used to think about my health and assumed I was healthy. After all, I...

I would be what they called “a daddy's girl.” I am in my mid-sixties, but very close with my father. He is eighty-eight, as of my writing this, and has...

No matter how you look at life these days, the level of physical and mental stress is more than a bit overwhelming. Now add in the fun of dealing with...

It seems clear to me that ceasing to screen for prostate cancer using the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) blood test has resulted in more men being diagnosed at advanced stages...

Prior to my husband's diagnosis of prostate cancer, I had never heard the term "caregiver." And initially in our cancer journey, caregiver was not a term I used when caring for...

By the time you read this, Movember will have been in the rear-view mirror. Did you grow a mustache to raise money to help beat prostate or testicular cancer? The...

"When young and in our prime, young lovers often do entwine. But when we are old and hit the sack it's off to sleep ...  back to back." A funny little...

A robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) in March of 2018 forever changed my life and became my worst nightmare. Even Gleason 4+5=9 cancer took a backseat to finding a way to...

"There is a malignancy." My urologist delivered those words virtually, thanks to Covid, with the professional empathy and courtesy all patients deserve. Four simple words, routine for him, changed my...