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Cancer development, treatment, and outcomes are tricky topics to understand. The underlying reasons why a person gets cancer or how they might respond to treatment are often unknown and depend...

Telehealth is a virtual service that lets patients interact with a healthcare professional online. This lets doctors and patients connect without being in the same room, or even the same...

The words "you have prostate cancer" are perhaps the most frightening words a man can hear. After you get over the initial shock and saying repeatedly -- this cannot be happening...

Steve Bluestein has been doing stand-up comedy for over 25 years and was an opening act for Barry Manilow, Melissa Manchester, Donna Summer, and Kenny Loggins. He later became a...

It’s a familiar first liner when you enter a doctor’s office for the first time: tell me about yourself and your family history. You are greeted with a clipboard and...

I recently met a guy who said he just wanted to talk about a rising PSA. A series of climbing PSA scores led his urologist to suggest the possible need for a...

Editor’s Note: This article was originally shared by our sister site, BladderCancer.net, and was written by Mac Howard. I have read so many articles written by cancer patients, survivors, and...

It is common to feel overwhelmed about COVID-19: so much information changing day-to-day. Here are some of the important COVID-19 stories that may be applicable to people living with one...

In previous blogs, I wrote about my journey with a diagnosis of prostate cancer. I even wrote a book, The Prostate Chronicles - A Medical Memoir which has been very...

I’m sure what I am writing will not be new news to you at all. We have all heard this our whole life to eat right and exercise. Prostate cancer...

I bet a great many of us suffering from prostate cancer have heard, “But you look so good!” I know many people only have the utmost positive thoughts and concerns...

This article was written on March 24, 2020. Further developments in what we know about the coronavirus are continuously emerging. You know if you're a prostate cancer patient like me...

The 2020 Fatigue and Health survey has now closed. Thank you for your interest! We are excited to share the results with you soon.Exhaustion, tiredness, weariness... fatigue. We know chronic...

After writing for this site for over a year, I realized that I’ve never completely shared my experience with stage IV metastatic prostate cancer. I hope more than anything that...

My last article was about finding a pelvic floor physical therapist (PT), so now let’s move on to what will happen at that first visit. Many of my patients arrive...

Over the years I have met a few folks who like to climb things. We are not talking ladders or trees here. No, we are taking this up a few notches...

While having cancer can make it difficult to sleep, practicing sleep hygiene can give you some control over your nighttime ZZZ. Last time, we talked about daily habits and their...

I am reading the paper one morning when suddenly I am looking through what appears to be a small piece of orange glass in the corner of my eye. Blinking the...

On March 19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the testing of two drugs, chloroquine (hydroxychloroquine) and remdesivir, to treat people with COVID-19. The drugs have been given...

Since my father was diagnosed with prostate cancer, it has been a challenging time for the entire family. I felt the need to talk about how the entire family can...