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Cleveland Diagnostics, Inc. announced that its IsoPSA prostate cancer diagnostic test was granted Breakthrough Device Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This program is “for certain medical...

Does alcohol intake have an effect on the development of prostate cancer? Believe it or not, the doctors are really not sure. In this video, I take a look at...

Dr. Nick here. In this video, I raise awareness about a research study for African-American men called RESPOND. The goal of this study is to learn how environmental problems, genetic...

Perhaps the doctor with the worst bedside manner ever was also thankfully fictional. Step forward Dr. Gregory House star of the long-running TV drama House. He was played by actor...

Have you ever consider just talking to people? I wanted to get out of my comfort zone. I can talk about mental illness, pain, women, men, relationships, any topic that...

As written in part 1 of The Benefits of Physical Rehabilitation for a Person with Cancer, it was highlighted that studies examining the therapeutic value of exercise for people with...

Recently, a number of celebrities including Rod Stewart and Elton John have talked about their prostate cancer experiences. Over in the UK, we’ve also had comedian Stephen Fry, who announced...

My wife and I recently spent a few days in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, visiting friends who moved there several years ago. We loved everything about the city: the...

Hearing the dreaded diagnosis of cancer is something no one wishes to hear. Many questions come along with it... What kind? How bad? How long do I have? What do...

While the southern diet typically represents some of the best food on the planet, it may not be the best for us. So, when it comes to prostate cancer and...

In our Impact of Cancer Survey we asked what terms people diagnosed with cancer preferred and disliked. The answers were all across the board, from survivor to metavivor to “just...

A few years back, long before I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, I wrote a jokey post on social media titled: Four rules for a happy life, and here they...

We live in a world where sex seems to be everywhere. I’m a baby boomer and in the last 20 or so years, I have seen more sex on TV...

Prostate cancer survivorship requires ongoing monitoring for cancer recurrence, the development of new cancers, and chronic health conditions. Much of the research on the quality of life of cancer survivors...

Erectile dysfunction, along with incontinence, are two of the most common side effects of a prostatectomy. It is also the problem most feared by men as they contemplate life following...

It has been possible for years to use the PSA test and its findings as a potential warning sign of prostate cancer recurrence, but harder to detect specifically where the...

When attending the Prostate Cancer Today conference, I sat in on an insightful session focusing on African-American men and prostate cancer. This session was not driven by academics, researchers, or...

The expectations are high on the part of everyone to have a good time. Friends are gathered, food is shared, and presents unwrapped. Then of course there are the songs:...

In an interview with my co-author Ron Sorter about our new book, Letters In A Helmet, A Story of Fraternity and Brotherhood, Ron and I discuss the importance of support...

Although we may consider the phrase "food is medicine" to be part of our society’s more recent trend towards healthy eating, this phrase is actually attributed to Hippocrates, the Greek...