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In this article, I will begin to discuss some ways to proactively recover erections after you have had surgery to remove your prostate due to prostate cancer. I have to...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Americans, but new research shows that cancer is likely to surpass heart disease as the number one killer in 2020, especially...

The word “will” can seem loaded when mentioned in casual conversation, and it might seem morbid to talk about or even unnecessary for the average person to think about. However...

Prostate cancer can be treated in a variety of ways, including watchful waiting, surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, or hormone therapy. Treatment can vary from person-to-person, and can include one or more...

In this final installment of Selfless Sex, it’s important to discuss building intimacy, and for some couples we can say rebuilding intimacy. If you think of all the things you...

In this series, we discuss the causes of anxiety for those facing physical illness and its side effects. Phrases in bold are the words of our community members across various...

Depression is a common condition in people with prostate cancer. Even those who have been successfully treated for their cancer can develop depression and anxiety. Since depression is a serious condition...

Comorbidity. I only became aware of this unpleasant word a couple of years ago. It is defined as “the simultaneous presence of two chronic diseases or conditions in a patient.”...

For Movember, ProstateCancer.net is highlighting community perspectives on men's health awareness. In our second interview, we talked with community member Ray about being a caregiver and receiving his own diagnosis...

Earlier this month, ProstateCancer.net sat down with the Movember Foundation and two Mo Bros, Doug Prusoff and Matt Gutt, to talk about Movember and one of the movement’s missions to...

My wife, Melinda, and I met in late 1979 while working at the same restaurant in San Luis Obispo, California. She was a native and I was a refugee from...

This week I started my first clinical trial that’s a treatment-based study. I only say “treatment based” as there are multiple types of clinical trials. I’m already participating in a...

Modern life can be all about failure, or the avoidance of it. From an early age we are urged to work hard to pass tests and get high scores. We...

No Shave November or Movember as many call it is rapidly approaching. Will this be the year that you participate? Before setting out on a month long quest to become...

Breakthrough pain (BTP) is just that, a sudden onset level of pain that is separate from the ongoing pain generally well managed by medication, particularly in cancer patients. Breakthrough pain...

Though the statistics vary somewhat from state to state, nationwide about 65% of all disability claims are denied on the first application. Luckily, receiving a denial does not mean that...

Did you know that 1 in 9 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime?My father is 84 years old and got diagnosed at age 72. There are...

The physical and emotional toll of prostate cancer due to the possible changes in sexual health may cause men to feel a loss to their self-worth. But it doesn't have...

Eight years ago this month my prostate cancer treatment was starting to turn from an idea into a plan. On the way things happened that hadn’t been mentioned or discussed...

ProstateCancer.net sat down with John Teisberg, community advocate and founder of The Reluctant Brotherhood, to discuss his journey with prostate cancer and how it motivated him to create a different...