May 20, 2020

With PSA Test Out of Favor, Cases of Advanced Prostate Cancer Are Rising

WEDNESDAY, May 20, 2020 -- Prostate cancer screening guidelines have been evolving for more than a decade, but new research suggests that recommendations against routine prostate cancer testing may have come at a steep price -- more men getting diagnosed with advanced prostate cancers.

The study found that rates of advanced prostate cancers rose by about 5% per year through 2016.

May 15, 2020

Lose Weight, Lower Prostate Cancer Risk

FRIDAY, March 6, 2020 -- Here's more motivation for men to shed pounds if they're overweight: It could lower their risk for advanced prostate cancer.

Researchers analyzed data from 15 studies that included a total of nearly 831,000 men, including nearly 52,000 who'd been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

May 12, 2020

Blood Yields Clue to Why COVID-19 Is Tougher on Men

TUESDAY, May 12, 2020 -- Since the coronavirus pandemic began, rates of hospital admission and death from COVID-19 have been significantly higher in men than women.

Now, new Dutch research suggests a reason why: Compared to women, men have higher concentrations of a blood enzyme that helps the new coronavirus infect human cells.

April 20, 2020

Prostate Cancer Leaves Detectable 'Fingerprint' in Blood: Study

FRIDAY, March 13, 2020 -- A test that can detect the genetic "fingerprint" of prostate cancer in blood could improve diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of the disease, researchers say.

The test checks for prostate cancer DNA in blood in order to provide the earliest evidence that prostate cancer is active.

March 30, 2020

Exercise Helps Men During Hormone Treatment for Prostate Cancer: Study

MONDAY, March 16, 2020 -- Exercise benefits prostate cancer patients who undergo hormone-reducing therapy, a small study suggests.

The treatment -- called androgen suppression therapy or androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) -- uses drugs or surgery to reduce the level of androgen hormones, which prostate cancer cells typically require to multiply.

March 30, 2020

Could Viagra, Cialis Work Largely by Placebo Effect?

THURSDAY, March 26, 2020 -- Until the discovery of Viagra, men with erectile dysfunction were largely left with the impression that their sexual problems were all in their head.

That might still be somewhat true, even in this age of little blue pills, a new paper argues.