Thirty-eight years ago, I was initiated into the oldest and one of the largest Black fraternities in the world: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. It was one of the happiest days of my life. In ...

Extended cold snaps are rare in many parts of the South. Knowing how to protect pipes from freezes may not be necessary as often as using breezes and updos to ensure the survival of a sweltering ...

While some parts of the South may be spared from extended periods of freezing temperatures, others aren’t always so lucky. Besides stocking up on firewood, sealing drafts, and pulling out your warmest ...

Decades ago, doctors created a test to determine which breast cancer patients should receive hormone therapy. Now, researchers are using the same tactics to advance prostate cancer treatment. A recent ...

Houston city residents who have water that comes from pumping stations: Do not drip your water faucets. The City of Houston system is run not through water towers, but through re-pump stations on the ...

Wolinsky is a Chicago-based medical journalist and publisher of The Active Surveillor, a Substack newsletter that covers lower-risk prostate cancer and active surveillance. In 2002, at age 55, I ...

A research team at the University of Würzburg has, for the first time, uncovered how E. coli bacteria sneak into the prostate. The study opens the door to potential new treatments for bacterial ...

I've been testing kitchen appliances for years — here's the best coffee maker. One of the first things I do in the morning is stumble my way over to my coffee machine to make sure I can enjoy a ...

Most prostate cancers become castration-resistant in about two to three years. Castration-resistant prostate cancer grows even when testosterone levels are low. Nonmetastatic castration-resistant ...

Stage 3 prostate cancer is locally advanced, with tumors extending beyond the prostate but not metastasizing distantly. Diagnosis involves the TNM system, Gleason score, PSA tests, and imaging to ...

Staging means finding out how far prostate cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group prostate cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being ...

Researchers have discovered that prostate cancer depends on two key enzymes, PDIA1 and PDIA5, to survive and resist therapy. When blocked, these enzymes cause the androgen receptor to collapse, ...