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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Daniel Kelly does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

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 ...

Focal therapy now helping in the fight against prostate cancer With focal therapy, doctors are now able to destroy cancer cells without damaging the surrounding nerves and tissue. In today’s ...

Medical research shows that a plant-based diet reduces the need for medication, reduces the need for health care, and prevents chronic ailments (diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, blood ...

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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, ...

Medical research shows that a plant-based diet reduces the need for medication, reduces the need for health care, prevents chronic ailments (diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, blood ...