June is National Men's Health Month! This month is all about taking positive steps to improve and/or maintain your health if you’re a man or encouraging the men in your life to take care of their body by exercising, eating right, and actively working to prevent illness and disease. A 2019 survey of Cleveland Clinic's MENtion…
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Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer affects almost a quarter of a million men annually in the United States making it the most common and prolific type of non-skin cancer that there is. The average age of men diagnosed with prostate cancer is around sixty-six (66) years old, and the disease rarely affects men aged forty (40) and under.…
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Kidney Cancer
What is Kidney Cancer? Kidney cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the kidneys when the cells in your body begin to grow at an unstable rate. This out of control growth creates a tumor. The majority of kidney cancers first appear in the lining of the small tubes (tubules) in the kidneys.…
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Prostate Cancer
What is prostate cancer? Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men, and is most prevalent in older men. In it, cancer forms in the prostate, or the gland in the male reproductive system found below the bladder and in front of the rectum. While doctors have not definitively determined what causes…
Read MoreWhat About My PSA?!
Recently the USPSTF (U.S. Preventive Services Task Force) made a recommendation against ANY man getting a PSA for the purposes of detecting prostate cancer. This unleashed an enormous amount of media attention which unfortunately is quite confusing for the average man. Why would such a recommendation be made and what actually is the controversy behind "screening…
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