Receiving a new medical diagnosis can feel shocking. You might sit in the doctor’s office and watch your thoughts race. A long list of questions may run through your mind. You could feel fear or worry. You might think about worst-case scenarios. This mix of emotions is common. You may feel alone, but others [...]
We know. You want to enter a clinical trial. But, you want to make sure you're getting an active treatment rather than a placebo, especially when dealing with a serious condition. While placebos are necessary in some trials to test how well a treatment works, not all clinical trials have a placebo arm. Here [...]
A urinary tract infection, or UTI, is when germs (usually bacteria) get into parts of your body that handle urine. These parts include your kidneys, bladder, and the tubes that connect them (ureters and urethra). UTIs can make you feel uncomfortable or hurt, especially when you pee. You might feel burning, pain, or have [...]
Understanding the Gleason Score: How Pathologists Grade Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness Prostate cancer starts in cells within the prostate gland. Doctors often find these cancer cells by doing a biopsy. During that procedure, a small piece of tissue is taken from the prostate. A pathologist then examines this tissue under a microscope. One of the [...]
Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) is a protein your prostate gland makes. Blood tests measure how much of this protein is present. Most healthy men have PSA in their blood at low levels. Experts watch PSA numbers to spot signs of prostate problems. In simple terms, higher levels can mean that something is happening in your [...]