A quarter of men put off health issues
Bupa UK has found a quarter of men put off health issues, with 1 in 10 deliberately missing or delaying a cancer screening. Quarter of...
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Health checks men must start today
Health checks men must start today : It’s more important than ever to safeguard your health, and fortunately there are a few health checks every...
March for Men
Now in its second year, the March for Men series organised by Prostate Cancer UK has grown bigger with a further four organised walks in...
Traffic lights for prostate cancer
There are over 330,000 men in the UK living with or after prostate cancer. Over 47,000 are diagnosed every year and over 11,000 die from...
Vital signs
Vital signs have long been used by doctors to decide if we are fit and well, or if our bodies are struggling with underlying ill...
Why the PSA test is not pointless
The PSA test has long been considered the first line of defence against prostate cancer. A simple blood test, it measures the level of PSA...
Amazing cacti
They may be prickly to the touch and bitter to the taste, but cacti, and other spiky desert plants, have long been credited with many...
Why Robotic Prostatectomy is Over Rated
I don’t have any intrinsic objection to robotic prostatectomy – in fact I’m trained in it, just as I’m trained in open and laparoscopic (‘hands...
Robotic Prostatectomy – The Gold Standard
In my view, robotic surgery is superior to an open radical prostatectomy. For one thing, you get a much better view of the pelvis with...
