The incidence of advanced prostate cancer in California rose markedly in the decade since doctors stopped routinely screening all men for the disease, according to a new study.

Researchers at Vanderbilt and the University of Michigan have shown that a simple at-home urine test for prostate cancer screening is highly accurate.

The incidence of advanced prostate cancer in California rose markedly in the decade since doctors stopped routinely screening ...

Testicular cancer is rare, typically affecting men ages 15 to 45. It can cause a painless testicular lump, swelling, or heaviness and may result in infertility. Risk factors include cryptorchidism ...

Screening means testing people for early stages of a disease before they have any symptoms. There is no national screening programme for testicular cancer in the UK. This is because there isn’t a ...

The main prostate cancer screening tests are a digital rectal exam, in which a doctor checks for an enlarged prostate, and a PSA test, which measures the level of prostate specific antigen (PSA) in ...

But a new study hints that maybe we aren’t so special. A million years ago, researchers have found, an extinct species of human relatives known as Homo erectus thrived in a harsh desert ...

Jan. 15, 2025 – Prostate cancer is quite common – over 60% of those diagnosed are men over the age of 65 – but it’s not a high priority for cancer researchers. One big reason ...

The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of "Ushikawa Man," thought to be some of Japan's most ancient human fossils, are not what scientists believed they were, new research finds. Instead ...

Sagging testicles, which people call saggy balls, are usually not a cause for concern. However, if they appear with other symptoms, such as pain on one side of the balls or in the prostate ...

Symptoms of scrotal eczema are similar to general symptoms of eczema. They appear on the scrotum and in the genital area. The cause of eczema isn’t fully understood. It also varies depending on ...