Regular screenings to promote prostate health
Regular prostate screenings along with a healthy diet and exercise regimen, including prostate-specific exercises, can help optimize male pelvic health.
During his annual physical earlier this summer, Oldwick resident Carlos Crosbie received some information he wasn’t expecting — blood work from his prostate specific antigen (PSA) test, later confirmed by a biopsy, revealed the presence of prostate cancer.
An otherwise healthy and active 73-year-old, “I didn’t want to take a chance and wanted to get on it while it was in the early stages,” » Read more about: Regular screenings to promote prostate health »
Prostate health: Early detection starts with screening
If you are a male over the age of 50 and haven’t received a prostate screening yet, perhaps this will strike a chord with you: one in seven men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society.
Statistics show that typically male pride trumps the need to go to their physician, and according to a survey conducted by the Center for Disease Control, 26 percent of men had no office visits to a doctor or health professional in the past 12 months, » Read more about: Prostate health: Early detection starts with screening »