PARKERSBURG – In an effort to help area men, Camden Clark Medical Center will be offering free digital prostate exams today as part of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. From 9 a.m. to noon today, ...

A new study has found that digital rectal examination alone or in combination with a blood test does not improve prostate cancer detection compared to the blood test alone. The findings suggest that ...

Digital rectal examination (DRE) is neither helpful nor useful as a solitary prostate cancer screening tool in middle-aged men, say investigators reporting the PROBASE study. The study compared ...

A digital rectal exam (DRE) is a way to check for signs of prostate cancer. For this exam a physician inserts a gloved, lubricated finger into your rectum to: Feel your prostate gland Assess the ...

Almost half of men falsely believe they need invasive tests to check for prostate cancer, cancer awareness campaigners in the UK say. A rectal exam – during which a doctor or nurse will check inside a ...

Science is not shy about ambiguity, never more so than when it comes to medical advice. So here’s the latest recommendation on prostate-cancer screening: Men should continue to have both a manual ...

Jairam Eswara, MD, FACS, is a nationally recognized urology specialist and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He’s the Chair of the Department of Urology at Tufts Medical Center and an ...

Learn the key warning signs of prostate cancer that men often overlook. Early awareness can make all the difference.

AWARENESS MONTH, AND ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, THE DISEASE SEES OVER 300,000 NEW CASES YEARLY, AS WELL AS MORE THAN 35,000 DEATHS A YEAR, MAKING IT CRUCIAL FOR MEN TO UNDERGO A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research has found 'wide variation' in the use of prostate cancer testing across the UK. (Getty Images) (Korrawin via Getty ...