Prostate Cancer

8 Self-Exams For Men's Health

Everyday Health | Chris Iliades, MD | Posted 05.08.2013 | Canada Living

By Chris Iliades, MD, Everyday Health According to a men's health survey conducted by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), more t...

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What I Learned This Week: Charity Starts at Home

Andy Nulman | Posted 01.27.2013 | Canada Impact

Now, I give a lot of money and a lot of time to charitable causes. Yet many times I find myself dressed up and wondering "Just who/what am I raising money for tonight?" But if you give without thought, without conviction, without understanding what you can REALLY do to help, what are you really giving?

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MOfficials Put Prostate Cancer In The Penalty Box

Heather Magee | Posted 01.06.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Read More: Movember, Western Hockey League, Whl, Cancer Prevention, Vancouver, Prostate Cancer, Fundraising, Canadian Hockey League, Justin Hull, Mofficials, Vancouver Movember, WHL Movember, Chl Movember, Canada British Columbia News

I sat down with Justin Hull, participating Mo Bro and founding member of the MOfficials, to discuss his team's involvement. The group is comprised of linesmen and referees from the Western Hockey League who have joined forces in an effort to raise $47,700. Their goal matches the number of Canadian men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2011 and 2012.

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I Was Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer, Now What?

Dan Hennessey | Posted 11.11.2012 | Canada Living

I received a call in early January 2006 telling me that I had prostate cancer and suggesting a treatment -- surgery. As a 49-year-old healthy and, yes, hockey playing Canadian, cancer was the last thing on my mind Well they say things happen for a reason but I was having trouble figuring out just what that meant.

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10 Reasons To Take Dad To The Doctor

The Huffington Post Canada | Arti Patel | Posted 06.15.2012 | Canada Living

This Father's Day, your dad may need a little push to get to the doctor's office. At least 38 per cent of men go to the doctor only when they’re...

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Want a Cancer Screening? You May Be Denied

Alan Katz | Posted 08.01.2012 | Canada

Read More: Low-Risk, At-Risk, Mammography, Cancer Screen, Psa Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Men Prostate Cancer, Biopsy, Cancer, Family History, Canada Medical Screen, Mammograph, Canada News

This week saw a U.S. recommendation that PSA screening for prostate cancer should no longer be routine care for men at average risk. The evidence, in other words, has spoken. So, many are now asking the question: if doctors are no longer supposed to screen in certain populations for two of the most common cancers, is the age of medical screening over?

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Movember Canada Raises $32 Million

CBC | Posted 11.30.2011 | Canada Living

Read More: Movember 2011, Movember Canada, Movember Fundraising, Prostate, Prostate Cancer, Movember, Prostate Cancer Awareness, Moustache, Moustaches, Cancer, Movember-Movement, Video, Canada Living News

It's shaving day for tens of thousands of mustachioed Canadians who have raised more money to battle prostate cancer than any other country during the...

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Estrogen From Birth Control Pills In Tap Water Linked To Rising Cancer Cases

CP | Sheryl Ubelacker, Health Reporter, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.14.2012 | Canada Living

TORONTO - Researchers suggest there may be a link between estrogen from oral contraceptives that has found its way into the environment and rising rat...

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Radiation Plus Hormone Therapy Can Extend Life In Aggressive Prostate Cancer

CP | Posted 01.02.2012 | Canada Living

TORONTO - Men with prostate cancer that has spread to local surrounding tissues live longer and are less likely to die of the high-risk disease if tre...

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WATCH: MPs Shave Staches To Kick Off Movember

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 12.31.2011 | Canada Politics

Read More: Olivia Chow, Video, Ndp, Prostate Cancer, Movember, Cancer Research, Moustaches, Insideottawa, Jack Layton, Canada Politics News

UPDATE: MPs kicked off ‘Movember’ with a customary dragging of MP Peter Stoffer into the foyer and the shaving off of his bushy moustache. Stof...

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So You Think You Can Grow A Moustache? 20 Staches To Top

The Huffington Post Canada | Sarah Kelsey and Meredith Gillies | Posted 11.05.2012 | Canada Style

Read More: Movember 2011, Adam-Garone, Style, Prostate Cancer, Movember 2010, Mustache, Movember, Moustache, Moustaches, Slidepollajax, Tom Selleck, Jack Layton, Canada Style News

Gentlemen, ready your moustaches... we're headed for Movember. And according to the movement's CEO Adam Garone this year's grow-your-moustache competi...

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Four Words You Never Want To Hear, Part 2

Ron Telpner | Posted 10.04.2011 | Canada

Read More: Brainstorm, Health Care, Prostate Cancer, Advertising, Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers, Cancer Treatment, Gleason Score, Cancer Biopsy, Mens Health, Canada News

When you are diagnosed with prostate cancer, it seems everyone you know, has a relative who had it or knows someone who had the "same thing." But ever...

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Four Words You Never Want to Hear

Ron Telpner | Posted 09.20.2011 | Canada

Read More: Coping Cancer Patients, Cancer Stories, Prostate Cancer, Coping Cancer, Prostate Cancer Treatment, Canada News

I love words. I get joy from seeing just how magical a turn of phrase can be. But I never imagined the impact it would have on me to hear the four words strung together by my doctor.

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