FRIDAY, May 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Former President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis has drawn attention to screening guidelines for older men. When Biden, 82, was diagnosed last week, his cancer had already spread to his bones. His last prostate screening was more than a decade ago. “President Biden’sContinue Reading
MONDAY, May 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office announced Sunday. Doctors found the cancer after Biden reported urinary symptoms. Testing showed a small nodule on his prostate. His medical team said theContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Dads are supposed to be strong, steady and stoic, given how they’re portrayed in sitcoms and family entertainment. But in real life, fathers sometimes falter — and brushing it off can have a devastating impact on their kids’ development, a new study says.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Would-be dads don’t have to worry that taking the epilepsy drug valproate will result in children with birth defects, a new review concludes. Valproate, an anti-seizure drug, is known to cause birth defects and developmental disorders when taken by pregnant women. But theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Prostate medications might help reduce the risk of a specific type of dementia, a new study suggests. People were less likely to develop Lewy body dementia when taking drugs designed to treat urinary symptoms caused by an enlarged prostate, researchers reported June 19Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Dads appear to make a small but important contribution to a newborn baby’s gut health, a new study discovers. Many microbes found in babies throughout their first year of life originate in the father rather than the mother, researchers report June 12 inContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The old joke holds that fatherhood causes a man’s hair to go prematurely gray. Whether or not that’s true, being a father does appear to put men at greater risk of poor heart health later in life, a new study finds. Dads tendedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Precisely delivered ultrasound could be an effective treatment for prostate cancer, with high-frequency sound waves heating and killing off cancer cells, a new study says. The treatment killed off all prostate cancer cells in 76% of men who underwent a follow-up biopsy oneContinue Reading
MONDAY, Feb. 12, 2024 (Healthday News) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III, who spent time in intensive care last month for complications related to prostate cancer surgery performed in December, has returned to the hospital with bladder issues, the Pentagon announced Sunday. “Tonight, after a series of tests and evaluations,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Could drugs that give a boost to men’s sexual performance help them stave off Alzheimer’s disease? That’s the main finding from a study suggesting that erectile dysfunction meds like Cialis, Levitra and Viagra might lower the odds for the memory-robbing illness. The studyContinue Reading