Month: April 2022

Testicular cancer isn’t an anomaly. It’s the most diagnosed cancer in men ages 30 to 39, with the average age of detection around 33. “About 1 in 250 men develop testis cancer every year, which leads to about 9,990 new cases in the United States each year,” explained Dr. Christopher Sweeney, a medical oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and a global cancer advisory committee member for Movember. Testicular cancer is highly treatable when diagnosed before reaching advanced stages, and like most cancers, early detection is key in helping to combat it. That’s why physicians recommend that men familiarize themselves with the symptoms and perform routine self-exams. “If detected early, cure rates can exceed 95% for most versions of testicular cancer,” said Dr. Doug Flora, executive med...

Arthritis patients will be told by the NHS to lose weight and exercise as the main therapies for their condition under new clinical guidelines. Physical activity is a better option for relieving pain caused by osteoarthritis than painkillers such as paracetamol, the health watchdog says. Moving millions of patients with the condition onto an exercise regime could save billions of pounds of NHS cash by slashing the number of prescriptions for stronger painkillers, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) notes. Starting exercise programmes may briefly make the pain worse but this should settle down. More than 10million people in the UK have arthritis. Osteoarthritis, which causes joints to become stiff and sore, is the most common form of the condition, affecting 8.5m. ...