Routine use of MRI during active surveillance of men with prostate cancer allows patients to skip digital rectal examinations and some biopsies, and this approach is best practice, according to an ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Imagine being unconscious for a surgery or undergoing a procedure and, without your consent, a doctor-in-training practices an intimate exam using your body. Pelvic and prostate ...

Imagine you go under anesthesia for a procedure and a pelvic or prostate exam is performed on you without your knowledge. A Yale University bioethicist says it happens all over the country, including ...

(NEWSER) – Let's face it, the medical standard for diagnosing the second most common cancer in men is rather, well, unrefined: a doctor inserts his or her index finger into the anus and feels around ...

Men with PCA or at risk for PCA (family history of PCA) were eligible and could choose pretest VBGE or GC. Outcomes included decisional conflict for GT, change in genetics knowledge, satisfaction, and ...

Medical distrust is hard to heal. It may linger for generations, being passed down along with china sets and pocket watches. Its presence complicates good medical care since wary patients are less ...

HARRISBURG (KDKA) - State Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler (D-Pennsylvania) says the idea for a bill to ban no-consent pelvic, rectal and prostate exams came from a constituent. "She had been a patient – had ...

A major trial has demonstrated that lower risk prostate cancers do not fare better by adding 6 months of hormone treatment to radiotherapy following radical prostatectomy, compared with radiotherapy ...

A Loughborough University student has developed a new medical device that could transform how prostate health is assessed and monitored. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...