Speakers discussed the disparities in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening rates among different racial groups and explored the potential of free PSA percentage as a predictive marker for future prostate cancer risk.
Congress can help save more lives by removing barriers to cancer screenings By David Ford, Member of the Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Twice. That is how many times I have had to battle cancer. I still consider myself very fortunate, although surviving a disease that is
steps, big support. and you re going to be able to do it. melissa: why did you isolate sugar? you said isolate sugar levels. it is silent killer. they may be prediabetics or have diabetes and not know about it. just check blood screening. for men, get the psa screening. for women over the age of 50 get your colonoscopy done. screening saves lives. you may have diabetes or prediabetic, not know about it. getting fasting sugar, a 1 c. you may be thirsty, you may be tired and gaining weight. tingling. melissa: all those. i think i m dying. this is to really help people. we re doing fine. you guys are in good shape. sandra: those of us trying to get sleep with babies as well. netflix giving a big present to parents this new year s eve with program aiming attributing kids into early bedtime again this
good morning to you. it is 22 minutes after the hour. here are quick headlines for you this morning. the mother whose toddler plunged off a train track in a stroller is speaking out this morning. she says she is grateful for all of the support and well wishes she has gotten. her 14 month old child was in that stroller suffering some bumps and bruises in that traumatic accident but is going to be okay. former democratic bp nominee john edwards is become in the spotlight. the senator is hitting up the speaking circuit. the first stop is at a tree reet for lawyers last month. he stayed out of the limelight since he was acquitted last year in campaign finance fraud. patti ann? heather, thank you. well, the american neurological association has issued new guidelines on psa screening
new research suggests as many as one-third of patients who receive treatment for cancer may not have really needed it. this is alarming. what is going on here? a big study that was just published in the new england journal of medicine with a follow-up of 30 years. this topic has been very controversial and has been debated for breast cancer. we have had a huge debate for prostate cancer with psa. these two disease both breast cancer and prostate cancer are parallels. whatever we say is true about both. they are saying a love cancers we are finding, they may not lead to death, that we are over treating t. costs a lot of money to screen the entire population. as a result, we may find cancers that may not be life-threatening and are being overtreated inform today s time, debating whether we should get psa screening or