Two respected medical organizations, the American Urological Association (AUA) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), issued a joint clinical practice guideline on the use of medication to prevent prostate cancer. The guidelines are contained in a detailed and thoughtful 15-page scientific document. But two prominent news organizations promptly reported the nuanced AUA/ASCO deliberations under the headlines "Older men urged to consider a drug to prevent prostate cancer" and "Experts promote baldness drug for prostate cancer." Spurred by these headlines, many men are likely to ask their doctors for a prescription. That may be a reasonable thing for you ...

Nearly every man has had a headache, and most of us have had many. A minor headache is little more than a nuisance that's relieved by an over-the-counter pain reliever, some food or coffee, or a short rest. But if your headache is severe or unusual, you might worry about stroke, a tumor, or a blood clot. Fortunately, such problems are rare. Still, you should know when a headache needs urgent care and how to control the vast majority of headaches that are not threatening to your health.

Not brain pain Doctors don't fully understand what causes nine out of ...

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Soy has come a long way. Once considered an obscure and inscrutable staple of the far-off Asian diet, it became an icon of American counterculture in the 1960s and '70s, then a prized health food in the decades that followed. Soy has been touted as lowering cholesterol, reducing the risk of heart disease, and protecting the prostate. But studies of these possible benefits have had mixed results at best, and a report from Harvard raises the possibility that dietary soy may lower sperm counts.

The study The soy study was part of a long-term investigation of environmental factors and fertility. ...

My father has had two surgeries in the past year to remove calcium deposits in his prostate. Is there any way to avoid this buildup, or will it continue?