Skip to main content
photo of C.W. Schmidt

C.W. Schmidt

Editor, Harvard Medical School Annual Report on Prostate Diseases

C.W. Schmidt is an award-winning freelance science writer based in Portland, Maine. In addition to writing for Harvard Health Publishing, he has written for Science magazine, the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Environmental Health Perspectives, Nature Biotechnology, and The Washington Post.

Posts by C.W. Schmidt

Strong study shows no link between vasectomy and prostate cancer featured image

C.W. Schmidt

Strong study shows no link between vasectomy and prostate cancer

Strong study shows no link between vasectomy and prostate cancer featured image

C.W. Schmidt

Strong study shows no link between vasectomy and prostate cancer

Combination hormonal therapy boosts survival in men with aggressive prostate cancer featured image

Cancer

Combination hormonal therapy boosts survival in men with aggressive prostate cancer

Yoga improves treatment-related symptoms in men with prostate cancer featured image

C.W. Schmidt

Yoga improves treatment-related symptoms in men with prostate cancer

Yoga improves treatment-related symptoms in men with prostate cancer featured image

Cancer

Yoga improves treatment-related symptoms in men with prostate cancer

Combination hormonal therapy boosts survival in men with aggressive prostate cancer featured image

C.W. Schmidt

Combination hormonal therapy boosts survival in men with aggressive prostate cancer

Influential task force revises its position on PSA screening tests featured image

C.W. Schmidt

Influential task force revises its position on PSA screening tests

Combining surgery, radiation, and hormonal therapy dramatically extends survival in men with advanced prostate cancer featured image

C.W. Schmidt

Combining surgery, radiation, and hormonal therapy dramatically extends survival in men with advanced prostate cancer

Combining surgery, radiation, and hormonal therapy dramatically extends survival in men with advanced prostate cancer featured image

Cancer

Combining surgery, radiation, and hormonal therapy dramatically extends survival in men with advanced prostate cancer

Adding hormonal therapy to radiation lengthens survival in men with recurring prostate cancer featured image

C.W. Schmidt

Adding hormonal therapy to radiation lengthens survival in men with recurring prostate cancer

Adding hormonal therapy to radiation lengthens survival in men with recurring prostate cancer featured image

Cancer

Adding hormonal therapy to radiation lengthens survival in men with recurring prostate cancer

New imaging technique may help some men avoid prostate biopsy featured image

Cancer

New imaging technique may help some men avoid prostate biopsy

Immediate radiation when PSA levels spike after prostate cancer surgery helps reduce risk of recurrence featured image

Cancer

Immediate radiation when PSA levels spike after prostate cancer surgery helps reduce risk of recurrence

New study recommends immediate radiation when PSA Levels spike after prostate cancer surgery featured image

C.W. Schmidt

New study recommends immediate radiation when PSA Levels spike after prostate cancer surgery

Treatment versus monitoring of prostate cancer: Survival rates the same after 10 years featured image

Cancer

Treatment versus monitoring of prostate cancer: Survival rates the same after 10 years

Treatment versus monitoring of prostate cancer: Survival rates the same after 10 years featured image

C.W. Schmidt

Treatment versus monitoring of prostate cancer: Survival rates the same after 10 years

Treating the primary tumor can improve survival in men whose prostate cancer has spread featured image

C.W. Schmidt

Treating the primary tumor can improve survival in men whose prostate cancer has spread

Treating the primary tumor can improve survival in men whose prostate cancer has spread featured image

Cancer

Treating the primary tumor can improve survival in men whose prostate cancer has spread

New urine test predicts high-grade prostate cancer featured image

Cancer

New urine test predicts high-grade prostate cancer

New urine test predicts high-grade cancer featured image

C.W. Schmidt

New urine test predicts high-grade cancer

The risks of active surveillance for men with intermediate-risk prostate cancers featured image

Cancer

The risks of active surveillance for men with intermediate-risk prostate cancers

Risks of active surveillance for men with intermediate-risk prostate cancers featured image

C.W. Schmidt

Risks of active surveillance for men with intermediate-risk prostate cancers

Long-term hormonal therapy benefits men with locally advanced prostate cancer featured image

C.W. Schmidt

Long-term hormonal therapy benefits men with locally advanced prostate cancer

Long-term hormonal therapy benefits men with locally advanced prostate cancer featured image

Cancer

Long-term hormonal therapy benefits men with locally advanced prostate cancer

Harvard Health Publishing Logo

Thanks for visiting. Don't miss your FREE special health report Living Longer, Living Well!

PLUS, don’t miss out on your 25% off promo code.

Sign up to get tips for living a healthy lifestyle—You’ll discover powerful, research- backed strategies for health longevity drawn from Harvard Medical School experts—ways to eat for a longer life, build strength and flexibility to stay independent, protect your bones, heart, and brain as you age, and even cultivate the habits linked with “super-agers” who stay sharp and active well into their 80s and 90s—all delivered to your email box FREE.

Harvard Health Publishing Logo

Stay on top of latest health news from Harvard Medical School.

Plus, get a FREE copy of Living Longer, Living Well!.

Harvard Health Publishing Logo

Stay on top of latest health news from Harvard Medical School.

Plus, get a FREE copy of Living Longer, Living Well.