Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c): What to know if you have diabetes or prediabetes or are at risk for these conditions
What could be causing your blurry vision?
Avocado nutrition: Health benefits and easy recipes
Swimming lessons save lives: What parents should know
Preventing and treating iliotibial (IT) band syndrome: Tips for pain-free movement
Wildfires: How to cope when smoke affects air quality and health
What can magnesium do for you and how much do you need?
Dry socket: Preventing and treating a painful condition that can occur after tooth extraction
What happens during sleep — and how to improve it
How is metastatic prostate cancer detected and treated in men over 70?
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
Men's Health
Influential task force revises its position on PSA screening tests
C.W. Schmidt
Combining surgery, radiation, and hormonal therapy dramatically extends survival in men with advanced prostate cancer
Cancer
Combining surgery, radiation, and hormonal therapy dramatically extends survival in men with advanced prostate cancer
C.W. Schmidt
Adding hormonal therapy to radiation lengthens survival in men with recurring prostate cancer
Cancer
Adding hormonal therapy to radiation lengthens survival in men with recurring prostate cancer
Cancer
New imaging technique may help some men avoid prostate biopsy
Cancer
Immediate radiation when PSA levels spike after prostate cancer surgery helps reduce risk of recurrence
Men's Health
New study recommends immediate radiation when PSA Levels spike after prostate cancer surgery
Cancer
Treatment versus monitoring of prostate cancer: Survival rates the same after 10 years
Men's Health
Treatment versus monitoring of prostate cancer: Survival rates the same after 10 years
C.W. Schmidt
Treating the primary tumor can improve survival in men whose prostate cancer has spread
Cancer
Treating the primary tumor can improve survival in men whose prostate cancer has spread
Cancer
New urine test predicts high-grade prostate cancer
C.W. Schmidt
New urine test predicts high-grade cancer
Cancer
The risks of active surveillance for men with intermediate-risk prostate cancers
Men's Health
Risks of active surveillance for men with intermediate-risk prostate cancers
C.W. Schmidt
Long-term hormonal therapy benefits men with locally advanced prostate cancer
Cancer
Long-term hormonal therapy benefits men with locally advanced prostate cancer
Men's Health
Promising results for a targeted drug in advanced prostate cancer
C.W. Schmidt
Does fewer PSA tests mean less prostate cancer?
Cancer
Does fewer PSA tests mean less prostate cancer?
Cancer
Active surveillance is safe for low-risk prostate cancers
Cancer
Active surveillance is safe for low-risk prostate cancers
Men's Health
Following low-risk prostate cancers before starting treatment becoming more common
Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c): What to know if you have diabetes or prediabetes or are at risk for these conditions
What could be causing your blurry vision?
Avocado nutrition: Health benefits and easy recipes
Swimming lessons save lives: What parents should know
Preventing and treating iliotibial (IT) band syndrome: Tips for pain-free movement
Wildfires: How to cope when smoke affects air quality and health
What can magnesium do for you and how much do you need?
Dry socket: Preventing and treating a painful condition that can occur after tooth extraction
What happens during sleep — and how to improve it
How is metastatic prostate cancer detected and treated in men over 70?
