Sperling Prostate Center

05/29/2026

When men were offered free PSA screening in Scotland, sessions booked up almost immediately. The demand speaks to something important: men want to know, and they'll show up when access is made easy. The new early detection program in Edinburgh is a meaningful step — and a reminder of how much ground there is to cover in making prostate cancer screening available to more men.

The first public prostate cancer testing sessions in Edinburgh as part of the newly launched Scottish Prostate Cancer Initiative are underway this weekend (Friday, April 17 – Sunday, April 19), fol…

05/28/2026

The online marketplace for testosterone products is booming, but is it serving men well? A new commentary in Medical News Today traces how social media influencers and direct-to-consumer clinics have turned low testosterone into a cultural identity, not just a clinical diagnosis. For men navigating real hormone health concerns, separating legitimate treatment from marketing is important, and worth a conversation with your physician.

Social media's portrayal of low testosterone transforms masculinity into a marketable issue, linking health interventions to male identity and performance.

05/28/2026

Is there a connection between the gut microbiome and prostate cancer treatment outcomes? Research suggests a value to adding diet modification, probiotics, or microbiome-targeted therapies to standard care.

Emerging research suggests the microbiome may influence prostate cancer risk, progression, and treatment response.

05/13/2026

History of breast cancer in your family? Men who carry breast cancer genes should screen annually for prostate cancer.

Men with close female relatives who had breast or ovarian cancer may carry the BRCA1/BRCA2 genevariant that increases their risk of prostate cancer.

05/06/2026

Have you ever met a prostate cancer patient who felt like he chose the wrong treatment? Here’s how to avoid “decision regret.”

Physicians are increasingly aware of the value of shared decision-making as a step toward avoiding patient regret over their treatment choices.

05/05/2026

Prostatitis, a prostate inflammation, can be hard to identify. Thanks to better tissue definition, MRI may be better than CT to help diagnose this condition.

Learn more at: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2843258

05/04/2026

In a reversal of a long-standing belief, testosterone replacement therapy after prostate cancer treatment for patients with low T can be given safely without raising recurrence risk.

For more than 80 years, men have been told that testosterone fuels prostate cancer. But a more nuanced picture has emerged over the past two decades.

05/03/2026

In many cases, low-risk prostate cancer is treated more aggressively than required. Let’s put an end to overdiagnosis and overtreatment of insignificant prostate cancer!

Innovations in screening, diagnosis, treatment and management strategies can reduce the overtreatment of low-risk prostate cancer.

05/02/2026

New evidence suggests that not only can creative pursuits help with brain health, they may also help delay brain aging.

Research suggests that individuals who partake in creative activities, such as arts and crafts, musical instruments, and gardening, typically have a more youthful brain on average.