A historic shift is underway in men’s health policy. This blog explores the introduction of the State of Men’s Health Act (H.R. 7602), the growing bipartisan and national medical support behind it, and the landmark recognition of Men’s Health Nursing as a specialty—marking a pivotal moment in strengthening federal coordination, clinical infrastructure, and prevention efforts for men and boys across the United States.Continue reading
In what may go down as one of the most controversial—and most damaging—pieces of healthcare policy in decades, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force just issued a recommendation that men should no longer get routine screenings for prostate cancer. They believe that the test—called PSA, for the prostate-specific antigen it measures—does more harm than good....Continue reading
Richard J. Ablin, research professor of immunobiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, has been studying prostate cancer for over 40 years. After discovering the Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA), an enzyme made by the prostate, and subsequent approval by the Food and Drug Administration in 1994, the PSA test is the most commonly used...