Testicle checks 'now more common'
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The number of young British men who check their testicles for signs of cancer has tripled in a decade, research suggests.
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Elderly black men are only 50 percent as likely to get tested for prostate cancer as elderly white men are, says a study in the current issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine (news - web sites).
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Exam boards in England are planning to put more simple questions in some science papers, the Times reports.
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A genetic test which can detect signs of prostate cancer in urine has been launched in the UK.
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Because Sperm does not compute, as the headline for a New York Daily News story sums it up. âThe body needs to maintain a proper testicular temperature for normal sperm production,&quot; it quotes Dr.
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One in five men in their early 20s in England has chlamydia, the results of a national screening programme suggest.
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Scientists believe they may have found a much more accurate way of diagnosing bowel cancer.
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NEW YORK  - The top magazines in the U.S.  typically shortchange readers when it comes to articles on  prostate and colon cancer screening, according to researchers.
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A single prostate cancer screening test  before age 50 can help predict which men might develop  aggressive forms of the disease, even 25 years before a  diagnosis, researchers said on Friday.
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Scientists in the US say they have developed a faster, cheaper and more reliable test to detect bladder cancer.
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The PSA test can help doctors decide whether prostate cancer is likely, but should men ask for this test?
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The checks couples wanting IVF have to undergo to ensure they are fit to be parents are being overhauled.
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A relatively new screening test was about twice as accurate as the traditional Pap smear at spotting cervical cancer, according to the first rigorous study of the test in North America. The new test could replace the 50-year-old Pap in a matter of years, experts say. And there's a bonus for women: They won't need a screening test as often.
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Discovered in 1986 by Stanford researcher Dr. Thomas Stamey, the PSA blood test for prostate cancer is one of the medical world&#39;s most important -- and controversial -- tools.
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More and more couples are turning to an embryo-screening technique that allows them to choose the genetic makeup of their children, according to a survey released yesterday in the online edition of the journal Fertility and Sterility.
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A new noninvasive method of genetic screening for colorectal cancer could encourage more people to regularly be tested for the disease.
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A growing number of couples are screening embryos to detect a predisposition to cancers that may or may not develop later in life.