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Two of Italys most powerful octogenarians, Pope Francis and Silvio Berlusconi, whose health conditions have in recent years kept the country in suspense, were both in the hospital on Friday.The pope was unexpectedly admitted to a hospital in Rome this week and underwent surgery for a hernia that had caused painful intestinal blockages.

Dr. Michael Dattoli is revolutionizing the way prostate cancer is treated, giving hope to patients and their families who have been affected by this disease.With his unique approach to treatment, He has achieved remarkable success in treating prostate cancer with minimal side effects and improved patient outcomes.

Nearly 10 years ago, Ken Noel was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and after undergoing several tests and procedures, he began his journey for treatment in 2013, undergoing a surgery followed by radiation treatment."It was a really big shock to me," said Noel, who immigrated to Canada from Guyana 50 years ago.

A 12-year-old girl who ran three kilometres every day for a year said she is uplifted with joy after raising more than 10,000 for a prostate cancer charity.Emily Talman, from the Wirral, Merseyside, decided to take on her 3K-a-day challenge to help Prostate Cancer UK after almost losing her grandfather Peter to the disease.

Three men living with prostate cancer hope to hike three of the highest peaks in Yorkshire in nine hours to create lifelong memories even when they are no longer here and encourage people to live their best life.Kevin Webber, 58, Paul Dennington, 57, and Ian Tetsill, 52, are to hike a total of 24 miles and reach heights of 5,200ft walking up and down Ingleborough, Pen-y-ghent and Whernside for Prostate Cancer UK.

Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches email Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter Scientists have developed an impressive new blood test for prostate cancer that is 94% accurate.In collaboration with Imperial College and the University of East Anglia (UEA), Oxford BioDynamics found that when combining the test with a standard prostate-specific antigen test (PSA), more cases could be detected.

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Prostate cancer screening may be a step closer after a study suggested that harms linked to testing have reduced thanks to advances in medical technology.Screening for prostate cancer has been heavily debated in medical circles due to potential harms including side effects from biopsies and unnecessary testing for those with no clinically significant cancer.

Millions of people across the United States missed routine cancer screenings during the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the prevalence of screening for breast, cervical and prostate cancers in the previous year falling anywhere from 6% to 15% between 2019 and 2021, according to a new study from the American Cancer Society.

As a neurosurgeon, Henry Marsh has spent several decades making people's brain's better (and occasionally, as his memoirs document with breathtaking honesty, making them worse).But that job involved removing tumours and patching up the aftermath of serious head traumas.Keeping a brain in perfect health is an altogether different matter, not least because we understand so little about it.

Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, a Democrat, underwent surgery for prostate cancer on Tuesday afternoon and should not require further treatment, his office said in a statement.Senator Casey, 62, who is in his third term, said in early January that he had prostate cancer but expected to make a full recovery.

A 12-year-old girl who ran three kilometres every day for a year has said she is uplifted with joy to have raised more than 10,000 for a prostate cancer charity.Emily Talman, from the Wirral, Merseyside, decided to take on her 3K-A-Day challenge to raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK after she almost lost her grandfather Peter to the disease.

A 12-year-old girl who is set to complete a year-long run to raise money for a prostate cancer charity has echoed her grandfather's motto of never give up, never give in.Emily Talman, from the Wirral, Cheshire, decided to run three kilometres every day for a year to raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK in honour of her grandad Pete, who has recovered from the illness.

As Movember returns, the team hope that its iconic moustache will continue to serve as a powerful catalyst for change and conversations about men's mental health.Movember, which is synonymous with people either donning or shaving off a moustache, takes places in November annually and seeks to raise awareness of men's mental health issues.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The late broadcaster Bill Turnbull has been honoured with the launch of an annual prize in his name for medical students at a Cambridge University college.

Sign up to Miguel Delaney's Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel's Delaney's free weekly newsletter Chris Powell believes there is no one better than Gareth Southgate to lead England and has backed the team to go one step further at Euro 2024.England suffered a World Cup quarter-final exit to eventual runners-up France in December and Southgate debated his future after they returned from Qatar before he agreed to continue in the role he has served for more than six years.

Megyn Kelly joked Tuesday about NBC's swift response to host Savannah Guthrie testing positive for Covid-19 in the middle of the Today Show.On Sirius XM's The Megyn Kelly Show, Kelly spoke with the hosts of the Ruthless Podcast, Comfortably Smug, Josh Holmes, Michael Duncan, and John Ashbrook.Guthrie hosted just 20 minutes of Tuesday's broadcast before she disappeared from the set.

Ibraheem Samirah will announce Monday morning that he plans to run for Virginia Senate.Samirah made a national splash in 2019 when he interrupted a speech by Donald Trump, then the US President, during an event in Virginia.His brand of progressivism rankled some in the commonwealth's Democratic establishment, though, which lined up behind his opponent in the primary of 2021, Irene Shin.

It was a Friday morning, and the sun was shining.To 88-year-old Benny Wasserman, that meant only one thing.Time to grab his baseball bat, button up his Detroit Tigers uniform, and head to the Home Run Park batting cages in Anaheim.There, Wasserman could give himself a break and step into the cage with the 40-mph pitches, or maybe the one with 60-mph heat.

Radio personalities are supposed to be abrasive and controversial.Not so Lin Brehmer of WXRT-FM, whose death at 68 years old this past weekend saddened his regular listeners, many of whom felt like they had lost the most simpatico of friends.That sense of sudden loss, even though Brehmer had been public about his prostate cancer, was also true of many Chicagoans who did not regularly tune in.

Longtime Chicago radio host Lin Brehmer has died.He was 68.WXRT, where Brehmer was a disc jockey and hosted morning programs, reported the news that Brehmer died early Sunday.Brehmer announced last summer that he was taking a leave of absence from the station for treatment for prostate cancer.Fellow WXRT DJ Terri Hemmert informed listeners of his death and made a statement, in part, that "we must inform you that we all lost our best friend.

Rowing adventurers from the UK enjoyed reindeer stew and faced power failure on Christmas Day as they continued to steer a course across the Atlantic Ocean.Three fathers  Steve Woolley, 47, from Harrogate, Neil Furminger, 58, and Matt Garman, 53, both from Seaford, East Sussex  and solo rower Lara Vafiadis, 33, from Malvern in Worcestershire, represent two of the boats in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.

When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was caught on a hot mic using a vulgarity against a rival politician last week, it seemed the nation's political discourse could be taking an ugly turn heading into an election year.But Ardern and her target, lawmaker David Seymour, agreed on a plan to make good.

Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee still remembers the first cell he cultured: It was an immune cell from a mouse, and he had grown it in a petri dish.As he examined it through a microscope, the cell moved, and Mukherjee was fascinated."I could sense the pulse of life moving through it," he says."You suddenly realize that you're looking at the basic, fundamental unit of life and that this blob that you're seeing under the microscope  this glimmering, refulgent blob of a cell  is the basic unit that connects us and plants and bacteria and archaea and all these other genera and taxa across the entire animal and plant kingdoms."

People on benefits have described feeling like the walking dead as they voiced fears Jeremy Hunt's expected announcement of a payment increase in line with rising prices will come too late.The Chancellor's autumn statement will be unveiled on Thursday after further rises in gas and electricity bills sent UK inflation to its highest level for 41 years, according to official figures.

Tell Us Let us know your favorite spot, and the dish you always order.November marks World Vegan Month, and we're interested in hearing about your favorite plant-based dishes.There are several environmental and health benefits to eating plant-based meals, or even eating less meat.According to Scientific American, consuming 25% less meat would cut our annual greenhouse gas emissions by 1% - reducing overall global demand for beef and helping tackle the climate crisis.It's also reported that eating a vegan diet is linked to many health benefits, including a 35% lower risk of prostate cancer in men, according to Harvard Health Publishing.

WASHINGTON  Rihanna is lending her voice to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.The singer teased a snippet of her upcoming single "Lift Me Up" on Wednesday for the "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" soundtrack.The single will be released on Friday and is Rihanna's first solo song in 6 years.