September 2023
Includes: Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, Light Up in Blue, Biomarkers may help Black men at risk, Exercise interventions improve sexual dysfunction recovery, and more!
Blog
Have You Made Your Personalized List of Health/Medical Information? If Not, Why Not?
Submitted by Dave Lunn My last visit to the hospital was in the 2021 in the midst of the pandemic. […]
Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Testing
Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Testing What It Is, Why You Should Start Getting Tested, and When to Begin. Prostate-specific antigen […]
The Science Behind the Research
Dr. Desmond Pink and Dr. Argo Basu of Nanostics Inc. share their groundbreaking work in prostate cancer screening which has led them to the creation of the ClarityDX Prostate test.
August 2023
Includes: Indigenous Men Less Likely to Receive PSA Testing, Diagnosis less likely in Obese men, Bacterial colonization in penile implants, and more!
July 2023
Includes: Making a personalized list of health/medical info, Treatment intensification in advanced prostate cancer lags behind data, New guidelines for early detection, and more!
Remembering PROSTAID: 30 Years of Service
On the year of its 30th anniversary, two of PROSTAID’s past-presidents and key figures, Ron Gorham and Bob Shiell, share their recollections of the organization, their journeys with prostate cancer and how far we’ve all come from 1993.
June 2023
Includes: AGM, What’s New with PROSTAID Calgary, Volunteers needed, Enzalutamide Ups Metastasis-Free Survival, Improving immune responses in PC, MRI Guided Biopsies, BPH research updates, and more!
Molecular Platform for Prostate Cancer Patients in Alberta
Dr. Tarek Bismar, from the School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, gives us an update on the molecular work he’s been doing with prostate cancer in his labs, and his hope for establishing a molecular platform for prostate cancer patients in Alberta.
May 2023
Includes: Increase in active surveillance, Future Directions in Imaging, Physician’s Advice for defusing Patient Anger, Transgender Women Screening Disparity, and more!