Michigan currently has no state law preventing medical students from performing pelvic exams on anesthetized patients without their consent. Surveys indicate that nonconsensual exams are common for ...

Brad Garrett will get a prostate exam on TV, but will it help cancer awareness? Sept. 4, 2008— -- Forget strapping on a plastic wristband or plastering a ribbon sticker on his car. Actor Brad ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Sept. 6 (UPI) --Among the least favorite of all medical exams, the digital rectal exam for prostate cancer may be on the way out because other tests are more accurate in detecting ...

When you consider the many varied tasks robots are suited to perform, one application no amount of Terminator viewings will prepare you for is the concept of brushing up on your prostate exam ...

To date, there is only a limited amount of information on the significance of using DREs for prostate cancer diagnosis among Asian men. The objective of this study was to evaluate DREs for prostate ...

GPs have been told to stop performing intimate examinations when checking for prostate cancer amid fears it puts men off coming forward. New guidelines published in the British Journal of General ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: *Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of death among American men, and September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. To mark the occasion, we asked Champions Tour player Jim ...

About one in six American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime. Not counting skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men and the second most-common cause of ...