Men's Health

Who Should Undergo Routine Prostate Cancer Screenings?

Prostate cancer may not show symptoms in its early stages, but more advanced stages may cause symptoms. Here’s how to know if you’re at higher risk.
Who Should Undergo Routine Prostate Cancer Screenings?
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Jingduan Yang
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Who should undergo screening for prostate cancer? Are there any risks?

The prostate is a male reproductive gland that produces seminal fluid to nourish and transport sperm. Prostate cancer may not show symptoms in its early stages, but more advanced stages may cause symptoms such as trouble urinating, decreased force in the urine stream, blood in urine, blood in semen, and unexplained weight loss.

Jingduan Yang
Jingduan Yang
M.D.
Dr. Jingduan Yang is a board-certified psychiatrist and fifth-generation classical Chinese medicine physician whose work bridges Western psychiatry, functional medicine, and ancient healing traditions. He is the creator of the ACES Model of Health and Medicine—a four-dimensional framework spanning anatomy, chemistry, energy, and spirit—and the author of “Facing East” and “Clinical Acupuncture and Ancient Chinese Medicine.” As a principal founder of the Northern School of Medicine and Health Sciences, he advances whole-person care grounded in science, ethics, and humanity.
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