LONDON (Reuters) - Men with long index fingers have a lower risk of prostate cancer, British scientists said on Wednesday, a finding that could be used to help select those who need regular screening ...

Men with long index fingers are at lower risk of prostate cancer, a study has found. Scientists in the UK who compared the hands of 1,500 prostate cancer patients and 3,000 healthy men found that ...

HONG KONG (Reuters Life!) - Hands may say more about their owners than commonly thought, especially in the case of men. HONG KONG (Reuters Life!) - Hands may say more about their owners than commonly ...

HAMPTON ROADS, VA. — Don't fear the finger! That is the name of my prostate cancer special and if you're wondering about that title—yes, I'm talking about that 10 to 15 second physical exam, that most ...

Dr. Brian Helfand of NorthShore UniversityHealth System shows off the gloved finger that is men's least popular form of digital health. Long before the Internet, “digital health” for men of a certain ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. — Don't fear the finger! That's the message from Urology of Virginia concerning physical exams for prostate cancer, also known as digital rectal exams. That's what first alerted me ...

A new study has found that digital rectal examination alone or in combination with a blood test does not improve prostate cancer detection compared to the blood test alone. The findings suggest that ...

To raise awareness and encourage men to get checked, Prostate Cancer Canada is testing the ‘Famous Fingers Collection,' a line of latex gloves modeled after famous people to research which men prefer.

A simple blood test -not a rectal exam - is now the first step in checking for prostate cancer, men across the North East have been told. Men across the region are uniting during Men’s Health Week to ...

A Killingworth man has spoken about how lucky he was to find out he had prostate cancer - as he only insisted his GP gave him a test having watched rugby star Kenny Logan talk about the illness on TV.