MELVILLE, N.Y. – The lead investigator of a way to obtain images of prostate tumors and accurately diagnose them said last week that the new technology is the medical equivalent of a global positioning system for the prostate gland. North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health system is the only institution other than the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., to use the new diagnostic system, Dr. Art Rastinehad of North Shore-LIJ said Thursday at a news conference. Read more

A man with no risk factors for prostate cancer can go his whole life without ever taking a PSA test, according to the American Urological Association. In a new clinical guideline unveiled Friday, the urologists said that only men between the ages of 55 and 69 should even consider getting a PSA screening test if they have no signs or symptoms of prostate cancer. Read more