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September 25, 2020
Prostate cancer kills thousands of men every year, but healthcare disparities – the way people of different races, addresses, income…
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September 10, 2020
While not uncommon — it affects more than 25 million Americans, 75 percent to 80 percent of whom are women — urinary incontinence is not something most people want to talk about. As a result, even though it is largely treatable, many people suffer in silence and can experience serious…
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September 04, 2020
One cancer, with three specialists, can mean multiple appointments in different locations and waiting anxiously in between. Now, men diagnosed with prostate cancer can see a urologist, radiation oncologist and medical oncologist in one visit through an innovative partnership between Hartford HealthCare’s Tallwood Urology & Kidney Institute and Cancer Institute….
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August 27, 2020
It’s a fine line between overdiagnosing and overtreating prostate cancer. A recent study showing an increase in the rate of advanced disease in men over 50 doesn’t serve to clarify the process, according to Dr. Joseph Wagner, chief of urology at Hartford Hospital. A study in the Journal of the…
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July 23, 2020
Is it too much to ask a man to care for his health as he would his car? Most men are better at scheduling regular oil changes for their car than regular health checks. “Men are much less likely to go to the doctor if they have something wrong with…
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July 22, 2020
Kidney or renal cancer, although one of the rarer forms of the disease, is newly diagnosed in about 200,000 people each year. More common for men over the age of 60, kidney cancer comes in various types, some life-threatening if left untreated. On Tuesday, July 28, from 6:30 to 8…
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June 04, 2020
With safety measures in place, Hartford HealthCare (HHC) announced a phased-in relaxation of the visitor restrictions put into place during…
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June 01, 2020
It’s all about making it safe, easy and stress-free for people to see their healthcare providers in this COVID-governed world, and the folks at Hartford HealthCare’s Tallwood Urology & Kidney Institute have a method to do both. At Tallwood’s Waterford location, Michael Spinnato of Mystic recently pulled into the parking…
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May 17, 2020
Erectile dysfunction affects more than three million American men each year, impacting their intimacy, relationships and self-esteem. Despite the commonness of the problem, many men suffer in silence. Through the power of technology, Hartford HealthCare will broach the subject in an informational webinar that men and their partners can attend…
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May 15, 2020
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Hartford HealthCare has never closed. But to help contain the spread of the virus, it suspended nonessential services, procedures and testing. Gradually, those services are phasing in at Hartford HealthCare hospitals, surgery centers, primary care offices, health centers and other facilities (above, the Bone & Joint…