It’s called Stealth Yoga. It’s a yoga class designed for prostate cancer survivors.
The exercise helps the men regain their strength and flexibility by sneaking yoga in with resistance training.
Nicole Culos-Reed, PhD, a researcher with the University of Calgary…
You won’t see any complicated head stand poses in the yoga class at the Calgary Prostate Cancer Centre. In fact, the men there don’t consider it a yoga class at all.
“This is more of a stretching, weight lifting and…
A new exercise program combining strength training and yoga, to help prostate cancer survivors get back to optimum health, is seeing success in Calgary.
Lisa Daroux-Cole, Strength and Stretch program coordinator, said the exercise program is based on research from…
A new prostate cancer exercise program developed at the Faculty of Kinesiology is helping men regain their strength and flexibility using some methods that many older men have never tried before – like yoga
The program, called Strength and Stretch,…
Prostate Cancer Canada is dedicated to supporting prostate cancer researchers on the verge of an early-stage research breakthrough with the Movember Discovery Grants program. This program allows both junior investigators at the start of their research career and more established…
Man plan to continue getting PSA tests despite the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s recommendation against screening, but just over one-third of men report shared decision making for screening with their physician, according to findings from two recently published studies.
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In Alberta, 1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. When detected early, prostate cancer is one of the most successfully treated types of cancer.
The staff and volunteers at the Prostate Cancer Centre are dedicated to educating men about the importance of early detection.
