St. Joseph Healthcare Hosting Free Prostate Health Screening Checks‏

Bangor, Maine  – St. Joseph Healthcare, in conjunction with Richard Batstone MD and the Maine Coalition to Fight Prostate Cancer, will hold a free prostate health screening check event on Thursday, November 14 at the urology office of Dr. Batstone at St. Joseph Hospital.

Come enjoy healthy snacks, educational materials, giveaways and a raffle for a Hannaford gift card!

The free check includes a digital rectal exam, urine analysis, prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test and International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS). Prostate health checks look for urological issues, enlarged prostate and cancer.

It is common for the prostate to grow larger with age which increases the chance of developing Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. As per the U.S. National Library of Medicine, 60% of men over the age of 60 and 80% of men over the age of 80 have been diagnosed as BPH patients and is the most common disorder of the prostate gland.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer found in men and strikes one in six American men. The American Cancer Society estimates that each year 1,100 Maine men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 150 will die of the disease. Prostate cancer presents few symptoms and a screening is the best way to catch the disease early.

Patients must sign-up in advance. To register for the free health screening check, call Dr. Batstone’s urology office at 907-1977. The screening check-ups are limited to the first 30 men who sign up.