JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 September marks Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, prompting medical professionals to highlight the risks and treatment options associated with the condition. <\/p>\n
Dr. Jaymeson Stroud<\/a>, a physician at the Ackerman Cancer Center, is working to raise awareness about early detection and key warning signs.<\/p>\n >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n While prostate cancer has no single origin, age remains a major risk factor for men. <\/p>\n Approximately six out of 10 diagnoses occur in males ages 65 or older, though the disease carries a significant survival rate if identified in its initial stages.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Prostate cancer can develop without any initial symptoms, making routine health checkups critical for early identification. <\/p>\n Stroud emphasized that warning signs are not always obvious in the early stages of abnormal cell growth.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n \u201cProstate cancer is one of those cancers that can develop with no symptoms,\u201d Stroud said.<\/p>\n Stroud said difficulty emptying the bladder serves as one potential warning sign of the condition. <\/p>\n To assist in catching the disease early, Stroud recommends that men past age 50 receive an annual PSA blood screening test.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 September marks Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, prompting medical professionals to highlight the risks and treatment…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[8082,558,1158,6036,1006,96809,160246,64587,3976,15996,15475,166,27179,13115,160247,6303,38700,2006,113672,160248,160249,160250,571,7931,5078,13781,116,118,117,32114,2391,67427,6319,7970,6139,9099,6035,34824,47980,21848,25429,160251,91010,160252,9433,160253,18598,26057,53653,31621,2007,96817,1456],"class_list":["post-402908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-awareness","tag-business","tag-cancer","tag-care","tag-clinic","tag-consultant","tag-consultation","tag-consulting","tag-control","tag-counseling","tag-counselor","tag-day","tag-depression","tag-diagnosis","tag-diagnostic","tag-discussion","tag-disease","tag-doctor","tag-exam","tag-examination","tag-examining","tag-expertise","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-hospital","tag-illness","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-male","tag-man","tag-medic","tag-medical","tag-medicine","tag-men","tag-month","tag-patient","tag-physician","tag-prescription","tag-prevention","tag-professional","tag-prostate","tag-psychiatrist","tag-psychologist","tag-psychology","tag-psychotherapy","tag-record","tag-screening","tag-see","tag-therapy","tag-treatment","tag-trust","tag-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}