TUCC In The News

The Porter Robotics Institute (PRI) now offers the latest in advanced surgical robotics available to patients with kidney tumors, allowing surgeons the ability to remove just a portion of the kidney.

Porter Adventist Hospital is among a handful of centers in the country with advanced fluorescence imaging technology, called Firefly, and only the second in the region. St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood also recently implemented the Firefly.

HealthTap is pleased to feature Dr. Jesse Mills, a Premier Medical Expert.  Dr. Mills has had a long and distinguished academic career. He received his MD from University of Iowa, College of Medicine and then completed his Internship and Residency in General Surgery and Urology from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.  Dr. Mills was later awarded a prestigious Fellowship in Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine.  He is a active leader in his field, often being sought for his expertise on radio, TV and online.  Dr. Mills is also a decorated physician, having recently been deemed one of Colorado’s Top Urologists in 2011 and speaks four languages- Russian, French, Spanish and English.  Dr. Mills currently practices as a Urologist at The Urology Center of Colorado in Denver.

For two decades, Danny Tomlinson had an annual PSA screening, which is a blood test that measures the amount of a specific protein created by the prostate gland. When he was 61 years-old, the results of that test suddenly changed.

"My PSA had about doubled, and then six months later it had quadrupled. So we did a second biopsy and that one came back positive for prostate cancer," Tomlinson said.

That same PSA screening is now under fire by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which has issued a draft recommendation against PSA testing for all men who do not have symptoms that are highly suspicious for prostate cancer.

More than 16 million men across the world are diagnosed with it and more the 33,000 men have died from the disease in the last year.

YOUR SHOW had a conversation about prostate cancer and a recent recommendation from a government advisory panel that suggests that a Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test isn't necessary for most men.

Dr. Richard Augspurger is the Medical Director at the Urology Center of Colorado and answered your questions about prostate cancer.

The US Preventive Services Task Force’s advisement that healthy men of all ages should no longer receive the PSA test is something that should be discussed with trepidation. More than 3,000 men in Colorado will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year. The majority of them will be diagnosed through a PSA test.

For the past two years, 7News has served as the title media sponsor for The Blue Shoe Run for Prostate Cancer. Thanks to the station's support, close to 1,000 people joined TUCC Foundation for The Blue Shoe Run on Saturday, September 24th.

Kathie J spoke with Dr. Richard Augspurger from The Urology Center of Colorado Foundation on Sunday, September 18th to talk about the upcoming Blue Shoe Run for Prostate Cancer. The Blue Shoe Run is a 5K run/walk and 1.5-mile family walk to raise money for prostate cancer screening, community education and research programs. The Blue Shoe Run for Prostate Cancer will take place on Saturday, September 24th just north of Sports Authority Field at Mile High. The Urology Center of Colorado Foundation is advancing urologic care in the Rocky Mountain region through advocacy, research, education and support.

Whether it’s for your father, your husband, your brother or friend, you can help fight prostate cancer — one step at a time.

Each year more than 3,000 Colorado men are diagnosed with prostate cancer. That’s why the Urology Center of Colorado Foundation is asking you to join it next weekend for the Blue Shoe Run and Walk.

On Wednesday, 9Health's Dr. John Torres interviewed Dr. Jesse Mills, a male fertility and hormone specialist.

The interview was about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of low testosterone in men, especially as they age.

According to Dr. Mills, the symptoms can be hard to detect - mainly because they come on so slowly - but usually involve a low sex drive, fatigue, a decrease in muscle mass and even crankiness and irritability.