Why deaths from prostate and testicular cancer are down [Video]

For the first time in US history, we’re seeing deaths from prostate and testicular cancer stabilize and maybe even decline.

That’s according to one of the leading experts in the field at Fred Hutch Cancer Center.

KIRO 7′s Ranji Sinha sat down with a doctor from Fred Hutch who says men should take control of their health sooner rather than later.

Dr. Yaw Nyame is an Affiliate Investigator and Associate Professor for Fred Hutch, and he knows that men’s health is often characterized as men ignoring their health.

“I think men, in general, don’t have traditional medical homes; when you’re younger, your parents make you go to the doctor — but there’s that period in young males’ life where they don’t have a need to go see a physician routinely,” Dr. Nyame said.

Men are out in the world, working, exercising, living, and apparently not going to the doctor.

Dr. …