Most men do not know their own family's medical history. I did not, for years. I could not have told you what my grandfather actually died of. Nor could I tell you if my father suffered from BPH, or prostate cancer. HEalth was not something that was discussed proactively for my generation. Some researchers in Canada just gave us a good reason to find out. They studied over 4,500 men with aggressive prostate cancer and found a small group carrying an inherited gene fault - a gene called CDK12. Every single man who carried it had already developed advanced cancer by the time he was diagnosed. All of them were between 44 and 62. Young, in prostate terms. Here is the part that matters. Until now, doctors thought this fault only happened by chance, inside one man's tumour. It could not be passed down. This study says it can. And when one person in a family carries it, the others can be tested and watched early - while there is still time to act. It is rare. About one in a thousand of these aggressive cases. I am not telling you to panic. I am telling you that your family history is information, not fate. So here is my question for you. Do you actually know what the men in your family were diagnosed with, and how old they were? If you do not, this week is a good week to ask. Who in your family would you start with? I started with my brother.

Sharing this one with the community because it cuts straight to something we talk about a lot here. Euvon Jones felt completely healthy. Into his late 50s he was working, hitting the gym, living an active life. He did not think he needed a screening, because nothing was wrong that he could feel. At 59 he was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer. It had already spread to his bones and his back. His PSA came back at 398 - normal for his age is about 4. The thing had been growing quietly for years while he felt fine. That is the trap with this disease. Early on it gives you nothing. No pain, no warning. By the time you feel it, it is usually late. I will be honest, this is the part that still gets me. So many of us use "I feel fine" as the reason not to go. Euvon felt more than fine. He felt great. remember that Prostate Cancer does not give you any warning - but it is detectable with a blood test. There is a good ending - he got treated, his cancer is now undetectable, and his wife was beside him the whole way. But he says plainly he wishes he had not waited to feel sick. So here is my question for the community: have you ever put off a test because you felt healthy? What finally got you to go? For a lot of men reading quietly, your answer lands harder than mine ever could.

I keep coming back to Tim's story this week. He was 44. A wife, two young kids, a normal busy life. The only thing off was an ache in his shoulder and hip, and who among us has not blamed an ache on a long week? His doctor added a PSA test to a blood draw. Normal is around 1 or 2, they do not start to worry until it is above 4 ng/mL. His was 64. By the time they knew, it was advanced. I was lucky. A friend in an airport lounge noticed my problem and said something to me. It turned out I did not have cancer and my PSA is still below 1. But.....Tim did not get that tap on the shoulder until later than he should have. Sometimes we all need a gentle tap on the shoulder to let us see what has been in front of us all along. That is really what this community is - the tap on the shoulder. So let me ask you: who is the man in your life you have been meaning to nudge about a check-up, and what has stopped you saying it? Tell me below. Maybe we can find the words together. https://www.skool.com/prostate-paladin-4886/about

Sixteen years ago I did not even know I had a prostate problem. A friend told me in an airport. I had spent years assuming everything was just age. So I have a soft spot for anything that tells a man when to pay attention. Read something this week that stuck with me. Researchers in London went through data on more than 400,000 men, asking how often a PSA test picks up a prostate cancer that would never have caused any trouble. Turns out the answer depends a lot on age. For a man in his 50s that chance is low, around 16%. By 80 it is closer to 58%. The takeaway they landed on: a man's 50s and early 60s are the best window to test. Not later. Earlier. Which flips the usual thinking. Most men tell themselves they will deal with it "when they are older." The numbers say the younger years are exactly when the test does the most good and the least harm. I am not a doctor, and none of this replaces a chat with yours. But it is worth knowing. Here is my question for the group - if you have had a PSA test, how old were you when you got your first one? And if you have not, what has held you back? No judgement here. Just curious where everyone sits. https://www.skool.com/prostate-paladin-4886/about

Something worth chewing on this week. Two of the biggest cancer organisations on the planet looked at the same prostate test - the PSA blood test - and landed on different advice this year. ESMO, the big European cancer society, leans against giving the PSA test to every man across the board. Their worry is that screening everyone also picks up slow cancers that were never going to do harm, and then some men get treated for something that would have left them alone. The AUA, the American urology body, keeps the PSA as the front-line test, used inside a proper conversation between a man and his doctor about his own risk. When I first read that, my instinct was to ask who is right. But that is the wrong question. They are both right, for different men. The experts are not confused - they are weighing the same test for different lives. Which is the whole reason I keep saying knowledge is armor. Nobody can hand you a clean yes or no on this. You have to understand it, know your own body and history, and decide with your doctor. Be the man who asks the question. I am not a doctor. But I would rather understand the test than be told what to do with it. Just remember that a single PSA test, if high can be misleading, you need to establish a baseline to be sure. So I will ask you straight: would you rather know, or not know? And what is making you lean that way?