Tag Archives: prostate cancer

Why Current Prostate Cancer Tests are a Bummer

Reducing the risk of prostate cancer is what this year’s charity is all about.   Current tests are not accurate have problems with distinguishing between aggressive and non aggressive forms of the disease.  This means that GPs face an ongoing challenge in deciding whether or not a man should be tested – bummer!   Here are some […]

The Walnut Cycle

Not a well known fact #2 – the prostate is the size and shape of a walnut. Not a well known fact #3 – if you look at our charity cycle itinerary you can see that we have cleverly constructed a route which is the same shape as a walnut! Please support our our boys […]

One week to go

With just one week to go till the lads are off on our 6th Beer Bellies tour, the guys got together for a last planning(?) meeting at Hamilton Rugby Club. With all 5 Bellies in attendance it was also an opportunity to get a quick promo photograph -or it would have been if one of […]

One Man Dies Every Hour

This fact blew us away.  One man, every hour of every day dies from prostate cancer  – wow! Another, not quite so amazing fact is next week the boys are cycling through Northern Ireland and the Republic for Ireland raising awareness and funds to reduce this statistic. Watch this film and then try not to […]