With regret, we must announce that we will cease production and posting of our PCSO newsletter The Walnut. It has not been possible to engage a full-time volunteer editor for this key element of communicating with our membership and visitors to our website. Many thanks to our devoted Walnut readers over the years.
We also extend our sincere gratitude to PCSO Board member Chuck Graham for producing the year-end editions of The Walnut for 2022 and 2023. It’s a complex, time-consuming task which Chuck assumed on top of his own busy schedule, to produce excellent collections of articles and stories of PCSO activities.
Walnut issues typically contain.
- Recaps of PCSO meetings and events
- Announcements about upcoming meetings and events
- Health and nutrition news
- Survivor stories
- Updates on new, innovative prostate and recurrent cancer treatment
- Research and diagnostics
- Photos, funny moments…and anything else we can come up with!
The Walnut Archive
The Walnut, Winter 2017 
Prevention and Early Detection
This issue discusses:
- How early diagnosis of cancer is the key to improving survival rates
- Some of the risk factors for prostate cancer
- Methods and potential benefits of screening
- Some emerging new screening tests
The Walnut, November 2016
Raising Awareness
Prostate Cancer Canada is proud to be one of Movember’s Canadian beneficiary partners. Through this relationship we are advancing prostate cancer research and support services for men and their families living with the disease.
In this issue, we look at how the Movember movement is helping to raise awareness and funds for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer, testicular cancer and men’s mental health.
The Walnut, Autumn 2016
Sex and Relationships
Sex and Relationships
Prostate cancer and its treatment can affect your sex life in three ways: your mind, body and relationships.
In this issue, we describe the kinds of treatment and support that is available, and ways for you to work through any problems.
The Walnut - April, 2015
Things to ponder as spring springs:
He who laughs last thinks slowest.
It was recently discovered that research causes cancer in rats.
And, the things that come to those who wait may be the things left by those who got there first.
The Walnut - March, 2015
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Want to know why men should hold onto their hair? See page 3.
Want to know why the hardest part of doing nothing is knowing when you’re through?
So do we
We thank you for your continued support!
Volunteer
Get involved with PCS Ottawa.
Prostate Cancer Support Ottawa is 100% volunteer-run.
Help promote prostate cancer awareness
Prostate Cancer Support Ottawa provides speakers, professionally designed display units and accompanying literature for use at health fairs, sporting events, in shopping malls…any place people gather.
Contact us for more information on hosting an awareness event!