Breast cancer remains one of the most common cancers that affects women globally.

While the number of prostate cancers diagnosed each year declined sharply from 2007 to 2014, since then, the incidence rate has grown 3% per year overall and 5% per year for advanced-stage prostate cancer.

In these uncertain times, it’s only natural to have questions about your personal health. Whether you’re wondering if that cough you’ve had is the common cold or something worse, or you’re curious about a new medical development, we want to help you get answers. You can share your questions with us by filling out the brief form below. If your question is chosen, Dr. Ackerman will answer it on The Morning Show.

In these uncertain times, it’s only natural to have questions about your personal health. Whether you’re wondering if that cough you’ve had is the common cold or something worse, or you’re curious about a new medical development, we want to help you get answers. You can share your questions with us by filling out the brief form below. If your question is chosen, Dr. Ackerman will answer it on The Morning Show.

Live Healthy: Cancer Cells Self-DestructPublished: September 29, 2020, 9:22 amDr. Ackerman joins us to tell us about a new experimental cancer treatment that causes cancer cells to self-destruct without having to take any drugs.

Doctors now worried the number of cancer patients who die because of pandemicPublished: July 8, 2020, 10:12 amTo prepare for an onslaught of COVID-19 patients many hospitals delayed or modified cancer surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation treatments.

More cancer deaths predicted because of pandemicPublished: July 8, 2020, 10:33 amDr. Scot Ackerman joins us on the Morning Show with more on how the pandemic is affecting cancer patients.

A new report shows radiation oncologists are finding COVID-19 in asymptomatic patients through scans. If you need help with WJXT’s or WCWJ's FCC public inspection file, call (904) 393-9801.

The new normal in Jacksonville following COVID-19Published: April 28, 2020, 9:06 amLocal oncologist, Dr. Scot Ackerman, joins us on The Morning Show to discuss how some obstacles to normalization remain, although an increase in testing will help.

Difference Between the Flu and Covid-19Published: March 26, 2020, 8:32 amThis morning we are talking health with Dr. Scot Ackerman.. We are breaking down the differences between the flu...and covid-19. Some of you have asked why the panic over covid...when tens of thousands of people die every year from the flu.

Prostate Cancer Risk Higher Among Black MenPublished: March 5, 2020, 8:46 amProstate cancer is killing black men faster than it is killing men of any other race. Dr. Scot Ackerman and BEAM team member Gary Corbitt join us this morning.

Dr. Scot Ackerman, a Jacksonville oncologist, visited The Morning Show to discuss a new report shows the largest ever one-year decline in US cancer death rate. The overall cancer death rate has been falling about 1.5% a year since 1991, but it fell 2.2% from 2016 to 2017.

Cigarette smoking among US adults fell to its lowest recorded level in 2018: 13.7%, according to a report published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "This marked decline in cigarette smoking is the achievement of a consistent and coordinated effort by the public health community and our many partners," the agency's director, Dr. Robert R. Redfield, said in a statement Thursday. The report estimated that 49.1 million US adults, or nearly 1 in 5, used any tobacco product in 2018. E-cigarettes were the third most common tobacco product used by adults, at 3.2%. The report also found that cigarette smokers have become more likely to try quitting in the previous 12 months, and they have been more successful at doing so.

Oncologist Scot Ackerman on symptoms of cancerPublished: November 14, 2019, 9:43 amDr. Scot Ackerman is back on the Morning Show to explain the top cancer symptoms men should be looking out for.