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What to know about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's bladder issue
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in critical care unit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center .
He underwent prostate-removal surgery to treat cancer of the prostate on Dec. 22 .
He returned home and more than a week later was hospitalized due to a urinary tract infection.
Prostate cancer affects more than one in eight U.S. men and one in six Black men.
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