(NPR) – Now at 74, Collins’ life looks very different. After helping the world navigate a health crisis, his attention has shifted to battling his own.

“It’s one thing to be imagining what somebody is experiencing as you’re giving them news that might be really serious and maybe even life threatening. It’s another to be the person in that spot,” Collins told NPR’s Scott Detrow in a recent interview.

Recently, the doctor went public with his diagnosis of an aggressive form of prostate cancer. (Read More)