Thalidomide To Slow Down the Development of Metastatic Disease
Are you planning on becoming pregnant? If not, researchers from the Medical Oncology Branch of the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health have reported a study successfully using thalidomide to slow down the progression [...]
Gabapentin to Treat Hot Flashes
I suffered with significant hot flashes when I was on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). I experienced between seven to 15 flashes in a twenty-four hour period. Often the flashes were accompanied with breathing difficulties and [...]
Live In The Moment or Live Every Day To The Fullest- What the Heck Does That Mean
So, just like me you probably have been told time and time again that you need to “live in the moment.” The alternative line is that we should “live every day to the fullest.” This [...]
The Effects of Weight on Prostate Cancer
OK. I am fat. I wasn’t really fat until I started on a hormone blockade. Well, maybe I was a little over weight before, but I wasn’t fat. So, can I say that my doctors [...]
The Economic Bailout – Funding for Cancer Research
On Tuesday, we will be inaugurating a new president, President Elect Obama. Obama has inherited a country in severe financial distress, unemployment rates are at an amazingly high rate, bankruptcy filing at a new high [...]
The True Story Behind “Normal and Customary Rates” for Insurance Reimbursement
Andrew Cuomo, the Attorney General in New York State, just completed an agreement with a major medical insurer, which will create a fairer method to set reimbursement rates for medical treatment that has been obtained [...]