Who Controls the FDA, Not Us
I am writing this as I am sitting on an airplane traveling from Palm Beach Florida back to New York City in the accompany of my two sons. The oldest handed me an article from [...]
Dutasteride (Avodart) Provides No Clinical Benefit to Men with Recurrent Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer
At the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque, New Mexico (SKS) the Department of Urology just completed a study that showed that dutasteride, the generic name for a dual 5alpha-reductase inhibitor made [...]
The FDA has approved the First Hormone Blockading Drug for Advanced Prostate Cancer
FDA just approved th first gonsdotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) drug for the treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer. This newly approved gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor antagonist demonstrates rapid, long-term suppression of testosterone. Ferring Pharmaceuticals, USA (FP) received [...]
Stay Away From Dairy Products
A very large study of over 20,885 men was published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition; Dec 22 2008 that showed that eating dairy products often may be a risk factor for prostate cancer and [...]
CAN INCREASED FUNDING IN THE NIH AND DOD PLAY A ROLE IN THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE AND HELP FIGHT PROSTATE CANCER?
Many members of Congress see the potential of an increased investment in the NIH as part of the solution to our ailing economy. We prostate cancer survivors can glean additional benefits from an increase to [...]
FDA Approves New Drug to Alleviate Moderate to Severe Pain
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug which provides relief of moderate to severe acute pain. This is great news for us, because, advanced prostate cancer often brings pain from [...]