Danger- Hormone Blockade and Baby Asprin
A startling article appeared in today’s U.S News and World Report. Men who are on hormone blockade and who also take a baby aspirin to protect their heart can shorten their lives! So, if you [...]
Cancer Care
Cancer Care offers some support programs for both survivors and their caretakers. Among their offered programs are telephone workshops, some financial support, free instructional booklets, a newsletter delivered to your email address and some on-line [...]
Family Leave
The United States Department of Labor is charged with administering the Family Medical Leave of Absence (FMLA) program in the U.S. This program requires that certain employers provide non-paid leave time to employees under certain [...]
Understanding Our Spiritual Needs As We Approach End Stage
As we become end stage many of us find that our spiritual needs increase, but they are not being adequately met. Part of the problem is that we, ourselves, often cannot actually define what are [...]
The Lack Of Empathy From Our Oncologists
How many times have you sat with your oncologist and felt frustrated by the lack of any emotional response from them? When we deal with cancer much of our issues are laden with emotional concerns. [...]
Are There Cancerous Stem Cells?
This morning’s New York Times on-line carried an interesting story written by Gina Kolata about what could be the next wave of cancer research, cancerous stem cells (csc). Despite the common belief that cancerous cells [...]