Senator Barbara Boxer Introduces Cancer-Related Legislation Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has introduced two bills to improve research on prostate cancer and ovarian cancer. S. 756, the "Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men's Education Act (PRIME)" provides for prostate cancer imaging research and education. The reintroduced, S.755 Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act is legislation to develop new [...]
Today I posted the following on the ACOR Prostate listserv. It was in response to a series of emails that complained 1- That the organizations representing the prostate cancer community were at odds with each other and that there are too many prostate organizations. 2- That the prostate cancer community is disorganized and unable to [...]
A new paper published in the Journal of Applied Psychology and co-authored by researchers from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Management concluded that sexual behavior at work creates a problem in the work place, especially morale. The study looks at sexual behavior in [...]
The doctor has just scribbled a new prescription and now the pharmacist must translate it when they fill the order. What does all those chicken scrawls mean? Here is an example of what a prescription could look like- “drug name 250 mg Ac bid x 10 days?” To start, the first part of a prescription [...]
I've heard there are troubles of more than one kind Some come from ahead and some from behind But I've bought a big bat. I'm already you see Now my troubles are going to have trouble with me - Dr. Suess The wisdom of Dr. Suess is universal. Cancer beware, we are going for you. [...]