I didn't know I had cabin fever until today. I woke up early, showered, dressed and drove to my barbershop in Brooklyn, some 45 minutes away. My barbershop is like a doctor's office in the the sense that if you aren't the first one there, you have to wait a loooong time to be seen. [...]
The American Society of Clinical Oncology has recently updated its clinical practice guidelines for the management of initial hormone therapy with men with advanced P.C. The guide line panel found that there is a 17% reduction in the mortality rate from prostate cancer if hormone therapy is started early in the disease process, however, the [...]
All week I've been thinking about what I should write in regards to the "massacre" in Virginia. After living in the so called 'hood for so long I kind of thought that I have somehow gotten used to senseless violence. In essence I thought I was desensitized. Then this thing happened. The effects of the [...]
I spent this past weekend at the University of Michigan. My younger son Max, who is a sophomore, invited me to come and participate in the students’ Relay for Life activities. I was surprised that they scheduled the Relay for this particular weekend, as they start their final exam period the following Monday! He assured [...]
Clarifying the Issues Surrounding Dendreon's Provenge Posted on Apr 16th, 2007 with stocks: DNDN Wall Diver submits: Rebuttal to article, "Dendreon's Provenge Apart by ODAC Member": On April 13, 2007, in Volume 33, No. 14 of The Cancer Letter, a letter was published which the Editor, Paul Goldberg, attributed to Howard Scher, MD, of the [...]