Incurable- Not capable of being cured; beyond the power and skill of medicine to remedy Treatable- Possible to treat; responsive to treatment Incurable does not mean Untreatable Advanced Prostate Cancer is incurable, but it is treatable. Incurable and untreatable should never be confused. Today, there are treatments that provide varying degrees of control of advanced [...]
If I beat my son, then I should be prepared to for him to hate me when he's older. If I rob a bank, then I should be prepared to go to prison if I am caught. If I drop out of college, then I should be prepared to live life without a degree. If [...]
(The "explicative" is hos, by the way, I just didn't want to put it in the title.) These were the words uttered by the famous-for-being-mean radio legend Don Imus in reference to Rutgers University's ladies b-ball squad. I'm going to avoid getting into a rant over this guy's ignorance. I'm not going to call for [...]
At some point during the last couple of weeks I started jotting down some of the things that have come out of my boy's mouth. Some of it's cute, some of it's weird, and since it's my son, some of it's mean. I'll let you decide what should be categorized where. "Daddy, we need to go [...]
Last Thursday, March 29, 2007, I had the opportunity to participate as a patient advocate in the FDA's Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee. The purpose of the committee meeting was to evaluate the application of Dendreon Corp for approval of their new drug, Sipuleucel-T (Provenge). I want to clarify the facts and dispel some [...]