In the latest CR podcast, patient advocate Mary Jackson Scroggins talks to podcast correspondent Kevin Begos about reaching out to our communities with information about cancer and health. Scroggins, an ovarian cancer survivor, recently helped to organize a one-day Health Sunday event at First Rock Baptist Church, which is located in a medically underserved section [...]
There has been recent chatter about how the breast cancer gets more attention than prostate cancer. The example of the Komen Foundation came up. Komen was set up as an organization to raise money for breast cancer research. The mechanism that they used are the run/walks that we have all heard about. They have done [...]
Every journey begins with a small step, a wise person once said. But even with patience, you can't get from here to there without knowing where you're going. So I've been asking myself, what exactly it is that I'm trying to accomplish with this blog? One thing is to start a conversation aimed at bringing [...]
If you are an empowered patient, working with you physician on your own treatment or involved with a support group, online or in person, you are already an advocate. Some men decide to go beyond support advocacy to make a difference by doing research, fundraising, legislative or other forms of advocacy. Winston Dyer is one [...]
Patients complain that it is difficult to get information about the status of research. It is expensive to buy copies of Journal articles and it is not convenient to go to medical libraries where they can access the articles for free. News articles do not report all medical studies and when they do they may [...]