Hi, Am just sitting down to watch Larry King (9 pm EST) after a grueling day of shopping -- for strictly utilitarian things. Join me! The topic is prostate cancer. Guests include John McEnroe (father had PC), Christopher Rose, oncologist, Michael Milken, survivor and founder of the Prostate Cancer Foundation, Joe Torre, manager of Los [...]
The following observation was made by Michael Lerner, Ph.D, winner of a MacArthur "genius" award and author of a book about cancer and complementary medicine : Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Medicine (MIT Press, 1996). (Available at amazon.com.) "Even when a cure is not possible, healing always is. You see, [...]
This is a follow-up to a post I wrote about a creative advertising contest in which the UK Prostate Cancer Charity took first place in the "Wild Card" category. . The winner of this contest will have their message posted on the sides of the buses that ply the streets of London. Now the last round of voting is [...]
What I am posting here is an entry from the Wall Street Journal Health Blog, to which I subscribe ("Searching for Meaning in Terminal Cancer", by Shirley S. Wang, July 14, 2009). http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/07/14/searching-for-meaning-in-terminal-cancer/ You can find the full text of this article in the regular edition of the paper (wsj.com). "Celebrity spokespeople like Lance Armstrong and Christina Applegate [...]
I am glad to see the subject of "Watchful Waiting", or "Active Surveillance as we call it now, being discussed more often as an option for men diagnosed with prostate cancer. I also think it's good that more guys are pursuing AS rather than jumping into (or being prodded into) invasive treatments. It used to [...]
I am in middle of doing a cheap, on-the-fly kitchen renovation so I don't have much time to talk, but I wanted to share this with you. It always bugs me how old folks are underrated. A doctor wrote an article (excerpts below) on the excellent Health Care Blog today (healthcareblog.com) about how doctors and patients [...]
I must say I found the following article in USA Today ( 4/1/09, by Liz Szabo) , bonechilling. A British study confirms what I've said many times: that when it comes to performing minimally-invasive radical prostatectomy or laparoscopy (which includes robotically assisted surgery, *although that was not the subject of this study*), NO amount of experience on the [...]
The following statement about the recent controversy regarding PSA esting was issued this morning by the thirteen organizations, including Malecare (the sponsor of this blog), listed at the bottom of the statement: A JOINT STATEMENT FROM AMERICA’S PROSTATE CANCER ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, AND SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS Since 1993, when the PLCO trial was started, we have awaited [...]
I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiments expressed in the article Prostate Cancer: Men Deserve Better, European Association of Urology, March 17, 2009 (exerpts below). . But talk is cheap. The question is, how do we bring about real change (change we can believe in!)? That's a lot to ask -- but heck, we are worth [...]
One of my favorite reads is Dr. Kevin's blog (http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/, winner of numerous awards. Dr. Kevin writes about medical issues in a sometimes provocative but always entertaining way. Yesterday, I was pleased to see that the doc wrote about something of interest to us: "Men of any age can present with the symptoms of low testosterone - including [...]
