Ladies, you know the situation: you want to TALK, hubby wants to TINKER. Well, let him be -- he might just be in the basement finding a cure for cancer. Researchers at several prestigious institutions believe that that's EXACTLY what one amateur scientist named John Kanzius may have done -- working with a few pie pans [...]
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be [...]
It appears that this year has finally caught up with me... last March - 85% of my home was destroyed in a flood. My son and I were cooped up in a hotel for 3 months and, as anyone who has been through something like that can testify - you spend days sorting through old [...]
From Newswise, December 9, 2008: "Although the link between early screening and prostate cancer survival is well established, men are less likely to go for early screening unless they have a wife or significant other living with them, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of the American Association [...]
The results of a new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute indicate that both diagnoses and deaths from common cancers, such as lung, breast and prostate, are declining. The drops have been especially dramatic with prostate cancer. *However*, there is some reason to believe that fewer men are getting PSA tests, [...]
Many men in this country are denied sex because their insurance companies won't pay for ED medications. But the Mexican government is handing out free Viagra to elderly men with erectile dysfunction because they believe "everyone has a right to be happy". Where did they get that idea? Stole it from our Declaration of Independence, of [...]
I have long said that prostate cancer surgery is a PROCESS, not a one-time event. RP doesn't end when the anesthesia wears off. You are likely to have problems that need further attention, such as impotence or incontinence, even if it's temporary. And of course you will need a doctor who will follow you for signs [...]
My fellow blogger, Kathy Meade, alerted me to the following. It's about time we developed holistic approaches to treating cancer patients! "University of Edinburgh researchers have reported success with an interdisciplinary intervention for treating major depressive disorder in people living with cancer. The intervention is delivered by specially trained oncology nurses, is designed to work alongside [...]
Wild horses couldn't drag me away from this blog. Or so I thought. I was right -- mostly. I haven't written in almost a month, but I have remained very much a part of Prostate Cancer World. I check my PC news pipeline every day and look in on the online PC communities. And of course, [...]
My father was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer when I was about 7 months pregnant with my son, currently my only child. Now, we are a family of activists. I in essence "inherited" our state prostate cancer coalition and perhaps the genetic predisposition to be an activist from my dad. My son has grown up [...]
