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 [...]