Study Shows Wives May Bear the Brunt of Emotional Burden of Cancer WebMD Medical News, March 6, 2008. -- It seems that when half of a couple has cancer, the wife feels more strain than the husband, a study shows. Researchers say that women shoulder more of the emotional burden whether they are diagnosed [...]
The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) will be sponsoring a forum on the development of drugs for Oncology and the FDA. Prostate cancer advocates who have an interest in this area may be interested in attending. Oncology Drug Development: Rethinking FDA Oversight Start: Thursday, March 13, 2008 8:30 AM End: Friday, March 14, 2008 12:30 PM [...]
If you are thinking of having minimally invasive (laparoscopic) surgery for prostate cancer, have a family member who's had it or just want to *really* understand how it works, you will want to read this guest article by Arnon Krongrad, MD. Dr. Krongrad is a prostate cancer surgeon in Aventura, Florida, and Chairman of the [...]
This is from the Journal of the American Medical Association via a Johns Hopkins Health Alert. These are free and very useful. You can subscribe @ johnshopkinshealthalerts.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Erectile Dysfunction Linked to Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes A study of nearly 4,000 men with an average age of 57 found that nearly half had experienced erectile [...]
Gordon M. wrote in a PC newsgroup: I wanted to let you know that since I started treatment Jan 12, 2004 I have now walked over 5,500 miles (gone through 5 pairs of running shoes), swam 200 miles, and weight lifted over 8 million pounds. I look at that as walking from coast-to-coast. This doesn't [...]