The NIH and NCI budgets have remained smaller than needed for years, making this the longest sustained period of flat government funding for cancer research in the country’s entire history. With medical inflation hovering around 18% each year, the real value of the dollars earmarked for cancer research has plummeted. The failure to [...]
THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED written by a prostate cancer patient who wants to be anonymous Most men if they ever think about their death presume it will be fast and painless. A PCA diagnosis can shatter that presumption. From age 70 to 73 my annual blood work showed an increasing PSA triggering a referral to a urologist. An MRI [...]
New Coronavirus COVID-19 Online Patient to Patient Support Group Launched POSTED ON: 17 MAR, AUTHOR: MALECARE Coronavirus COVID-19 patients are relieving anxiety and sharing facts and strategies in a new and free online support group. Malecare, the USA based patient advocacy nonprofit, announced a new, free coronavirus COVID-19 online support group at https://coronavirussupportgroup.org People [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Leilah van der SchyffMarketing at HealthUnlocked leilah@healthunlocked.com Malecare moving online to deliver safe support in the context of COVID-19 London, United Kingdom, March 2020 - Given the latest updates of the Coronavirus disease, people are being advised by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [...]
Prostate cancer conference faculties of five or more doctors should include no less than 20% women and 20% of people of color. Conference organizers should begin this practice as soon as possible and no later than September 1, 2020.
Paying for cancer drugs is hard. Costs are high and options for paying for cancer medications are few. There's a list of financial resources making the rounds that I thought to post. Malecare hopes you find the financial help you need. AbbVie Patient Assistance Foundation (Lupron) www.abbviepaf.org 800-222-6885 AMS Co-Pay Assistance Program (AMS implant) Downloadable Brochure [...]
November 11-17, 2019 is the world's first Bucket List Week. Pack your bags, start writing, put on your swimsuit, or hang glide off the cliff. Bucket List Week is your kick in your butt to tick off one of "your things to do before you die." Take a bath with your clothes on or [...]
Malecare, America’s largest men’s cancer support network, this week announced the world’s first prostate cancer patient conference to feature an all-female faculty featuring twelve of the U.S.A.’s top prostate cancer clinicians. The Prostate Cancer Patient Conference is a day-long event taking place in New York City on October 5th. “Less than 1% of all [...]
Waiting For Test Results Bob H. I’m waiting for results. Or rather, I’m not waiting. I’m trying to be not waiting. Most of the time it works. I’ve talked about, written about strolling toward death. Where I do not think about it, and mosey on my way since there is nothing to be done, and [...]
Strolling Towards Death Bob H. I’m dying. Yes, yes, we’re all dying, from the moment of birth, blah, blah, blah. But me, a little more so. My cancer is back. I’m not sick. I have an illness, if that’s what prostate cancer is. Or a disease. Or a condition. I’ve periodically read a lot. Swirls [...]
