Today’s New York Times carried a story written by Reed Abelson entitled “Financial Ties Are Cited as Issue in Spine Study.” The story explained that some of the nation’s most prominent spine surgeons hailed as a medical breakthrough a study of nearly 240 patients with lower back pain. The doctors said that Prodisc, an artificial [...]
The American Cancer Society has undertaken a unique effort to help cancer patients who have lost or are in danger of losing their health care coverage – the Health Insurance Assistance Service (HIAS). Along with the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, The Society is sponsoring a free resource that connects cancer patients with health insurance [...]
LGBT cancer project at http://www.lgbtcancer.com is the first Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trangender cancer project in the United States. Named, OutWithCancer and highlighted by the social network, OutWithCancer at http://www.outwithcancer.com Malecare’s project has had extraordinary positive response from LGBT people diagnosed cancer. Many have logged on and connected with each other in life saving support.
There was a man who took great pride in his beard. Each morning he awoke and spent at least one hour admiring it in the mirror. His beard had won many contests and his mantle was full of first place trophies. One morning he awoke and was very surprised when he gazed into the mirror. [...]
The New York Times has recently provided a significant amount of coverage about prostate cancer. I applaud them and thank them. It is time that a disease that strikes one in every six men gets this level of coverage. One of the many excellent articles that recently appeared (January 17, 2008) entitled “$300 To Learn [...]