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 [...]
The following letter has been sent to the ranking members of the U.S. Senate who have been responsible for spearheading the health care reforms. Not only do I wish to share with you the actual letter, but I want you to take note of the wide level of support that these concerns have created within [...]
My post of July 9, 2009, "Will Provenge or Any Treatment for Advanced Prostate Cancer Survive Health Reform?" has caused my mailbox to become full of a number of emails both damming my concern about health care reform and supporting the concern. The negative responses have ranged from calling me selfish to being a tool [...]
Healthy, Older Men Live Longer With Aggressive Prostate Cancer Treatment so we should provide treatment. The US Preventive Task Force (USPTF) report which has caused huge amounts of debate in the prostate cancer community, especially surrounding the continuation of PSA testing and providing treatment for prostate cancer in older men has taken a good and [...]
Yesterday’s New York Times article about health care reform and the overly inflated cost of the American health care system should ring large and loud alarm bells in the prostate cancer community. This article, along with the recent increasing pressure to halt prostate cancer screening, should put a major scare into the community. Unfortunately, the [...]