We all must become a self-advocate if we are to survive and prosper with advanced prostate cancer. Self-advocacy gives us a positive experience that provides a true sense of control in a time when we experience only uncertainty. Self-advocacy can be very simple. It can be as simple as asking more questions at your doctor's [...]
At this moment, the United States Congress is in session and actively considering an economic stimulus package. It is vital that we join together with many other cancer advocacy organizations and support the inclusion of the proposed $1.9 billion allocation to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the federal agency that oversees cancer and other [...]
Many men in this country are denied sex because their insurance companies won't pay for ED medications. But the Mexican government is handing out free Viagra to elderly men with erectile dysfunction because they believe "everyone has a right to be happy". Where did they get that idea? Stole it from our Declaration of Independence, of [...]
Mary, who writes the prostate cancer advocacy and action blog for malecare, (www.prostatecancerblog.org) wrote this comment to my post which does appear in the comments for that post. I thought that it was so thoughtful and insightful I would use it as its own post. Mary's blog is well worth checking out and may be [...]
The Bush administration has begun the traditional post election changes of regulations and executive orders that often accompany a change in administrations. On Friday, the president narrowed the scope of services for poor people who rely on Medicaid's outpatient benefits. The administration claimed the purpose of the order was to clarified the definition of outpatient [...]