A new bill passed by Congress should make a difference in the lives of ordinary people who are struggling with cancer and need their employers to make reasonable accommodations for them. In the past, many cancer patients who alleged violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 were told that they were not "disabled" [...]
The presidential campaign season is now officially upon us and we are being besieged by both political parties as they ask for our financial support and our vote. When you consider which of the candidates to support you should factor into your decision their plans about cancer. Both of the presidential campaigns have released plans [...]
On 9/11/01, 20 brave firefighters from my neighborhood went to work and never returned. The photo above is of a memorial plaque posted at a firehouse a few blocks from my home. Eleven men from that company were sent to the World Trade Center and only one came home. Went by there today to pay my respects. As [...]
I just wanted to share this good news. For those who don't know him, Michael Milken is a financier and longtime PC patient, as well as a major fundraiser for the prostate cancer. He founded the Prostate Cancer Foundation, (pcf.org), which is the richest PC charity in the world. A more recent project of Milken's is Fastercures.org, which [...]
I have returned from the PCRI conference in LA. As the prior conferences, it was an excellent meeting designed for us, the nonprofessional. The range of speakers and the topics covered all had immediate and direct implications for us survivors, our spouses and partners. Over the course of the next few weeks, I am going [...]