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Senator Harkin and the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Hold Hearings on the Budget Allocations to the NCI for Cancer Research

On Thursday the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education held its FY 2010 NIH budget hearing. There were two particular items of note for the cancer community. When discussing the NIH funding which was received through the economic stimulus package, Senator Harkin questioned if the current two years the NIH [...]

By Malecare|2017-10-19T10:55:16-04:00May 23rd, 2009|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Financial, NIH, Politics of Cancer, Research, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Funding for the DOD

I have been talking about the need to increase the funding levels for the Department of Defense (DOD) Peer Review Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) for a long period. This program has proven itself to be the single most valuable government funded prostate cancer research program. The program is designed to fund research projects that [...]

By Malecare|2017-10-19T10:55:17-04:00May 19th, 2009|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Advocacy, Financial, Politics of Cancer, Research, Uncategorized|0 Comments

“Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men’s Education Act (PRIME)”

Senator Barbara Boxer Introduces Cancer-Related Legislation Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has introduced two bills to improve research on prostate cancer and ovarian cancer. S. 756, the "Prostate Research, Imaging, and Men's Education Act (PRIME)" provides for prostate cancer imaging research and education. The reintroduced, S.755 Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Research Act is legislation to develop new [...]

By Malecare|2021-02-17T10:45:40-05:00April 12th, 2009|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Advocacy, Financial, Research, Uncategorized|0 Comments

The Partnership for Prescription Assistance

How can you obtain financial assistance getting your prescription drugs? One possible solution is the Partnership for Prescription Assistance. from their web site: "The Partnership for Prescription Assistance brings together America's pharmaceutical companies, doctors, other health care providers, patient advocacy organizations and community groups to help qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines [...]

By Malecare|2020-02-04T10:31:39-05:00February 27th, 2009|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Drugs & Treatments, Financial, General Information, Uncategorized|0 Comments

The Economic Stimulus Package and Its Effect On Prostate Cancer Treatment

There has been a lot of publicity surrounding the $787 billion economic stimulus bill approved by Congress. One thing that the bill will do for the first time is provide substantial amounts of money for the federal government to compare the effectiveness of different treatments for the same illness. Researchers are scheduled to receive $1.1 [...]

By Malecare|2020-02-04T11:46:28-05:00February 19th, 2009|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Advocacy, Drugs & Treatments, Financial, How We Live, Politics of Cancer, Uncategorized|0 Comments