The Pending Omnibus Bill, The NIH and the Unnecessary Suffering It Will Cause All of Us

Below is an article that was posted by the National Journal on Tuesday on the omnibus bill that will likely pass Congress. Take note of the reference to NIH funding. “It is what we are spending tax dollars on, and where restraint is foolish and counterproductive. Funding for the National Institutes of Health is higher [...]

Hot Off The Press – Having Hormone Refractory or Metastatic Prostate Cancer Automatically Qualifies You for Social Security Disability Benefits

At 2PM this afternoon in a long awaited decision the United States Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that having hormone refractory or metastatic prostate cancer automatically qualifies a man to receive Social Security Disability coverage. If you do qualify there still are some restrictions on your ability to receive benefits. You can't qualify for disability [...]

Appeal That Negative Insurance Determination & Win

You have cancer and now you need to add a new battle, with your insurance company because they have denied your request to cover a certain drug or a treatment. Going to your health insurer is always frustrating and time-consuming. They don't care if what you need will extend your life or make living better, [...]

Start A Cure Successfully Funds Its First Project – A Disparities Research Project from Johns Hopkins University

When I opened my computer this afternoon I checked the Malecare prostate cancer crowd-funding site to see how things were going. To my great pleasure I discovered that Start A Cure (www.StartACure.org) had achieved it first funding success! Sometime in the early afternoon some very kind individual made the pledge that completed the funding goal [...]

A First Victory in Our Fight Against Fail First Therapy – Thanking Health Partners in Minnesota for Their Concern for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer

Fail First Therapy or Step Therapy has been a topic I have written about in prior posts. It is my considered opinion that as it works its way into the treatment protocols for advanced prostate cancer it will have nothing but a very negative result for our health and longevity. What is Fail First Therapy [...]

A Heroes Experiences with Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials

I was diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer in November of 2008. After discussing the options with my family, I decided to try clinical trials instead of following the standard course of treatment. My first clinical trial combined 6 rounds of chemotherapy with the standard hormone replacement therapy (editors note – ADT). This trial was [...]

Medicare Open Enrollment Begins Today

All of the Americans who receive their insurance benefits from Medicare need to become aware that the Medicare Open Enrollment Period begins today,   October 15. What is the Medicare open enrollment period?During this open enrollment period you can make new choices and pick plans that work best for you depending upon your doctors and [...]

An Important Announcement – Open Enrollment Period for Medicare

All of the Americans who receive their insurance benefits from Medicare need to become aware that the Medicare Open Enrollment Period will begin this coming October 15. What is the Medicare open enrollment period?During this open enrollment period you can make new choices and pick plans that work best for you depending upon your doctors [...]

IMO Declares A Cancer Care Crisis in the U.S.

The state of cancer care is in crisis and getting worse.  There is an ever growing demand for cancer care, a shrinking workforce, rising healthcare costs and an increasing complexity of treatment of cancer.  According to the Institute of Medicine (IMO) cancer care in America is in a deep crisis! In analysing the current state [...]

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