CAM Supplements – Do They Work for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer?

Many of us use supplements as either complementary or alternative medicines (CAMS) to treat our prostate cancer as well as advanced prostate cancer. If we interview a selection of men and ask what supplements they take there are a number of items we take that are fairly universal among us. They include pomegranate extract, green [...]

Dealing With and Beating Chemobrain – For Men Fighting Advanced Prostate Cancer

It is very common, men with advanced prostate cancer find that they are subject to confusion and memory loss; they experience a general dumbing down of their brain facilities. The most common culprits causing this are hormone therapy (ADT) and chemotherapy treatments. At this time we don’t have any great magic bullets to treat this [...]

Dieing Early Because You Can Not Get Health Insurance – A Possible Future for Americans

I try not to get political in this blog, but current politics are directly involved in our healthcare and that is what I write about in this blog. I write this because all of my work is dedicated to improving the quality of life and for saving lives. Candidate Mitt Romney has been very clear; [...]

A Common Advanced Prostate Cancer Emergency – Spinal Cord Compression

Spinal cord compression is not an uncommon occurrence in men with advanced prostate cancer. Bones are the most common target of advanced prostate cancer, including the spine. Sadly, there is often a delay in diagnosing spinal cord compression resulting from prostate cancer. These delays in diagnosis can influence the eventual functional outcome. Oncologists, primary care [...]

How To Dispose of Unneeded Medications

We all manage to accumulate prescription and non-prescription medications that we no longer need. They can sit in our medicine chests accumulating dust or even be stolen and sold for illegal use. Some people just throw them away in their garbage cans and others flush them down the toilet. Al three of these solutions are [...]

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