Once again our veterans, who served in Vietnam, have been impacted by their exposure to Agent Orange, a defoliant used to clear the vegetation from the jungles. A recent study, which was presented at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association, in Anaheim, Calif., concluded that the exposure to Agent Orange appears to boost [...]
Several thousand people have added their names to the sign-on letter at www.malecare.com, in just the first week. With May 31 as our dead line, many more names will be added. Our prostate cancer community is showing its size and cohesion. As Lance Armstrong so brilliantly advocates, we are living strong. We've also received about [...]
Published in today’s Newsday, the daily newspaper from Long Island, N.Y., was a moving tribute to Lauren Terrazzano. Lauren was a Newsday reporter who, along with articles about the treatment of the elderly and foster children, chronicled her personal life and battle against recurrent lung cancer. Lauren died at Sloane Kettering Hospital last Tuesday night. [...]
Today is Mother's Day. Today is a day we remember and honor our own mother and our spouses. These are the very same women who have been our loving caretakers, a job that gets little gratitude and no pay. Often, we are guilty of not paying attention to them and of responding to their comments [...]
I went to the United Parcel Service terminal this afternoon to ship a carton to my nephew in Philadelphia. Standing next to me was an older women just chatting away with the counter person. She was speaking very loudly, so it was hard not listen. She was complaining away. She went on about how hard [...]