On November 19, 2007, the FDA posted a consumer update entitled "New Steps to Improve Advisory Committee Processes." The stated goal of these actions is to strengthen its advisory committee process in ways which are consistent with recommendations of the Institute of Medicine. "One of FDA's strengths is that we routinely enlist the nation's leading [...]
Congress recently passed funding legislation (Labor-HHS-Education bill) which would have increased funding to the NIH by 2 billion dollars for a 2008 total of 30 billion dollars. However, President Bush vetoed the legislation citing his concern that there was too much “pork barrel” funding in the bill. He did not specify what specific parts of [...]
Rudy Giuliani’s fake numbers on prostate cancer survival in the United States vs. Europe still have not been corrected by the candidate. He lied and he continues to lie about our health care system and the significance of a prostate cancer diagnosis for long term survival. First, his lie about the “cure rate” discrepancy serves [...]
Congressman Edolphus (Ed) Towns (D), 10th District, New York, has proposed a very important piece of legislation for men with prostate cancer. The legislation, H.R. 1903, the “Post-Prostate Cancer Treatment Act of 2007”, will allow some 6,000 men each year to pay for penile implants under their private insurance plans as they seek a reconstructive [...]
from the Wash. Post 11-4-07 AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION Off Target in the War on Cancer By Devra Davis Sunday, November 4, 2007; Page B01 We've been fighting the war on cancer for almost four decades now, since President Richard M. Nixon officially launched it in 1971. It's time to admit that our efforts have [...]