Vitamin D conference - NIH ODS will hold a public conference on 'Vitamin D and Health in the 21st Century--An Update' September 5-6, 2007, in Bethesda, Maryland. Organization: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) Summary: Vitamin D is a unique nutrient because its needs can be met in two distinct ways: [...]
Last week the FDA held an ODAC hearing to review the possible approval of Satraplatin as a drug available for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. Anyone can apply to testify at the hearings. I testified along with several others representing the men dealing with advanced prostate cancer. Below is my testimony. **************** My name [...]
I hear often that people are too busy or don't know how to be an advocate for prostate cancer. Another common refrain is that the "groups" will take care of it. Unfortunately the groups are often hardworking individuals like yourself. The only difference is that they just decided to just do it. Everyone has skills. [...]
It is easy to dream and hope that researchers will find a cure for cancer but getting there is not an easy task. We have all seen changes and improvements or the past few years but it is possible that forward movement will be significantly slowed or that promising research proposals will not be funded. [...]
