The NIH and NCI budgets have remained smaller than needed for years, making this the longest sustained period of flat government funding for cancer research in the country’s entire history. With medical inflation hovering around 18% each year, the real value of the dollars earmarked for cancer research has plummeted. The failure to [...]
THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED written by a prostate cancer patient who wants to be anonymous Most men if they ever think about their death presume it will be fast and painless. A PCA diagnosis can shatter that presumption. From age 70 to 73 my annual blood work showed an increasing PSA triggering a referral to a urologist. An MRI [...]
New Coronavirus COVID-19 Online Patient to Patient Support Group Launched POSTED ON: 17 MAR, AUTHOR: MALECARE Coronavirus COVID-19 patients are relieving anxiety and sharing facts and strategies in a new and free online support group. Malecare, the USA based patient advocacy nonprofit, announced a new, free coronavirus COVID-19 online support group at https://coronavirussupportgroup.org People [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Leilah van der SchyffMarketing at HealthUnlocked leilah@healthunlocked.com Malecare moving online to deliver safe support in the context of COVID-19 London, United Kingdom, March 2020 - Given the latest updates of the Coronavirus disease, people are being advised by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [...]
Prostate cancer conference faculties of five or more doctors should include no less than 20% women and 20% of people of color. Conference organizers should begin this practice as soon as possible and no later than September 1, 2020.
November 11-17, 2019 is the world's first Bucket List Week. Pack your bags, start writing, put on your swimsuit, or hang glide off the cliff. Bucket List Week is your kick in your butt to tick off one of "your things to do before you die." Take a bath with your clothes on or [...]
Waiting For Test Results Bob H. I’m waiting for results. Or rather, I’m not waiting. I’m trying to be not waiting. Most of the time it works. I’ve talked about, written about strolling toward death. Where I do not think about it, and mosey on my way since there is nothing to be done, and [...]
Strolling Towards Death Bob H. I’m dying. Yes, yes, we’re all dying, from the moment of birth, blah, blah, blah. But me, a little more so. My cancer is back. I’m not sick. I have an illness, if that’s what prostate cancer is. Or a disease. Or a condition. I’ve periodically read a lot. Swirls [...]
When Doctors Cry “TMI!” Robert Hanlon Recent stories have highlighted genetic testing that may predict an 87% likelihood of getting a certain rare type of cancer. These reports provide a tantalizing, if scary, hope of informed decision-making about medical treatments. But don’t be fooled. To date, only a very small percentage of the population and [...]
Steven Lavender reference By now many of you would have heard the word Kegel. Arnold Kegel was an American gynecologist who developed exercises to strengthen “relaxed genitals” in females. The exercises have been well studied and are now taught to both men and women as the first line of defense against incontinence both urinary and [...]
