PROVENGE Significantly Prolongs Survival in Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer in Pivotal Phase 3 IMPACT Study

What great news has greeted us today. We can now hope that the FDA will quickly approve Provenge and we can get this sorely needed treatment ASAP. If Provenge gets approval from the FDA it will be the first cancer vaccine ever approved. Sadly it will be only the second approved treatment for prostate cancer! [...]

Vickie Shares Great Wisdom on Spousal Communication

Vickie wrote both a very moving and very important email to the "circle" mailing list. After reading this post I contacted her to asked permission to repost it on this blog. I am very thankful to her for giving me permission to re-publish it and I am hopeful that she will continue to share her [...]

Why We Continue To Fail

Today I posted the following on the ACOR Prostate listserv. It was in response to a series of emails that complained 1- That the organizations representing the prostate cancer community were at odds with each other and that there are too many prostate organizations. 2- That the prostate cancer community is disorganized and unable to [...]

Sexual Behavior At Work Still A Problem

A new paper published in the Journal of Applied Psychology and co-authored by researchers from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Management concluded that sexual behavior at work creates a problem in the work place, especially morale. The study looks at sexual behavior in [...]

Understanding Your Prescriptions: What Does It Say? Knowing Is A Part Of Taking Good care Of Yourself

The doctor has just scribbled a new prescription and now the pharmacist must translate it when they fill the order. What does all those chicken scrawls mean? Here is an example of what a prescription could look like- “drug name 250 mg Ac bid x 10 days?” To start, the first part of a prescription [...]

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