NOTE: We tend to avoid what could be construed as ‘political’ postings on this site, however felt that the following by Daniel Greenfield is worth posting. One must keep in mond, that YOUR health is YOUR responsibility, and that if you are serious about curing your cancer, or most importantly – preventing it – then […]
Imagine a commercial plane crashed and there were some fatalities involved. You can be sure that would make the headline of every major newspaper. Well, we have the equivalent of 8-10 planes crashing EVERY DAY with everyone on board dying from cancer. Nearly two million Americans are diagnosed with cancer every year—one person out of […]
Its gradually emerged in recent months that the Food and Drug Administration not only spied on its employees, but did so on a massive scale collecting tens of thousands of employee emails to one another, as well as to journalists, members of Congress and congressional staff workers. The FDA also intercepted draft statements to […]
A dissent on behalf of those who take care of you, your wife, husband, mom, dad, son, and daughter. ObamaCare is not a tax. ObamaCare is a tax. That reminds of the old joke: But how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln? ObamaCare is bad medicine, plain and simple. But what do I know? Im […]
Supporters of Planned Parenthood are furious about the recent decision by Susan G. Komen for the Cure to cease funding the abortion giant. I have to admit that Planned Parenthood – with help from the mainstream media-has done a masterful job over the years of drastically downplaying its abortion business while at the same time […]
After decades in which cancer screening was promoted as an unmitigated good, as the best perhaps only way for people to protect themselves from the ravages of a frightening disease, a pronounced shift is under way. Now expert groups are proposing less screening for prostate, breast and cervical cancer and have emphasized that […]
Healthy men should no longer receive a P.S.A. blood test to screen for prostate cancer because the test does not save lives over all and often leads to more tests and treatments that needlessly cause pain, impotence and incontinence in many, a key government health panel has decided. The draft recommendation, by the United States […]
Cancer ordeal gives patient new perspective All I can recommend is what was told to me: Take a deep breath. Do your homework. Get two opinions. Make your own decision, then don’t look back. Doctors, loved ones, friends will all be with you during this adventure, but you have to be your own hero. On […]
Data casting doubts on X-rays confuse patients, doctors Annual screening appears to add 36 hours to women’s life spans, said one doctor; ‘you would get a better benefit from walking to the doctor’s office than getting those mammograms.’ Her patients cannot believe it. For years they had taken it for granted that mammograms saved their […]
Writing about breast cancer is not something I chose willingly. It was a story that had to come to me on its own terms, in the form of a diagnosis of breast cancer. Read Maureen’s story. Early detection clouds treatment options A growing number of baby boomer women, vigilant about staying healthy, are being diagnosed […]
For decades, it was an article of medical faith: Get a mammogram; it could save your life. Now, seemingly overnight, that faith has been shaken. The mammogram that yearly ritual for millions of American women has become the focus of a bitter and unusually public scientific dispute that is being fought in the […]