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Real Men Get Prostate Cancer – Hormone Therapy Observations

Part of the cure for his cancer involves hormones and, yes he is getting a taste of what females deal with all our lives, but if it offers a cure for him, it is worth every minute. Good article to read if this therapy would be applicable to you...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2008 4:50 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Cancer, Prostate Cancer Foundation, Therapy

Free Cancer Research Tools Available for Clinical Researchers

One of the big changes just like everywhere else in healthcare is integration. It is all open source software and using some nice Web 2.0 applications and now includes a dashboard for easy management and locating program modules and relative information...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2008 5:52 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Cancer, clinical trials, Heatlhcare, National Cancer Institute, Health 2.0, Web 2.0

Oncologists Get Chemo Help with IntelliDose Chemotherapy Software – EHR Integration

The software receives demographics, lab results, medication and allergy lists, and height and weight data and sends detailed prescribing and nurse note information, as well as individual drug administrations. The software can also maintain...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2008 6:53 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Medical Records, Cancer, Business Intelligence, software, integration, Chemotherapy, Treatment plans

Washington University scientists first to sequence genome of cancer patient

10 genetic mutations were found in the patient's tumor and virtually every cell in the tumor sample had nine of the mutations. “What's striking about the new research is that the scientists were able to sift through the 3 billion pairs of...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 1:56 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, Genomics, Cancer, R and D, DNA Testing, Sequencing

Fred Baron Dies, Despite Being Given Tysabri

Even folks with money and in high positions have problems getting access to cancer drugs, as you can read below, and this was not an issue of not being able to afford the medication. When you read items as such, it makes you stop and think how precious...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 1:44 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, drugs, Cancer, Tysabri, Access to medications, Cancer Drugs, Fred Baron, Biogen

Edwards Emerges From Her Husband's Shadow

Being this is breast cancer awareness month, nice feature on Elizabeth Edwards and how she not only is battling breast cancer, but the public display of her marriage, which she has pretty much kept under wrap. Cancer is tough enough to battle as...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2008 11:24 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Breast Cancer, Politics, John Edwards, Elizabeth Edwards

Michael Milken and Muhammad Yunus – Discuss Healthcare and the Economy with Charlie Rose

This interview from Charlie Roses touches on many items and Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus adds what he has been able to accomplish in his part of the world in Bangladesh and how some of those principles can be applied here, coming together of both...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2008 2:58 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Biotech, Cancer, Pharmaceuticals, R and D, Economy, Banking, Milken Institute, Mahammed Yunus, Milken, Charlie Rose

Pharma, Insurance and the Cancer Business

As the article states, you don’t need marketing for cancer drugs, as the need is unfortunately already there, thus marketing for cancer drugs does not necessarily carry the same sales expense as do other drugs. We have all seen the “tiered plans...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2008 10:42 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, personalized medicine, Genomics, health insurance, Pharma, Prescriptions, Cancer, R and D, Science 2.0

Cancer Groups Look for Common Ground As Competition for Research Funds Heats Up

This is a touchy subject as you don’t want to diminish any funds that are coming in, yet some type of umbrella where perhaps all are connected may not be a bad idea. As mentioned too, the groups are able to help gain research funds to innovators...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 1:21 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, Cancer, Grants, R and D, American Cancer Society, Cancer Society, Advocacy

Novel Lung Cancer Vaccine Trial Launched At Moores UCSD Cancer Center

The new vaccine, Lucanix, is genetically engineered to also trick the cancer into turning off its immune system-suppressing activities, this is a turn in a different direction here where vaccines are normally increase the immune system capabilities. The...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 12:44 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Cancer, clinical trials, Chemotherapy, Stage 4, Lung Cancer, Moore UCSD

Cancer Isn't One Size Fits All – Robin Roberts from ABC and Breast Cancer

Robin Roberts, describes her journey with breast cancer, and October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Good story and information. Nice that she decided to go public and describe, losing your hair and other things that go along with the treatment...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 12:29 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Cancer, Radiation Oncology, Breast Cancer Awareness, Chemo, Nightline, Newscaster

Colonoscopies Not Recommended After Age 75

The guidelines were recently set for psa tests for men at the same age as well, 50 to 75 is now the 25 time frame. BD The utility of cancer screening over the course of a lifetime follows a sort of bell curve. Now federal guidelines suggest...

Published Tue, Oct 10 2008 9:38 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Colonoscopy, Cancer

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month - American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Co-Sponsor

There is a full web page dedicated with several links to obtain the basic information; FAQs can be found here. Get the facts is another site that may be of interest as well. BD Helpful Clinical Trial Information. The American College...

Published Sun, Oct 10 2008 12:05 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Education, Cancer, Breast Cancer, R and D, Breast Cancer Awareness, Treatment

Business Intelligence Study Finds Pharma Pricing Research Being Conducted Earlier

In other words, this is called Business Intelligence. Lots of it out there to choose from and one from Microsoft specifically related to hospital management and budgets. Before the demise of Wall Street it wasn’t too long ago that I posted...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2008 1:34 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Pharma, Biotech, Cancer, Business Intelligence, R and D, Wall Street, Pricing

New Online Calculator for Prostate Cancer Patients and Doctors Developed

The tool is designed for use by doctors and will still need to go through clinical trials to determine accuracy and effectiveness. This is a joint effort and will be tested at Harvard Medical School and the Cleveland Clinic. Radiation oncologists...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2008 10:20 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, Cancer, Oncology, Prostate Cancer, PSA, Online Tools, Biopsy, Calculator

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