Cancer Doc on Holiday
Summer vacation at the Jersey Shore. Hot ivory sand, rolling olive-white waves, endless cerulean sky. Black headed gulls glide downwind and beat back agains...
Doctor, What Would You Do?
Kathryn and her son sit tensely before me. CT scan, blood tests and biopsy done, there are decisions to be make. There is radiation, surgery or perhaps chem...
Cancer 101: All Bleeding Stops
When black night turns red by gunshot and blade, when pressures drop and life starts to fade, doctors are solaced by words which can jade, ALL BLEEDING STOPS! ...
Tough Science – The Shuttle and Cancer
In the early morning hours, the massive power of 30 years spent, Atlantis floated to earth, and rolled to still. Decades of research, engineering and effort c...
Cancer Politics, July 2011
Cancer care is dependent on money and planning. In order to manufacture drugs, build hospitals, run medical schools and pay for treatment, thousands of men an...
Cancer Warrior – One Woman’s Battles
“Cancer can put you on an emotional rollercoaster, where you can be confident and hopeful one week, then sink down into despair when you receive a setback.”...
Why Not a Colonoscopy
I give up. Surrender. Yield. Capitulate. Cede. For 25 years of medical practice I have urged, begged and prodded all to get colonoscopies. But, each d...
Still One
He is 76 years old. A retired salesman, Elks Lodge member, gardener, handyman. Likes the shore in summer. He has two sons and, at this late age, the first g...
Remembering Where it Started on July 4th
I recently had the opportunity to review the McKinsey Report on United States Healthcare. This exhaustive study breaks down how we spend well over $2.3 trilli...
Breast Cancer and Estrogen; the Evolving Story
Estrogen is critical for good health and is key to the physical development of women. Estrogen is created in the ovaries and fat cells and every woman makes e...