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Never Give Up Hope: Boy Born with No Immune System Now Thriving from Patient Power® on Vimeo.

Question: Are political pressures on pharmaceutical companies and the medical community getting in the way of worthy education and public service projects?
First some transparency: I am not nor have I ever been an employee of any drug company nor has anyone in my family. As far as I know, we own no stock in a [...]

Actor Jon Voight has had a long and enduring career – even if his relationship off screen with daughter Angelina Jolie has been rocky. Voight blasted onto the national stage decades ago in “Midnight Cowboy” and was front and center and the baddest of bad guys last year in TV’s “24.” His movies and television [...]

Okay, so I tweaked CNN about Dr. Gupta not returning my calls. The CNN producers tweaked back with a holiday gift.
The i-report I produced on a whim last weekend about the need to pass healthcare reform legislation, no matter what, was aired several times on 12/23. How did I know? I got an urgent call [...]

CNN’s Health Unit has one bright star and one dimmer one. The bright star is Dr. Sanjay Gupta who is all over CNN. And the broadcast journalist in his shadow is reporter Elizabeth Cohen. I have never been able to get either one of them to return my calls. But I did have a nice [...]

Day 2 at ASH: Putting Progress in Perspective from Patient Power® on Vimeo.

What’s Hot at ASH? from Patient Power® on Vimeo.

Assignment: Breaking News for Cancer from Patient Power® on Vimeo.

I don’t mean to be simplistic. But America’s weight problem is bankrupting our healthcare system and killing us.
That extra helping of stuffing with gravy you had at the Thanksgiving table isn’t a problem if you exercise and it’s just a “treat.” But, unfortunately, for too many of us, the big portion, fatty food, and zero [...]