Last week, in two webcasts I interviewed young men who had survived cancer and aggressive treatment that made all the difference. Cole Connealy, 22 and Ezra Fitz, 31, each underwent surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. For Cole, in Portland, Oregon, it was the discovery of testicular cancer that had spread into his chest and his brain. [...]

There’s more chatter lately (see the Seattle Times, The Newest Generation of Drugs: Who Can Afford Them?) about the cost of the growing list of biotech drugs “(“biologics”) that can lengthen your life and/or improve the quality of your life when you are living with an advanced cancer or a long-term chronic illness like multiple [...]

Dear Patient Power Friends:
Comedian Bernie Mac (“Ocean’s Eleven”) died Saturday while hospitalized for what was said to be pneumonia. He had been living with a chronic lung condition, sarcoidosis, which he had previously said was in remission.
We will miss Bernie as he was a talented and unique comedian.
His death gets me thinking about lung health [...]

As I wrote last week, our family is just back from a summertime trip to Europe. Because of the low value of the U.S. Dollar we didn’t encounter many Americans, but we did meet many Europeans on extended vacations. I was the one with the Blackberry. They were the ones who were truly relaxing.
On the [...]