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Helping the Elderly Avoid Fractures

This is a holiday story.
Here in Seattle we rarely have snow. And when we do, the rain soon comes to wash it away. That’s a good thing because we have few snow plows and our environmental way of thinking prohibits putting salt on the icy roads. Plus no one knows how to drive in a [...]

Fertility, Multiple Births, and Preemies

Megan Barcroft of Dallas, Oregon is 30. She’d been trying to get pregnant for years. When she wasn’t successful she turned to fertility treatments. And, like so many others, she developed a multiple birth pregnancy – triplets.
By definition such a pregnancy is high risk, to the mother and the babies. A mom like Megan [...]

Searching for Clear Answers in Prostate Cancer

The other night we had a very provocative discussion about prostate cancer treatments. There are many treatments and, unfortunately, no clear answers as to which is the right one and when. Yes, there are strong recommendations to do this or that in a given situation, but is anyone in urologic oncology really sure what’s best [...]

Hot News from Andrew

Some weeks it is hard to decide what to blog about BUT NOT THIS WEEK!
First: I am thrilled to call your attention to our new pages on patientpower.info. We’ve added video that showcases “Powerful Patients,” we’ve added stories and photos from these people and others, we’ve added “Voices from the Heart” inspiration, and started our [...]