The FDA was given the okay by their panel of advisors to approve the drug Provenge, an immunotherapy that stimulates the immune system to help fight cancer cells. The drug is designed for patients with metastatic prostate cancer who stop responding to hormonal therapy. The drug triggers the immune system to recognize a particular protein that is [...]
Paige Kearin is currentlyinterviewing people who have risen to the top of their professions, asking them to discuss what worked for them andtheir advice on how to be highly successful, for an upcoming book. Kearin blogs Real People. Really Remarkable Lives, chronicling her own success insecuring interviews with America’s top achievers. In Unbelievable! My PersonalInterview with Lance [...]
Despite huge efforts to study, understand and treat prostate cancer, it is the second leading causeof cancer death in men in the United States. This is partly due to the fact that advanced prostate cancer cells showvery little positive response to even the strongest radiations or chemotherapy treatments. However, researchers atRutgers have discovered that when combined, turmeric, also [...]