Hard to believe. I have always thought that getting back your own stem cells hardly qualifies as a "transplant", but that's what they call it. Officially, it's an "Autologous" stem cell transplant when they give back your own, previously harvested stem cells. When y...

Another sad situation as the ex-Yankee player and broadcaster has died of brain cancer after a two year struggle. Murcer joined the Yanks in the late 1960's, touted as the successor to Mickey Mantle - they were even both from Oklahoma. While never achieving Mantle's level, he had an excellent career...

While I have no time at all for Ted Kennedy's phony progressive politics, I am sorry that he's now faced with a terrible struggle with brain cancer. And of course it effects his whole family. The Washington Post has an in-depth feature on his wife Vicki, and their relationship. The Steadfast...

This morning the NY Times had a feature on the game-based Nintendo Wii home-fitness game machine program. It's actually a pretty comprehensive article and I found it quite interesting. I don't think this is particularly useful for people interested in working out hard, but on the other hand it may b...

This is new from the AHA - American Heart Association - Hands-Only CPR - Home When an adult has a sudden cardiac arrest, his or her survival depends greatly on immediately getting CPR from someone nearby. Unfortunately, less than 1/3 of those people who experience a cardiac arrest at home, work or i...

It's had to understand how the school officials seem to have done little or nothing about this particular case. And the family only now, after years of problems, is going to court. A Boy the Bullies Love to Beat Up, Repeatedly - New York Times A car the color of a school bus pulls up with a boy who ...

Governor Paterson has no vision in his left eye and 20/400 vision in his right one. But he can still play basketball! How a Blind Man Will Lead a State - Well - Tara Parker-Pope - Health - New York Times Blog For people with sight, it’s hard to imagine how a person who is blind copes with day-to-d...

Should research funds go to the most common cancers, or to the mostly deadly ones? A very tough question and apropos to the previous post Tom Faranda's Folly: Patrick Swayze's diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, here's some information on levels of cancer funding - Cancer Funding: Does It Add Up? - Well...

This article appeared in Forbes almost three months ago - I meant to post it and am only just getting around to it. To read the whole article you may have to register with Forbes, but it's free. Despite a great deal of research, the relationship between nutrition and cancer - and fighting/preventing...

Here's a good article from yesterday's health section of the NY Times. One of the things I already knew, which the article affirms: you can maintain muscular strength longer (to an older age) then you can keep your maximum cardiovascular capacity at it's top level. Staying a Step Ahead of Aging - Ne...