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Jan 28, 2008
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My beef with infomercials
Over the holidays I watched television or listened to the radio at odd times. And lately I’ve run into a run of infomercials. I’ve tried to watch with a critical eye. I’ve given up on the ones with the rows of smiling,...
Andrew Schorr
General Health Blog
A Patient Advocate at Large
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Nov 12, 2007
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When a health crisis strikes – will your family be prepared?
As many as 20 million Americans – mostly women in their 40s and 50s – have a lot on their mind as they find themselves responsible caring for an aging parent or in-law. It can be a highly emotional time as loved...
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Nov 5, 2007
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Childhood Obesity – Is It A Healthcare Crisis?
Someday, we will cure cancer. Someday, we will turn off autoimmune diseases. Someday, we will have joint replacements that don’t wear out. But will we be able to reverse the terrible increase in childhood obesity? The...
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Oct 15, 2007
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The inspirational young with cancer
David Broder, the noted Washington Post columnist, wrote in the paper today about the need for healthcare reform which is at the forefront of people’s minds as the upcoming Presidential election draws near. But I am...
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Oct 8, 2007
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A chronic health condition in an instant
Many of our discussions focus on living with a chronic health concern and fighting cancer. I know many of you are dealing with those illnesses; you seek out information on your disease and carry on quite courageously. But...
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Oct 1, 2007
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Blame the media for resistance to clinical trials
I have a big pet peeve with the media. It’s tough sounding off on this because for me it’s like yelling at your own family in public. Let me explain further. I have two journalism degrees and years of experience in...
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Sep 28, 2007
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Are some patient advocacy groups going “corporate?”
Okay, I am sounding off again on this subject. I am an entrepreneurial kind of guy. I spent some time in “Hollywood” and thought it was cool that some big movie deals were actually worked out by producers and studios over...
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Aug 27, 2007
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One man behind the curtain dies of head and neck cancer
Occasionally, I like to tell tales from the “old man at HealthTalk” perspective. As some of you know, Esther and I started what became HealthTalk in our apartment in Los Angeles in 1984. We moved to Seattle in 1988, mostly...
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May 1, 2007
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Heart and stem cell research
The other day, I interviewed Dr. Chuck Murry, a cardiopathologist at the University of Washington. His lab has worked for years trying to figure out how to use stem cells (cells that can make other cells for specific uses in...
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Apr 5, 2007
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Genta files appeal with Dr. Pazdur’s boss
My regular readers have seen my previous blog postings on my unhappiness with the FDA’s process of reviewing a new drug submission for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), the condition I have lived with for 11 years. As...