Posts tagged cancer

• What is the downside of declining hormone therapy"

  Wayne Parsons | August 27, 2011 5:38 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In a recent study it has been observed that lower rates of hormone therapy have resulted in doctors decreasing mammograms: A study published online in the American Cancer Society journal Cancer...

• Pesticide residues more prevalent in children

  Wayne Parsons | August 24, 2011 4:31 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Recently I had a conversation with an architect in Honolulu. I asked him why he was continuing to use a pesticide soil pretreatment for schools, and other buildings that his firm was designing? He...

• The Termimesh Chronicles - Does Government care about pesticides?

  Wayne Parsons | August 08, 2011 4:52 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Government should care: Breast Cancer Risk in Hawaii Linked to Pesticides in Drinking Water and Indoor Air But then after watching the debt limit debacle recently in Congress, my expectations of...

• European study adds confusion about kids, mobile phones and brain tumorsncidence of brain tumors.

  Wayne Parsons | August 07, 2011 5:24 PM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  In recent controversial and somewhat confusing study Mobile Phone Use and Brain Tumors in Children and Adolescents: A Multicenter Case–Control Study a European group looked into the issue of...

• Top Cancer Symptoms for Men

  Wayne Parsons | February 09, 2011 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Men: get a check-up with your doctor if you have any of these symptoms. You may catch your cancer in an early stage where a cure is available. 1. Pain, difficult or weak urine flow or blood...

• Why don't more women use Tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer?

  Wayne Parsons | July 15, 2010 9:38 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In CA, a cancer journal for doctors, a recent article documents that women are not taking a drug known to prevent breast cancer. In Tamoxifen Infrequently Used by Women at Risk for Breast Cancer,...

• Why Doesn't The FDA Follow Untested Drugs?

  Wayne Parsons | October 26, 2009 1:51 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) questions why the FDA has allowed drugs for cancer and other diseases to stay on the market even when follow-up studies showed they didn't extend...

• Parasite protein linked to cancer

  Wayne Parsons | October 11, 2009 8:02 PM | 5 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Cholangiocarcinoma is a deadly cancer of the bile ducts. When it is diagnosed, the doctor usually says that there is nothing that can be done: no treatment, no cure, nothing. This the cancer that...

• The Potential Impact of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination on Hawaii Women

  Wayne Parsons | August 18, 2009 3:56 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  My preference for cancer is to start with what we know. Knowing something is not hearing something or reading something. It is understanding. Here are the facts about the effect of HPV vaccination...

• Coffee Drinking May Reduce Risk Of Endometrial Cancer In Women

  Wayne Parsons | July 17, 2009 4:55 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The International Journal of Cancer has reported that drinking coffee may decrease the risk of a woman getting endometrial cancer. In a population-based study cohort study the Division of...