Category Archives: Cancer

Colon Cancer—third disease in my new alphabetical listing

Posted on 01/11/2013 by J. Morris Hicks

Welcome to the third PAGE of my new Diseases section of this site. It’s a sad situation when we have to spend $60 billion a year in this country to screen for a disease (colon cancer) that should never have … Continue reading →

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Breast Cancer—second disease in my new alphabetical listing

Posted on 01/09/2013 by J. Morris Hicks

Welcome to the second PAGE of my new Diseases section of this site. Like the first page (Alzheimer’s) in the new Diseases section, I lead this one off with a blog that features Dr. Michael Greger. It also features a … Continue reading →

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$132,000/year cancer drug. Guess who’s paying for it?

Posted on 12/23/2012 by J. Morris Hicks

Retired business journalist tells his story in the New York Times. On 12-1-12, I noticed a story by Frank Lalli, entitled A Health Insurance Detective Story. He was writing about the nightmare endured while trying to figure out how he was going … Continue reading →

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