I’m No Expert…

A recent NY Times article, —“New Take on a Prostate Drug,” highlighted an important and new debate surrounding the prevention of Prostate Cancer. Finasteride, marketed as Propecia and Proscar, has been shown to reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer by nearly 30%. That’s a significant reduction and worth considering particularly if you are at a higher risk of developing the disease. The article explores the current controversy of whether healthy men should take the drug. Is it worth risking a chance that unanticipated side effects may emerge years later if men with no prostate problems take the drug? Preventing prostate cancer can save thousands of lives every year and finasteride may offer hope as a way to reduce risk. But at what cost? Long-term adverse reactions are unclear and what about the cost of taking it every day?

Other proven prevention methods such as “prostate healthy” foods are able to achieve as great a risk reduction as a finasteride—and without the cost and potential adverse reactions. [Read more →]

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While I fundamentally oppose further domestic and offshore oil drilling, I believe that this could be part of a better comprehensive energy policy. Domestic oil drilling should be allowed by congress only as part of a bill that goes beyond the current provisions of The renewable energy and job creation act of 2008 (HR 6049 ) and provides long-term extensions and even greater tax credits for renewable energy.

As much as I would like, we are not going to eliminate the use of fossil fuels in the immediate future. But we desperately need a long-term and significant renewable policy. The amount of oil that is realized from offshore drilling will be insignificant. And as renewable energy becomes more mainstream, the less will be our reliance on oil. Perhaps the ends will justify the means

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On Tuesday June 10th Senate republicans successfully blocked the “Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act 2008″ from coming to the floor for a vote. Having already been passed by the House, this bill would have provided tax incentives for renewable energy while also creating hundreds of thousands of renewable energy jobs in the U.S. With energy prices soaring and posing one of the greatest threats to this country’s security, it’s baffling how republicans can continually work to block this needed piece of legislation. [Read more →]

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While greater oversight of Drug company advertising to consumers appears on the surface to be a worthwhile effort to protect consumers, the truth is Congress is misdirecting their efforts. [Read more →]

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