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Cardiovascular Disease, Falls in the Elderly
“…our study shows that subclinical cardiovascular disease is itself a fall risk factor. This raises the important question of whether treatment of subclinical cardiovascular disease could help
Continue readingNewly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma- Medical Billing Fraud???
“Much of what we accept as legal in medical billing would be regarded as fraud in any other sector…bills for things that simply didn’t happen… charges that I would call fraudulent —are
Continue readingMyeloma Symptoms, Side Effects- Liver
In large clinical trials of bortezomib, elevations in serum aminotransferase levels were common, occurring in ~10% of patients. However, values greater than 5 times the upper limit…” Hi David,
Continue readingStage III, P17 Del. Multiple Myeloma- ASCT or no?
“…you can begin low-dose maintenance therapy. Low-dose revlimid may help your numbers reduce further, and may keep you in remission longer. I will link the integrative therapies guide below.” Hi
Continue readingStem Cell Transplant for Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma- What are Risks?
“Two-thirds of HSCT survivors develop at least one chronic health condition; while a fifth develop severe or life-threatening conditions.” Dear David- I am a newly diagnosed multiple myeloma
Continue readingDCA enhances Velcade in Myeloma
Dichloracetate (DCA) enhances the efficacy of Velcade, a standard-of-care Multiple Myeloma Therapy Multiple Myeloma (MM) is considered incurable by conventional oncology. In other words, if an MM patient
Continue readingMultiple Myeloma Remission- More Chemotherapy or No?
“William Li presents a new way to think about treating cancer and other diseases: anti-angiogenesis, preventing the growth of blood vessels that feed a tumor…” Dear David- When I was
Continue readingPre-MM Becomes Full-Blown Multiple Myeloma? Bone Disease-
“Bone disease is an important issue in multiple myeloma and there is emerging evidence that patients with smoldering multiple myeloma and MGUS also have increased risk of skeletal-related events.” Hi
Continue readingDoes Multiple Myeloma Complicate Joint Replacements?
Patients with multiple myeloma are at increased risk for early postoperative complications (especially surgical site infection and thromboembolic events) David-What effect does Multiple Myeloma have on
Continue readingMCP Enhances Velcade- Myeloma
“Here we show that GCS-100 induces apoptosis in various multiple myeloma cell lines, including those resistant to dexamethasone, melphalan, or doxorubicin.” In the blog post “What is
Continue readingMultiple Myeloma Lytic Lesions- Fractured Humerus, Help!
I take all of these mentioned in the articles except calcium. You will not want to supplement with calcium depending on your own blood calcium levels. Hi David- I am writing about multiple myeloma
Continue readingHow to Stack Top Legal Steroid Pills
Since they appeared on the market, steroids have caused a lot of controversies. They are often presented as effective but very risky products. That’s far from the truth. The problem with taking
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