"Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring comfort and help to the weak-hearted and will console you in the sad hours." -Sir William Osler
My archives are located at Archives of the Cheerful Oncologist, Volume 2
August 30, 2006
Category: Science Bloggers
Does humankind have a moral obligation to stop using fossil fuels, even if it means returning to a more primitive way of life?
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 3:28 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 29, 2006
Category: Literary
Sometimes an illness is hidden behind a mirror that no matter how hard we look shows us only the reflection of our frustrated face.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 8:32 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 27, 2006
Category: Commentary
I'm laughing because anyone who reaches the age of 16 and still thinks he or she can eat whatever they want and not exercise anymore is either in denial, or a true ignoramus.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 8:10 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 25, 2006
Category: Psychobabble
She asked me, "If my cancer begins to grow again will I have to go back on chemo?"
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 1:36 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 23, 2006
Category: Book Review
If there is one topic in America that will always be voted "Least Likely to Be the Source of Light-Hearted Banter Around the Dinner Table," it is death.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 2:35 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 21, 2006
Category: Commentary
Here are the latest medical headlines that without question are crucial to the survival of the human race. As a continuing service to his readers, the moderator offers up these breathtaking revelations from the realm of health, or the lack...
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 9:53 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 20, 2006
Category: Science Bloggers
I recently gave an interview to Jo Cavallo, a journalist who is writing a story for a national medical magazine about the dilemma of paying for new targeted therapies against cancer. She asked that I post the following request for...
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 11:18 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 17, 2006
Category: Commentary
Teen can opt out of chemotherapy. The 16-year-old Virginia boy may undergo radiation and alternative treatments. This story has been reported before by Orac and others, but I just wanted to add a couple of highly biased comments to the...
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 9:17 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 15, 2006
Category: Lyrical
In this age of increasingly high expectations and awkwardly declining service, how rare it is to find someone who enjoys interacting with health care workers.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 11:58 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 11, 2006
Category: Lyrical
Some people in the healing arts profession interact with cancer patients like a motorist driving by a horrific accident - any feelings of empathy are swept away by the giddiness of schaudenfreude.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 1:48 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 8, 2006
Category: Commentary
"A recent UK study revealed that one third of food packaging tested was contaminated with latex."
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 8:03 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 7, 2006
Category: Science Bloggers
When it comes to revealing a succession of mind-blowing scientific concepts, however, can there be any doubt as to which movie left the most disturbing impression upon us?
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 4:56 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 4, 2006
Category: Lyrical
Let's find Cassiopia among the endless diamonds of the night sky, and listen to the sassiness of the whip-poor-will while walking under the ghostly light of the full moon.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 5:50 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 2, 2006
Category: Commentary
"Processed Meats Tied To Stomach Cancer" Another study of dietary habits has been published that is nothing less than a ham-handed slap in the face to loyal consumers of bacon, sausage, hot dogs, salami and smoked meats. According to a...
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 9:43 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 1, 2006
Category: Literary
Our will to achieve can never be extinguished until the final human on this magnificent planet falls into the snow - or dust.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 8:11 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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