Rodney Warner

Why Do Doctors Ignore Suffering?

Posted January 6th, 2015

One of the keys to getting through cancer treatment is the ability to suffer. But maybe the necessity to suffer should be something in past.

Rodney Warner

Bearer of Bad News

Posted December 8th, 2014

It’s hard to give bad news to people, especially the kind of bad news that doctors need to deliver to their patients all too often.

Rodney Warner

Show Me the Money: Fundraising is Easier Than You Think

Posted September 3rd, 2014

Cancer kills about 1,500 Americans each day and about 1.6 million Americans are diagnosed with the disease each year.

Alone by the Fire

Posted August 5th, 2014

If we’re not willing to listen to ourselves, who are we afraid of? Do we not like who we’ve become? Do we feel incapable of changing what needs to change?

Big Doctor is Watching

Posted August 1st, 2014

When I first learned about electronic medical records I feared hackers could break through. Maybe I should fear my medical providers snooping around my financial records for fun and profit.

Do You Want the Bad News or The Bad News?

Posted July 8th, 2014

It will probably come as no surprise that the U.S. health care system is the most expensive, least effective system of eleven developed nations in a recent news study.

I Don’t Mean to Frighten You, But…

Posted June 23rd, 2014

Fear of recurrence after 11-year anniversary of being in remission.

Treating Pain or Creating More and Profiting From It?

Posted June 3rd, 2014

Are pharmaceutical companies greasing America’s increasing slide into greater heroin addiction? That’s the question posed by a lawsuit filed by Orange County California District Attorney Tony Rackauckas.

Second Class Patients

Posted May 30th, 2014

There is a large group of people with cancer who may be having a very difficult time getting diagnosed and treated; it’s because they’re disabled.

Patent Pending: Why the Pipeline of Future Cancer Treatments Will Be Grinding to a Halt

Posted May 19th, 2014

Expecting a future miracle cure for cancer? It may very well come some day, but there are several issues that will be blocking its way. Our current system of developing drugs is unsustainable and unless changes are made, fewer of us will have access to new treatments and there will be fewer new treatments to […]