Metformin as a Possible Treatment for Myeloma? I first heard about metformin as a possible treatment for multiple myeloma from Dr. Robert Orlowski with MD Anderson, a myeloma specialist, who was a co-author of a paper on the topic published in The British Journal of Cancer. Generally, as with other cited evidence, the BJC paper [...]
Read MoreJoin us for Muscles for Myeloma in April by registering here. BY DANNY PARKER While there is no conclusive research showing benefits from exercise to reduce the myeloma tumor burden, the circumstantial evidence from scientific sources is so compelling, that not to tell you about it would seem unconscionable. The available information indicates that exercise [...]
Read MoreBY DANNY PARKER Ironically, one of my best friends on the planet has multiple myeloma too and he knew he had it for two years before I learned about my own errant plasma cells. Strange world department. Anyway, I was about 50 days out from my stem cell transplant and was just feeling generally terrible. [...]
Read MoreBY DANNY PARKER What does Bing Crosby’s advice in December 1944 have to do with our challenges with multiple myeloma? Sometimes in life, I think that suggestions on what to do to be more successful are less important than knowing about the catastrophic “potholes” that can derail your entire plan. So, in today’s column we [...]
Read MoreBY DANNY PARKER (For more background on Diet and Multiple Myeloma, read Part 1 here) So what can we learn by studying the available research on diet and multiple myeloma? Well, for starters we learn that there is a lot less hard research data to guide us than we would hope. However, what is available [...]
Read MoreBY DANNY PARKER Years ago when I was making critical decisions on my chemotherapy induction for high-risk multiple myeloma and upcoming stem cell transplant, my wife Lisa and I spoke with Dr. Brian Durie at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. It was a trying time for our family, and Lisa wanted to ask Dr. Durie about what [...]
Read MoreBY DANNY PARKER Over the last five years, I’ve examined many facets of diet and myeloma, which I shared with our late friend, Pat Killingsworth. Last year, Jenny with the Myeloma Crowd graciously invited me to share this information with you once more. Rather than send you looking for each segment that I previously composed, [...]
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