Past CureTalks
Demystifying Palliative Care (Supportive Care)
Palliative care is often confused with hospice. Very few people are aware that palliative care deals with the quality of life of patients who have a life threatening disease. This would include psychological, social problems in addition to preventing or…
Understanding iSTOPMM: Iceland Screens, Treats, or Prevents Multiple Myeloma with Dr. Sigurour Yngvi Kristinsson
iStopMM initiative may be one of most important events in modern day myeloma care. As part of the iStopMM study, 140,000 Icelanders over the age of 40 will have their blood samples tested for the precursor to multiple myeloma, or…
History and Future Initiatives for High Risk Smoldering Myeloma Cure
For this second talk in our high risk smoldering myeloma series, we have Prof. Jesus San Miguel from University of Navarra, Spain discuss his team's investigations into high-risk smoldering myeloma and probable cure. For patients with smoldering multiple myeloma, the…
Male Infertility and Sexual Health
Male infertility is an issue that is not discussed openly, though it is one of the contributing factors in couples who fail to conceive. However, rapid advances in male reproduction research allows us to diagnose and treat male infertility way…
Understanding ASCENT Clinical Trial for High Risk Smoldering Myeloma Patients
This is the first of a 3 part series of talk on high risk smoldering myeloma and its treatments. Smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) is an asymptomatic clonal plasma cell disorder. There have been major advances in the diagnosis, prognosis, and…