I founded LabMD, a Georgia medical testing lab, to specialize in diagnosing certain types of cancers.  I believe that the policymakers in Washington, D.C. need to be bold to stamp out cancer.  The government can play a role in promoting innovation in cancer diagnoses. Innovation and American ingenuity will be the solution to cancer, because the United States has the best doctors, medical entrepreneurs, and researchers.  It can't come soon enough, but there are some promising breakthroughs right now.  Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy (CAR-T therapy) is an immunotherapy that has shown some promise in fighting cancer. It is a sad truth that cancer disproportionately hits the elderly.  Many older Americans are on Medicare and don't have deep pockets to put toward expensive new innovative therapies that may extend their lives.  Doctors throughout the nation have to make tough decisions every day with the...(Read Full Post)