The two most commonly used treatments for early-stage prostate cancer, surgery and radiation therapy, are both associated with a significant risk of potential complications, including impotence and varying degrees of urinary incontinence.  Because of these serious side effects of prostate cancer therapy, new approaches to the management of this common type of cancer are...
Although I was initially opposed to the idea, my wife recently decided to buy a Nintendo Wii game system for our 9 year-old daughter and 6 year-old son.  Like many school-age children, our two kids already seem to have more sports classes, academic classes outside of school, and play dates than they have time to...
In one of my regular forum haunts, I’m reading comments from a parent whose son is still being subjected to global warming propaganda. It’s one of the most atrocious political cons that’s ever been foisted on the public. You could call it the Big Lie that got out of control. It’s political fraud, not...
Alpha-lipoic acid plays a very important role in the energy production centers of our cells (mitochondria). In recent years, clinical research has suggested that alpha-lipoic acid supplements may have a variety of potential health benefits, including a possible reduction in the risk of cardiovascular disease. Recent laboratory research has also shown that alpha-lipoic acid...
Dietary polyphenols, which are potent antioxidants, are thought to have a wide range of potential health benefits, including a reduction in the risk of cardiovascular disease and some forms of cancer. Polyphenols are found in many plant-based foods that we eat, including that age-old beverage, beer. A newly published research study, which appears in...
In view of the growing concern about the potential adverse health effects of CT scans (including increased cancer risk), the enthusiasm for performing CT scans of the heart and coronary arteries, as a noninvasive method of diagnosing asymptomatic heart disease, has been decreasing.    Now, an innovative clinical research study, which has just been published in...
Polyphenols are chemical compounds that are found in most of the plant-based foods that we commonly eat. As I discuss in detail in my new book, A Cancer Prevention Guide for the Human Race, some polyphenolic compounds, such as green tea flavonoids, soy-based isoflavones, quercetin, curcumin, and resveratrol, among other polyphenols, may possess important...
JOB AND WORKPLACE STRESS The global economy remains in the doldrums, unemployment remains at historically high levels around much of the world, and many people are feeling stressed in both their professional and personal lives. In today’s highly competitive job market, many employees are feeling increasingly vulnerable. There is also the perception among many...
Regular readers of this column already know that Vitamin D, which functions more as a hormone than a vitamin, has been linked to multiple potential health benefits. These include a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease, improved strength and balance in older men and women, and a decreased risk of certain cancers. In a newly...
While the debate about whether or not routine screening mammograms can save lives continues in some circles, the clinical research evidence supporting mammograms as a lifesaving cancer screening exam continues to accumulate. Now, a newly published public health study, which appears in The Lancet Oncology, examines the survival benefit associated with routine screening mammograms...
When my wife was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy in 2005, the word “epilepsy†was all she heard. “My ears began to buzz and I felt as if I was going to black out,†she says. “It was as if someone had just told me that I was possessed by demons.†Since that diagnosis,...
Colorectal cancer is the third most common cause of cancer-associated death in the United States (and in many other countries around the world). Diet, obesity, and other lifestyle factors are known to play a significant role in colorectal cancer risk, as I discuss in detail in my new book, A Cancer Prevention Guide for the...
In the United States, approximately 106,000 people will be newly diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2010, and nearly 50,000 people will die of this disease. Colorectal cancer remains the third most common cancer (excluding skin cancer) in both men and women, and the third most common cause of cancer death in men and women. Unlike many...
Periodontal disease (gingivitis) may not only increase your risk of heart disease, peripheral artery disease, stroke, and diabetes, but also cancer as well.
The rising incidence of breast cancer, year-after-year, over the past 50 years in the United States (and in many other industrialized countries) has been attributed to a variety of factors, including environmental contaminants, rising obesity levels, and increased compliance with annual screening mammograms, among others. However, one factor that has been given inadequate attention, in...
Both patients and their physicians were stunned last year when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended against routine annual screening mammograms in women between the age of40 and 49 years (as has been the standard recommendation in the United States, and in most countries around...
A diet rich in fruits and vegetables, and low in meat and other animal products, has been shown to significantly reduce the risk of those top two killers, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Now, a newly published public health study, from Norway, suggests eating your fruits and veggies may also be good for your brain, as...
The debate regarding the potential health benefits of low-carbohydrate diets has gone on for over four decades now. During this period, the pendulum has swung, repeatedly, back and forth between “low-carb†and “high-carb†diets, combined with controversies regarding low-fat versus high-fat diets, as various diet and health gurus have weighed in with their recommendations. (Witness one...
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