The cultivation and consumption of tea has continued, uninterrupted, for at least 12,000 years, based upon documentation from China. Today, tea is the most commonly consumed beverage throughout the world other than water. As I discuss in detail in my recent book, A Cancer Prevention Guide for the Human Race, a lot of health claims have...
Most of us already know that a high-fiber diet is an important part of a healthy lifestyle.  Numerous previous research studies have associated a high-fiber diet with a decreased incidence of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and some forms of cancer. However, there is very little research information available that directly links a high-fiber diet with a...
I have written extensively about Vitamin D in the past, particularly in the areas of cancer prevention and cardiovascular disease prevention.  As regular readers of this column already know, Vitamin D, which actually functions more like a hormone than a vitamin, appears to be the only vitamin with clinically significant cancer prevention and cardiovascular...
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...
Among all of the vitamins, only Vitamin D appears to have clinically significant health benefits in reducing the risk of death associated with cardiovascular disease, fractures, and cancer, based upon numerous recent clinical research study findings (for a comprehensive update on the role of Vitamin D as part of a cancer prevention lifestyle, please...
The management of breast cancer today bears little resemblance to the way that we managed this most common cancer among women when I entered medical school in the early 1980s. Back then, both early-stage and advanced breast cancers were managed with a standard “one-size-fits-all†approach that included removal of the entire breast (mastectomy) and most...
Weekly Health Update: Coffee & the Risk of Death from Heart Disease & Cancer “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…” By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Updated:  05/16/2010 The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or recommendations by the author. Please...
Weekly Health Update: Aspirin & Breast Cancer Survival “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…” By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Updated:  03/28/2010 The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or recommendations by the author. Please consult with your physician before making...
Weekly Health Update: Obesity, Alcohol & Liver Disease “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…” By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or recommendations by the author. Please consult with your physician before making any lifestyle...
Welcome to Weekly Health Update By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers†VITAMIN D, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE & DEATH There is mounting evidence that Vitamin D plays a much more complex role in maintaining health beyond its primary function in regulating calcium absorption. Increasingly,...
Health Report: Surgery, NSQIP, Complications & Death “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…” By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Updated:  10/04/2009 The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or recommendations by the author. Please consult with your physician before making any...
Health Report: Stress, Heart Disease, Exercise & Death “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…” By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Updated:  09/27/2009 The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or recommendations by the author. Please consult with your physician before making...
While pundits around the country discuss the United States’ torture of suspected terrorists, one U.S. torture victim has gone unnoticed.  United States child support collection problems are common, and in David A. Bardes’ case, almost deadly. Part One Bardes, who lost 126 friends in the World Trade Center attack on September 11, wanted...
   Health Report:           Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) & Ovarian Cancer    “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…”    By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Updated:  07/19/2009 The information in this column is intended for informational...
   Health Report:       Breast Cancer & Metformin (Glucophage)  “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…”   By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Updated:  07/12/2009 The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or...
  Health Report:  Bone Marrow Stem Cell Transplant & Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)         “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…”  By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Last Updated:  06/14/2009  The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice...
  Health Report: Diabetes, Glucose Control & Death  “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…”  By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS   Updated:  05/24/2009 The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or recommendations by the author. Please consult...
  Health Report: Are We Really Losing the War on Cancer?  “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…”  By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS   Updated:  04/26/2009 The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or recommendations by the...
 Health Report: Exercise in Middle Age & Risk of Death  “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…”  By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS   Updated:  04/19/2009 The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or recommendations by the author. ...
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