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...
As I discuss in my book, A Cancer Prevention Guide for the Human Race, the role of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs in cancer prevention continues to be debated because of contradictory research findings.  (While some clinical research studies have suggested that long-term statin use may reduce cancer risk, other studies have not shown any apparent improvement in...
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...
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...
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...
Coffee and tea are widely enjoyed around the world, and both have been the subject of numerous health claims (most of them unproven). Tea, and green tea in particular, has been the focus of extensive research, with many prior studies suggesting that tea may improve cardiovascular health and, to a much lesser extent, may decrease...
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...
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...
We have become the heaviest people in the history of our species, with two-thirds of Americans officially classified as overweight, and one of every three of us tipping the scales into the “obese†range. For too many of us, day after day, we load our bodies with more fat- and calorie-packed foods than our bodies...
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: Soy Foods & Stomach Cancer Risk “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…” By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Updated:  05/09/2010 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...
Weekly Health Update: Cruciferous Vegetables, Soy & Breast Cancer Risk “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…” By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Updated:  04/11/2010 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...
Weekly Health Update: Pancreatic Cancer Risk, Sodas & Juice “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…” By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Update 2/14/2010 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...
Weekly Health Update: CT Scans & Cancer Risk “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…” By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Updated:  12/20/2009 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...
Soy Isoflavones Decrease Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…” By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Updated:  12/13/2009 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...
Weekly Health Update: Exercise & Prostate Cancer Risk “A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers…” By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS Updated:  11/29/2009 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...
Health Report: Vitamin D & Breast Cancer Risk “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...
Health Report: Exercise & Prostate Cancer Risk “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 or...
  Health Report:     Coronary Artery CT Scans & Cancer Risk  “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. ...
   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...
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