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Cologuard: Non-Invasive Colorectal Cancer Screening Stool DNA Test

Apr 22, 2020 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Colon and rectal cancer screening can be done in the safety and convenience of your home. See my 2-minute video.  The Cologuard DNA stool test is a non-invasive option for eligible patients, >/= 45 years of age (covered by many insurance ...
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Topics Covered: Tests You Should Take

Dr. Lawenda Discusses Colorectal Cancer Care

Aug 14, 2017 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

KNDU/NBC TV "Living Well" Show: Dr. Lawenda Discusses Colorectal Cancer Care (August 12, 2017) In most cases, patients with colorectal cancer have time to gather information about their condition (workup, staging, treatment, surveillance.) In this ...
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Topics Covered: Conventional Treatments, Featured Posts

Dr. Lawenda Discusses Cancer Screening Controversies

Apr 25, 2017 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

KNDU/NBC TV "Living Well" Show: Why Is Cancer Screening Controversial? (April 22, 2017) https://vimeo.com/214695302 ...
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Topics Covered: Featured Posts

Dr. Lawenda Discusses Colon and Rectal Cancer

Mar 15, 2017 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

KNDU/NBC TV "Living Well" Show: Colorectal Cancer (March 11, 2017) https://vimeo.com/208164143 ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer, Conventional Treatments, Defy Cancer with Exercise, Featured Posts

Toxic Produce, Light Therapy, Ketogenic Diet And More

Apr 20, 2016 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

The 2016 "Dirty Dozen" and "Clean Fifteen" Lists Are Out EWG's "Dirty Dozen" for the first time rates strawberries as the #1 most toxic produce item. They are contaminated by pesticides linked to cancer, reproductive and developmental damage, ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer, Avoid and Eliminate Toxins, Conventional Treatments, Defy Cancer with Exercise, Featured Posts

Breast Cancer Risk, Curcumin, Vitamin D, Genetics And More

Apr 9, 2016 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Breast Cancer Risk Can Be Determined From A Biopsy A landmark Harvard study found that the risk of breast cancer can be predicted by looking at the percentage of dividing cells from a routine breast biopsy. If this tissue analysis (called ...
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Topics Covered: Defy Cancer with Stress Reduction, Featured Posts, Manage Side Effects Without Drugs, Supplements and Botanicals, Tests You Should Take

Dr Lawenda Discusses Cancer Screening and Risks (Listen)

Jun 27, 2014 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Learn about some of the most common cancer screening recommendations and cancer risk factors in Dr. Brian Lawenda's, June 2014, 17-minute, interview on the Alan Stock Show (KDWN, AM 720). As always you'll also hear his plug on the importance of ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer, Conventional Treatments, Defy Cancer with Exercise, Defy Cancer with Stress Reduction

Break up the day with activity to anti-cancerize your cells

Oct 29, 2013 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

We have known for a while that cancer survivors who get at least 150-minutes of moderate intensity exercise each week (i.e. 30-minutes per day, 5-days per week) have much lower rates of cancer recurrence and death than those who are less active. A ...
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Topics Covered: Defy Cancer with Exercise

Sleep Your Way To Less Cancer

Apr 10, 2013 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Not getting adequate sleep (particularly, at night) is now recognized as a risk factor for cancer. It seems that the preponderance of studies suggest that getting at least 6-7 hours of night time sleep is protective against cancer (as well as ...
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Topics Covered: Avoid and Eliminate Toxins

One Baby Aspirin Per Day Cuts Cancer Development, Metastases and Death!

Mar 13, 2013 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Do you take an aspirin a day for aches and pains or other health reasons? It seems that many people do, and they might be inadvertently protecting themselves from cancer.  A Willow Tree Gave Us Aspirin: The ancient Egyptians used the bark of the ...
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Topics Covered: Conventional Treatments, Supplements and Botanicals

More Bad News For Refined Carbs

Nov 9, 2012 Conner Middelmann Whitney, B.Sc., DipION

Regular readers of this blog won’t be surprised to learn that diets high in sugar and refined starches increase the risk of disease recurrence and death in people who have been treated for colorectal cancer. However, the extent of the recurrence ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer

Exercise and Cancer 101: Why You Should Just Do It!

Aug 12, 2012 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Why is exercise so important: Exercise reduces your risk of developing cancer. Exercise during and after cancer treatment may reduce your risk of cancer recurrence and progression. Exercise improves quality of life in cancer patients and ...
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Topics Covered: Defy Cancer with Exercise, Manage Side Effects Without Drugs

CoQ 10 may reduce the risk of developing melanoma and reduce recurrence

Apr 23, 2012 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Reports indicate anticancer activity with higher blood levels of CoQ 10 (reduced risk of melanoma development, recurrence and progression.) Why do we rarely hear about this? Very few human studies have been conducted to confirm these findings. ...
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Topics Covered: Supplements and Botanicals

Amazing anti-cancer compound derived from the French Lilac: Galega officianalis (metformin)

Aug 29, 2011 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Metformin is a medication derived from the herb Galega officinalis (French lilac, also known as Goat's Rue or Italian Fitch) and has been used as a traditional botanical (tea infusion) for over 3,000 years to relieve polyuria (frequent urination) and ...
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Topics Covered: Supplements and Botanicals

History of prostate cancer? Get a colonoscopy! Your risk of precancerous colon polyps is significantly elevated compared to those without a history of prostate cancer.

Oct 24, 2010 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

A new study (presented at the American College of Gastroenterology conference, in October 2010) reviewed the records of 2,000 men who underwent routine colonoscopies at the Buffalo VA Medical Center, and identified 188 men who also had a history of ...
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Topics Covered: Conventional Treatments, Tests You Should Take

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