A new study from the City of Hope has found that the commonly prescribed antidepressant drug PAXIL (paroxitene) may promote breast cancer growth. This finding is concerning since about 25% of U.S. women in the 40's and 50's are prescribed ... [Read More]
Lowering Cholesterol May Reduce Breast Cancer Growth
Breast cancer is sneaky. A new study discovers a trick that breast cancers use to get around some of our best drugs. If you know about this trick you'll be able to take action to put a stop to it. The Background: Two-thirds of all breast cancers ... [Read More]
Time To Take Milk Off The Menu?
Attention milk-lovers: If you have had breast cancer, you may be better off steering clear of dairy fat. A new study conducted by scientists at Kaiser Permanente, the large U.S. health insurer, and published in the Journal of the National Cancer ... [Read More]
What 93% of Americans Don’t Know: Obesity Raises Cancer Risk
Shocking but true: according a poll published this week, only 7% of Americans understand that being obese increases a person’s cancer risk. Disappointingly, this comes after years of tireless awareness-raising campaigns by organizations like the ... [Read More]
Bioidentical hormone therapy in cancer patients: an integrative oncologist’s perspective
Hormones are proteins that have very important stimulatory effects on tissues, organs and glands within the body. In normal physiologic states, the production and release of the endogenous (made by the body) hormones is tightly controlled. ... [Read More]
Levels of an estrogen-like chemical (Bisphenol A, or "BPA") in canned foods is found to be 5-times higher than previously thought
Bisphenol A (or "BPA") is a chemical preservative that is commonly used in the lining of plastic bottles and food & drink cans. Numerous reports have demonstrated that BPA can leach out of these containers and be absorbed by the body. In fact, ... [Read More]
