Regular breast self-exam may be safer and more effective than mammograms.

Breast awareness is critical to the all-important early detection of possible breast disease.  Men get breast cancer also, and it’s not rare in men, although it is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women, after lung cancer. [Read more →]

Apparently “standards of care” (the medical model’s sacred cow) are shifting.  The NY Times recently published a good article about PAP screenings.

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There has been a lot in the press lately about the utility and effectiveness of various types of screening tests for common cancers.   This is not all bad news however, because some forms of cancer screening actually endanger patients, to the tune of millions of dollars annually. [Read more →]

random clinical pearls from the 2008 Naturopathic Medicine convention in Phoenix, AZ
(Aug 13-17, 2008) on DIABETES management, the question of SOY, Vitamin D, kidney stone prevention… [Read more →]

Many of us have been incited to concern, even fear,  about cholesterol levels.  There has been an enormous media and medical push to reduce cholesterol levels in the past two decades.  [Read more →]

Milk thistle (Silybum marianum), particularly the seeds, has been used medicinally for over 2000 years.  Ancient writings recommend milk thistle not only for liver and gall bladder disorders, but for poisoning of all kinds including from toxic mushrooms and snakebites.  [Read more →]

New Research on Ginseng: Pharmacogenomics and the Yin/Yang actions of ginseng: anti-tumor, angiomodulating and steroid-like activities of ginsenosides.  Chinese Medicine 2007

Long known as a whole-body tonic (the root plant, precious for centuries in Asian countries, is shaped like a person)

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Proponents of community water fluoridation like to say, ad nauseum, that there are “60 years of research behind” one of the “top advancements in public health in the past century.”  There are not 60 years of research; there are 60 years of endorsements.

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Prevention is the most important step in any health-care plan, and preventing cancer is 99 possible with a sensible sleep/work/play regime plus a low-calorie, nutrient-rich diet. A favorite bumper- sticker recently spied on I-5 reads “In GARLIC we trust.” Yes! Yes! Garlic protects against cancer. Reverently place several cloves of garlic in your juicer along with just about any vegetable concoction. Besides garlic, the single most important nutrient in winning the cancer “war” is good old Vitamin C.

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