Can This Simple Test Really Tell Me How Healthy I Am?

While no single test can give a complete picture of health, some tests are unquestionably a better part of looking at overall health. Body composition testing using a 4 lead device (as opposed to handheld or stand-on body fat meters) can tell you how well hydrated you are, your body fat, your BMR (calories burned at rest) […]

Telomere Length and Cancer

ARE YOUR SHORT TELOMERES PUTTING YOU AT INCREASED RISK OF CANCER? For those of you scratching your heads trying to figure out if I just insulted some part of your anatomy, in 1961, Dr. Hayflick determined that a cell can only divided a certain number of times.  It was later decided that segments of DNA at […]

Environmental Causes of Cancer

GOVERNMENT PANELS CONCERNED OVER POTENTIAL FOR MOST COMMON CAUSES OF CANCER?  We need to wake up and look around us.  The sheer mass of 80,000 chemicals we are exposed to is of unpredictable harm in our risk of cancer.  Rest assured that these contaminants are probably one of the single greatest contributors to all types of cancer.  […]

Brand New Cancer Treatment Drugs; How Good Are They?

Cancer is one of the scariest things we can and will face in our lifetimes.  It’s a very emotional time and we become susceptible to hopes and infer things unsaid from our doctors. Some cancers we do exceedingly well with treatment.  Others, not so much so.  And for those that we don’t have effective treatments […]

Surgery Treatment for Cancer: Barbaric or Life-Saving?

Your heart sinks as you get the fateful diagnosis. It’s cancer. Emergency surgery is scheduled and you’re practically put under anesthesia in the office. But is this a good idea? We already know that cancer treatment, with a few exceptions, is remarkably ineffective. We also know that “prevention,” when used in the context of mainstream […]