The link between breast cancer and alcohol intake has bounced back and forth between no risk and increased risk. The past few years has seen this association settling in on the recommendation that alcohol intake does increase your risk for breast cancer. The mechanism relates to the fact that alcohol raises the level of sex-steroid […]
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 […]
Before I mention the food, let me ask this question: Should a food group heavily recommended by schools and public health groups increase your risk of cancer? Let’s look at some of the other foods that are recommended by nutritionists and public health organizations. Broccoli. Never in any study I have ever read has broccoli […]
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. […]
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 […]
