Category: Cancer
Low Levels of Vitamin D Increase Risk of Breast Cancer
When you think of breast health, do you think of vitamin D? Well, you should! Research has found that women with low levels of vitamin D are at a high [...]
Breast Cancer Screening Under 40: Bridging the Gap
You probably know women who have been diagnosed with a life-changing, life-threatening disease at a young age, but you never think it can happen to yo [...]
The Power of CoQ10
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is an organic compound that is fast becoming my favorite supplement. Among its many functions is its critical role in ATP, or ene [...]
What You Should Know About Dense Breasts and Mammography
As women, every October we are bombarded with pink ribbons, athletes wearing pink socks, and commercials and billboards telling us to “get your mammog [...]
Are You Detoxing Your Breasts?
Research has shown that up to 90% of cancers including breast cancer are from lifestyle and environmental factors, which leaves 10% relating to geneti [...]
The Difference Between Mammography and Thermography
As a Medical Thermographer, I’m asked these several questions repeatedly, “What’s the difference between mammography and thermography?” “Is thermogra [...]
I’ve Been Diagnosed with Breast Cancer, Now What?
You have breast cancer,” were words I never thought I would hear. That was almost fourteen years ago. I was a healthy, conscious, decades long pescata [...]
Man-Made EMF Radiofrequency Radiation: Natural Protection from Electropollution
Our bodies and brains generate electro-magnetic fields within us and around us. We live in the Earth’s natural magnetic field and from the beginning w [...]
Acupuncture Plays a Strong Role in Treating Pain, Cancer and Chronic Illnesses
Natural therapies are underutilized as effective treatment for patients experiencing chronic health conditions. Effective complementary therapies such [...]
Maintaining a Healthy Liver the Natural Way
"The liver is a very special organ: even if more than fifty percent of its overall mass is damaged...it can regenerate itself completely. This amazing [...]
Integrative Oncology: Combining Traditional and Natural Treatment for Cancer
Choosing the best natural therapies to combine safely with conventional treatments can be difficult and is vitally important to get right. Studies est [...]
IV Nutrient Therapy for Cancer Care
IV therapy is a relatively new method of delivering medicine to patients, with its popularity taking off in the 1950s. It is a quick, effective way to [...]
8 Natural Treatments for HPV Infections
Cervical cancer is the 3rd most common gynecologic cancer and the 8th most common cancer among women in the US. Mean age at diagnosis is 50, but the c [...]
Natural Ways to Promote Breast Health & Prevent Breast Cancer (Part 2)
[S]ome of the best weapons you can give your Warrior Goddess to help her successfully fend off breast cancer are very tiny. . . . Only small amounts o [...]
Natural Ways to Promote Breast Health & Prevent Breast Cancer (Part 1)
Not counting some kinds of skin cancer, breast cancer in the United States is: The most common cancer in women, no matter your race or ethnicity. The [...]
Natural Prevention for Breast Cancer
While preventing breast cancer is not an absolute, lowering your risks is an ideal way to do the best you can to stay healthy. Eating a healthy diet, [...]
Preventing Cancer Naturally with Nutrition and Exercise
To better prevent cancer occurrence or recurrence, the underlying causes of cancer such as DNA mutations and cellular metabolic dysfunction must be ad [...]
Mega Boost Your Health with IV Vitamin Therapy
Intravenous (IV) therapy, also known as “Myer’s Cocktails,” has been used for decades, but for many of us, we need to go back to the basics and unders [...]
What Can Natural Medicine do for Cancer Treatment?
Cancer treatment is one of the most heavily researched fields in medicine. Scientists and researchers are constantly seeking better and novel treatmen [...]
Preserving Fertility, Preserving Hope
Some of the most emotionally difficult conversations I have in my office on a weekly basis are those with patients who are diagnosed with cancer and c [...]
Breast Cancer: The Integrative Connection
That scary word that any woman would fear to hear: Breast Cancer. Breast cancer is a serious condition striking 1 in 8 women. There will be an estimat [...]
Has Breast Cancer Touched Your Life?
As women, breast cancer is a part of our lives. It has been a part of my life since my mother had her first scare with it back when I was a teenager, [...]
Can You Rewrite Your Story About Fear?
There is nothing that strikes fear into the hearts and minds of all of us like the word cancer. The Big C. It doesn’t matter if it is our diagnosis, t [...]
Curcumin From Turmeric: Great Potential for Multiple Conditions Part 2
Curcumin has a surprisingly wide range of beneficial properties, including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic activi [...]