If you’re planning to have cancer surgery in the near future or recently had surgery, your thoughts undoubtedly move to how you can minimize the trauma and scarring associated with treatment and speed the healing process. Healing wounds whether from accidental injury or surgical intervention requires a delicate interplay of multiple cell types, nutritional factors, […]
Are you finding that you can’t read those street signs so well anymore or that fine print has gotten smaller? Well, you’re not alone. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness and vision impairment in mature North Americans. There is no cure for AMD, and treatment does not usually restore vision but […]
I raise my kids on organic foods and apparently so do an increasing number of parents. Pesticides used in agricultural production have been shown to cause leukemia associated (cancer type) changes, lower the anti-oxidant fighting ability of our body’s enzymes while genetically engineered foods raise other health concerns. Although most U.S. consumers aren’t aware of […]
When I first began my oncology training a number of years ago, the most startling statistic I encountered was that only 5-8% of cancers have been linked to genetics, while more than 90% can be attributed to lifestyle and environmental influences. This means that lifestyle choices—what you do for a living, where you live and […]