Cancer and Prostate Surgery: Doubts and Regrets

The Medical Journal of European Urology has recently published a study which says than 20% of men who are told to remove their prostates to stop their cancers regret it afterward. Why? The study suggests these patients had high expectations after being told of the amazing ease and sophistication of such radical procedure, to later realize in the privacy of their homes of the devastating consequences of such dramatic organ removal. The solution proposed: to better inform the patient of what life after a prostatectomy looks like. But, is this the right solution?

Chocolate Causes Prostate Cancer

I see it ALL THE TIME: chocolate is good for your heart, chocolate is antioxidant, chocolate is good for you, chocolate is a super-food… In all honesty, all you read about chocolate is not entirely a lie. The problem is that you only read the good part, you never get to read the bad one. And the bad one is really, really bad.

Wheat, Dairy, Cancer, and Addiction: They Are All Related

My niece has been recently diagnosed with Celiac disease. I thought I knew something about it but I didn’t know that what I was about to learn would change the course of my dad’s Lymphoma.

The Three True Reasons People Die of Cancer Today

There are constant dilemmas you face when fighting cancer, and they are all painfully difficult. From my experience, there are three basic reasons why people end up making the wrong choices when faced by challenging health dilemmas.

Salt: A Hazardous Food Condiment or a Beneficial Nutritional Supplement?

Some of you might have heard a lot of things regarding your health and the consumption of salt. You probably read about which salt is potentially good for you and with one is bad. You might even know the connection between salt and cancer. In this post I’ll go beyond those concepts to expose facts about salt that will help you make decisions about its use, whether you have cancer or not.

Carconigenic Mercury Vapors Leach Endlessly and Profusely in Your Mouth

When talking about mercury fillings, Naturopathic Doctor Craig Sommers mentions a new chilling study that confirms what holistic practitioners have been saying for years. Something that goes beyond scary. If you thought mercury leaches from your teeth slowly over a long period of time, think again.

The Great PSA Scam

I thought August 4th, the day the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a government appointed panel, published their rather direct concerns about prostate screening effectiveness on the Annals of Internal Medicine would be a day that would make a difference in men’s lives. I was wrong.

Raw Foods Bible

Tonight I’m attending a chat with Dr Sommers at Erewhon, a famous natural store among health junkies in Los Angeles. He’s a raw foodist and also a Naturopathic Doctor. He will talk about nutrition being essential to longevity, food as medicine, cancer prevention, “safe” cellular phone use, electromagnetic radiation, and the mind and body connection. But his book it’s not just about food.

Prostate Screening Showdown

You should probably mark August 5th as the day when the things we thought we knew about prostate cancer are not really true. Well, one of those dates anyways. If you got a prostatectomy August 4th, you probably won’t like to hear what the Annals of Internal Medicine published in the next day’s issue.

36th Annual Cancer Convention

This is one event you don’t want to miss. It’s possibly the single best thing you can do to get started on the right track to heal your cancer. It’s a once a year opportunity to meet professionals, patients, and practitioners talking and sharing their perspectives in healing cancer.