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“Most physicians are uneducated about the benefits of nutrition supplements. They dismiss the value of supplemental vitamins and minerals and behave condescendingly toward their patients who use them. What a person is not up on, they are usually down on. Doctors are no different.” So begins Steven F. Hotze M.D., in opening a discussion on [...]

Lifestyle choices have been found to be contributing factors to cancer. Living healthy and the incorporation of exercise in a person’s life are known to reduce the chances of a person getting many forms of cancer. Chiropractors are experts in pro­viding lifestyle options that encourage healthy, drug-free living that promote long­term well-being.
However, when a person [...]

More and more we hear conflicting data on both the benefits and the harmful effects of statin drugs like Lipitor®. It’s getting more common to hear of persons taking these drugs who suffer liver problems and muscle weakness. Now a new study points to the possibility that lowering cholesterol in the body may actually contribute [...]

The Food & Drug Administration has issued a Public Health Advisory for users of Elidel® while urging the medication manufacturers to add a “black box” warning to their eczema creams. The FDA’s warning states, “It may take human studies of ten years or longer to determine if use of [the drugs] is linked to cancer.”
The [...]

This is a wonderful soup for anyone who is immune compromised or battling cancer, but it is also a terrific preventive for anyone.
1 lb leafy green tops of daikon radish
1 lb large daikon radish
1 lb of carrots with their leafy green tops
6 extra large dried shiitake mushrooms (pre-soaked in water overnight)
1/2 lb Burdock root
1 lb of green vegetables, [...]

A new study provides strong evidence that the dramatic decline in breast cancer cases in women over 50 since 2002 can be attributed to the decline in hormone replacement prescriptions for menopausal women.
Statistics analyzed by a large team of researchers and just published in the New England Journal of Medicine show that the frequency of [...]

The Canadian government announced on April 18, 2008 that they will ban baby bottles which contain bisphenol A (BPA), which was concluded to be toxic. The chemical BPA may be linked to breast cancer, prostate cancer and early puberty. Experiments also revealed precancerous tumors and urinary tract problems in rats injected with bisphenol A.
BPA can [...]

Massage and Acupuncture effectively decrease pain and depression following surgery in cancer patients, according to a recent study at the University of California, San Francisco.
The randomized controlled clinical trial, reported in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, compared the post-operative symptoms of pain, nausea and depression and the cost of symptom-related medications in two [...]