Imagine for a moment a vacant city lot that’s seen better days. Once it sprouted tall, healthy grass and wildflowers; now it only sprouts weeds. Every so often the city blasts the lot with toxic weedkillers, but every time the weeds are back again within months. The lot is choked with trash and so unappealing… Read More »
New Breast Imaging Technology on the Horizon
Although I don’t enjoy the experience, I have continued to get regular mammograms because it is the most reliable breast cancer screening method currently available to most women. Thermography, a more recently available technology, does not definitively distinguish between active cancer and other inflammatory activity, and therefore raises as many questions as it answers. MRI… Read More »
On Water Fluoridation
It’s rare that I speak out on political issues. I’ve always been a “live and let live” person, doing my best to allow others their beliefs without passing judgment. But there’s a ballot issue on the line here in Portland OR that’s too important to remain silent on, because the ramifications for our health –… Read More »
Reversing Cancer – Naturally
I’m a great fan of TED videos. For an investment of 15 minutes or so, you get a front row view into the mind of a thought leader in science, relationships, business…you name it, it’s all there. I’m extra-enthused about a recent talk by Dr. Mina Bissell. Dr. Bissell has been studying whether it’s possible… Read More »
A Cancer Preventer You May Not Have Met
Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts are renowned in cancer prevention due to their high sulforaphane content. Sulforaphanes have remarkable ability to ensure the correct activity of our DNA, keeping it from deteriorating in ways that promote hormonal cancers (ie, breast, uterine, ovarian, prostate cancers) and other health issues. Kohlrabi, an alien-looking… Read More »