This week I saw a patient about to start chemotherapy for breast cancer. She was deciding whether to take a drug that would reduce her recurrence risk by 50%, or the more aggressive regimen recommended by her oncologist, which would reduce her risk by another 6% but carries the risk of additional longlasting side effects.1… Read More »
Weight Management and Cancer
There is steadily-accumulating evidence that being overweight contributes to cancer occurrence, recurrence and mortality. Recent data suggest that obesity may cause as many as 20% of cancers. (footnote 1) Medscape reported a recent Danish study involving 19,000 women which concluded that having a Body Mass Index over 25, the limit for healthy weight, was associated… Read More »
Every Day is D-Day
No, we’re not talking about a World War II European invasion. We’re talking about vitamin D, a critical but still underappreciated factor in achieving good health. According to a recent article in the New York Times, as recently as 2008 half of all adults and children may have had less than optimum vitamin D levels… Read More »
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