I’m just back from the Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians conference in sunny San Diego, where I had the privilege of sitting on a discussion panel with some of the most distinguished of my colleagues (that’s me in the middle). We fielded questions about how to talk with cancer patients about hard and tender topics,… Read More »
Your Body is Talking. Are You Listening?
“18 and out!” That was my Dad’s mantra. He’d lost his mother at age 5, and learned the hard way to fend for himself in the hardscrabble world of the Depression. He became handy, resourceful and a good provider. By the time I turned 18 he wanted me to be capable of standing on my… Read More »
It’s Easy, It’s Free…and It Prevents Cancer – Part 2
In part 1, we discovered an emerging trend of evidence linking the Relaxation Response to the healthy function of Nuclear Factor kappa-beta, or NFkB. This is very important to cancer survivors: dysfunction of NFkB promotes cancer initiation and development, by means of increased inflammation, increased damage to DNA, increased cell proliferation and suppression of cell… Read More »
It’s Easy, It’s Free…and It Prevents Cancer
An April 2015 pilot study published by the Public Library of Science (PLoS) is the latest in a line of research studies with profound implications for cancer prevention. A team of researchers examined what changes in gene expression occurred when a group of 48 people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome IBS) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)… Read More »
What has the power to heal advanced cancer?
This time next week I’ll be on my way to West Palm Beach, where I’ll present a talk on survivorship medicine at the 9th annual Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer Conference. I’m honored to be on a very distinguished panel of speakers, including Kelly Turner, PhD, who for my money wrote the most important… Read More »
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