Whenever I’ve looked for my purpose in life, I come back to a major lesson I learned from my Dad. When I was 15, my father was hit as a pedestrian by an automobile. We didn’t know whether he’d survive that accident, but he did recover and lived another 28 years. You should have seen how he lived… Read More »
When it comes to cancer, hope is not enough
Mark Roby is a 12 year survivor of a rare sarcoma, for which he was given 6 months to live. To survive that diagnosis, for which there is no standard course of treatment, Mark couldn’t afford to place himself at the mercy of the medical establishment. His healing required clear intentions, incredible persistence, and no… Read More »
What do we really know about cancer?
“If you’re a sensitive clinician, you never quite think you’ve got it right.” –Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, author of Emperor of all Maladies: A Biography of Cancer It’s a remarkable doctor who has the vision to see and the courage to admit that the truth is far bigger than he is. When that doctor… Read More »
She believed she could, so she did
“She believed she could, so she did.” ~ R. S. Grey, Scoring Wilder Diagnosed with breast cancer at age 26, Kara Dolce says this phrase inspired her deeply as she made her way through the ups and downs of cancer treatment. A marketer working at that time with Garnier, a high-end hair styling company, she… 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 »