Oximation & Cancer: Rethinking the Pathogenic Paradigm

Cancer doesn’t “just happen.” It occurs in a physiological environment characterized by chronic inflammation, oxidative stress, pH changes, and ischemia. Interestingly, Candida albicans also thrives in and contributes to this inner environment. The good news is that this is reversible through hormone balancing, and dietary changes aimed at reducing inflammation.
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Breast Cancer Cell Study Casts A New Light on Homeopathy

New findings that ultra-dilute homeopathic preparations could induce apoptosis in human breast cancer cell lines have energized the field of homeopathy, dashing critics' oft-heard argument that homeopathy—if it works at all—is naught but a "placebo effect."
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Endocrine Disruptors, Precocious Puberty & Reproductive System Cancer

Estrogenic and hormonally-active environmental toxins from plastics, pesticides, animal feed, and cosmetics play a key role in precocious puberty—on the rise in young girls---as well many forms of cancer, says Dr. Devra Lee Davis, of the University of Pittsburgh’s new Center for Environmental Oncology.

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Decrease in Breast Cancer Has Experts Asking, WHI?

The recent National Cancer Institute report showing a major downturn in breast cancer rates in 2003 had a lot of people saying "I told you so," and attributing the downturn to a drop-off in hormone replacement therapy. But it may not be that simple. Dr. Tori Hudson offers her thoughts on this hot topic.

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Lycopene Has Health Benefits Beyond Prostate Cancer Prevention

A recent National Cancer Institute sponsored study has challenged the notion that increased lycopene consumption can prevent prostate cancer. But on closer analysis of the data, that conclusion is hardly written in stone. A wealth of other research shows that this valuable nutrient, found abundantly in tomatoes, can lower blood pressure, reduce cardiac events, and even protect against sunburn.

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Melatonin: Circadian Cycle Regulator Has Role in Treatment of Cancer, Hypertension

Most people think of melatonin as a sleep aid and jet lag remedy, owing to its ability to regulate circadian rhythms. But this compound has many other benefits, including regulation of blood pressure and slowing the growth of several types of cancer.

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High-Veg, Low-Fat Diets Prevent Progression, Recurrence of Breast, Colon Cancer

New data from the Women's Intervention Nutrition Study (WINS) and the Women's Healthy Eating and Lifestyle (WHEL) trial show clearly that low-fat, high-vegetable diets can reduce risk of breast cancer recurrence in high-risk women. The findings should prompt a re-thinking of the negative diet data from the Women's Health Initiative.

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Scrap the War on Cancer, Start the War on Carcinogenesis

The ongoing, lavishly-funded "war on cancer," is misguided because it is focused almost exclusively on genetics and end-stage high-tech treatments, while ignoring the biggest driving factor behind the cancer epidemic: environmental pollution. Dr. Mitchell Gaynor, a pioneer in integrative oncology, issues a call to action to the medical community and health conscious citizens.

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Plant Medicines Offer Multiple Mechanisms Against Prostate Cancer

Plant medicines can inhibit the growth of cancer through multiple biochemical mechanisms. A research team at the Columbia University Center for Holistic Urology is at the leading edge of science on herbal therapies for prostate cancer. The big stars are Zyflamend, a 10-herb anti-inflammatory combination, and Prostabel, a combo of Rauwolfia and Pau Pereira.

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Fermented Wheat Germ Extract Improves Immunity, Survival in Cancer Patients

A new medical food called Ave, and derived from fermented wheat germ, holds great promise as an adjunctive therapy for colorectal cancer, metastatic melanoma, childhood malignancies and other forms of cancer. Compounds in Ave starve cancer cells, enhance immune system activity, and reduce chemo-associated side effects.

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