Cancers

Obesity Causes Cancer? It’s Complicated

BEING OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE IS ASSOCIATED with a higher risk of more than a dozen cancers.

3 years ago

The Best Diet Move I’ve Made

IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR: THE “DIRTY DOZEN” fruits and vegetables proclamation. Let’s look at this annual (and controversial) ranking of…

4 years ago

Don’t Be Fooled — Not all Fruits and Vegetables are “Dirty.”

I RECENTLY READ ABOUT THE "DIRTY DOZEN," a group of pesticide-containing fruits and vegetables. The Environmental Working Group gives us a "dirty…

4 years ago

Are You Exposing Yourself to This Potentially Lethal Chemical?

ARE YOU EXPOSED EACH DAY TO PHTHALATES, chemicals in everything from makeup to plastic containers? A new study from New York University suggests…

4 years ago

What It’s REALLY Like to Hear the Words: “You Have Cancer”

In any word association exercise, the word cancer is most often linked with death.  Maybe two percent of outliers would…

4 years ago

Finding Cancer: Ants Versus Dogs

DO YOU KNOW THE FILM ALIEN VERSUS PREDATORS? Today, I want to put ants up against dogs, at least for detecting cancer…

4 years ago

A Vignette of Life as a Pediatric Cancer Mom

A hugely moving insight into the life of a parent of a pediatric cancer victim. We always feel deeply for…

4 years ago

Medicine and Hope Are Allies in Care

For centuries, scientists have pursued treatments and cures for pressing and frightening illnesses. Throughout that time, we have called upon…

4 years ago

Is Height Related to Cancer Risk?

MARCH IS COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH in the United States. Today, we look at the relationship between height and the chances…

4 years ago

Three Pro Tips to Drop Your Prostate Cancer Risk

I AM A CANCER DOCTOR, AND I WANT to share some ways that you can lower the chances we will ever…

4 years ago

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