OutSmart Cancer® Blog

Why you need to think about prevention. It is pretty startling and very sobering to realize that if you are sitting with your sisters, mom, grandmother, aunts, close friends…let’s say there are six of you...

Improve just about every area of your health with wellness tips.  It’s absolutely free, no strings attached. My friends, Brad Costanzo and Bob Serling, at 10 Minute Wellness Tips, have just released a series of short,...

You Can Survive With Cancer as a Chronic Illness Too often cancer is thought of as a death sentence; a terminal illness. “Survivors” may not be cancer free. Many people actually live long term with cancer as...

Cancer is stressful. In fact, some experts say that cancer is traumatic and that anyone who has lived through or lives with cancer suffers from traumatic stress. I have been a meditator for over 40...

Why Do Cancer Patients Have Joint Pain? Unfortunately, joint pain is an all too common side effect of drugs frequently prescribed to breast cancer and ovarian cancer patients…(and even some prostate cancer patients.) Aromatase Inhibitors...

I don’t really like the word “survivor”…it sounds like the walking wounded. Some people like the word “thriver” instead of “survivor”. I prefer to talk about “living well beyond cancer”. Today in the US there are...

This seems a bit odd to me as happiness should really be a year round theme! When the word “happiness” crops up, I am reminded of a conversation I had with a beautifully reflective and deep...

Low Levels of CoEnzyme Q10 Increase Your Risk of Breast Cancer A study* done in 2011 that followed over 1000 Chinese women found that women with lower levels of CoQ10 have higher rates of breast...

Blueberries!!! Today, blueberries have a rockstar reputation among fruits. Blueberries are a rich source of Vitamins C and K and the important trace mineral manganese; all required for healthy bones, tendons and ligaments. Blueberries are...

Gratitude and Meaning. I received this message from a patient who went through a very challenging and stressful course of treatment with chemotherapy and radiation. Here is what he had to say now that he...

Avoiding cancer means choosing foods that are safe and free of cancer causing chemicals. Seafood contaminants include metals (such as mercury), industrial chemicals (PCBs and dioxins) and pesticides (DDT). Smaller species are eaten by larger...

Dr. Nalini’s best advice…in just 10 minutes! Recently, the founders of the 10 Minute Tips Network asked Dr. Nalini for her best single tip to improve your health, and to drill it down into 10...