OutSmart Cancer® Blog

On February 14th, a CBS reporter, Serene Branson, broadcasting live from the Grammy Awards devolved into garbled speech while on camera. The video went viral all over the internet along with much concern, compassion and...

Here is a quote from one of the most respected scientists in the field of nutrition and illness: “It is not enough for a cancer patient to receive appropriate conventional therapy for his or her...

How will we get a national cancer prevention plan in the United States? Only by demanding one. This is the statement of Dr. Margaret Kripke and the Breast Cancer Fund.  Here is the text of...

Many breast cancer patients suffer mild to severe joint pain as a common side effect of drug treatments that block estrogen. These drugs, primarily aromatase inhibitors, are used in women with breast cancer cells showing hormonal receptors for estrogen...

Dr. David Servan Schreiber M.D. is a medical doctor who is a brain cancer survivor.  His own diagnosis as a cancer patient took  him on a journey to health and cancer survivorship. He is the...

Cancer and Inflammation The relationship between cancer and inflammation is well established. There is a strong association between chronic, ongoing inflammation in the body and the occurrence of cancer. It is most obviously demonstrated with...

Here is some very sound and practical information from two of my friend and colleagues. The first is from Dr. Isaac Eliaz, M.D. who is also an expert in Integrative Cancer Care as well as...

Many people have asked about taking iodine for radiation protection. The dose of potassium iodide is 130mg per day for adults and 65mg/day for children for protection against radioactive iodine exposure only. The must be...

What drives the spread of Breast Cancer? Recent studies from the University of California, San Diego, published in the British Journal, NATURE, have discovered a molecule called RANKL, found in aggressive breast cancer cells that...

Who is calm and relaxed before surgery? I don’t know too many patients who are not anxious before surgery. Patients participating in a study in China who received acupuncture prior to surgery reported a greater...

Here is an article published in Science Daily in March 2011 revealing yet another cancer fighting anti-tumor medicinal plant from Chinese Herbal Medicine. Chinese Herbal medicine is a rich source both of modern research and...

Although the US Government and the press are downplaying the risk of US citizens to radiation exposures from Japan, the Center for Disease Control is conducting a weekend of training for physicians and public health officials...