cancer

I remember seeing a patient over 20 years ago. She was only in her 50’s and she was dying from cervical cancer, a cancer that I rarely see anymore because most women in my practice...

February 4 was WORLD CANCER DAY. It seems that there is so much cancer around us that we don’t really need a World Cancer Day to remind us that 1 in 3 women and 1...

photo credit: 1600heart_2002 via photopin (license) Valentine’s Day is upon us. Our attention turns to matters of heart. Because I am not close to my own family, I have created a circle of love and...

Over 30 years ago, cancer got really personal for me. Both of my parents were diagnosed. No one else in our family ever had cancer. This got my attention. I questioned whether we had all...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Cancer of the lower intestines (colon) and rectum is very common in both men and women. If you think about it, everything you eat gets processed through and washes...

March is Sleep Awareness Month. In the United States, Canada and Europe, we also switch to daylight savings time in the Spring. How Much Sleep Do You Really Need to Fight Cancer and Lose Weight?...

If you do just one thing to protect your health, do this. Last week I talked about watching my mom and dad battle cancer while still in their 50s. What I did not share is...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Seven Traits of Leadership on the High Seas of Cancer By Craig R. Hildreth, MD To My New Oncologist, I am hoping that you can help me. I just found out that I have...