Cancer Articles

What Are Free Radicals?
Leah Day humorously breaks down what free radicals are and how they can affect your skin and body overall.

Vitamin D May Lower Risk of Ovarian, Breast, Kidney, and Colon Cancers
Sun exposure produces vitamin D in the body, which is why greater sun exposure yields reduced cancer risks, overall: benefits that outweigh greatly the possible increase in skin cancer risk produced by over exposure to sun.

Tea's Anti-Cancer Powers Affirmed and Expanded in USDA Study
A team of American and South Korean researchers conducted cell studies that shed new light on the relative anti-cancer properties of green and black tea.

The Anti-Cancer Diet A MUST READ
Dr. Ben Kim recommends the following dietary and lifestyle guidelines to people who visit his clinic looking to get stronger and healthier after a bout with chemotherapy.

Impaired Brain Function Linked to Chemotherapy
Cancer survivors, take note. The mental fog and forgetfulness of "chemo brain" are no figment of your imagination. An October 2006 UCLA study shows that chemotherapy causes changes to the brain's metabolism and blood flow that can linger at least 10 years after treatment.

13 Steps You Can Take to Prevent Cancer
In this cancer article, you'll learn 13 things you can do to reduce your risk of ever having to deal with cancer. If you're not eating healthfully and exercising every day, you need to know the information in this article.

How to Reduce Your Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
Dr. Ben Kim presents a concise article on a study that offers some surprising conclusions on pancreatic cancer and what may lead to it. And it's not cholesterol or high fat.

Feverfew and Cancer
Some readers know the feverfew plant as a natural remedy for migraines. Now scientists at the Univeristy of Rochester Medical Center have found that an extract of feverfew is effective against a type of human leukemia.

Provenge for Prostate Cancer
Provenge, a new form of immune therapy, has shown a significant survival benefit in men who have metastatic androgen-independent prostate cancer, when compared to patients receiving placebo.

An Important Breast Cancer Treatment
In this fascinating interview, Dr. Michael Hatrak reveals the breast cancer treatment that healed his wife: a strict vegan diet followed by a diet including grass-fed beef.

Diet and Breast Cancer
Evidence continues to accumulate that your diet can drastically alter your chances of getting heart disease and cancer, including breast cancer.

Do Bras Cause Breast Cancer?
If you didn't burn yours in the 'Sixties, you might want to put it away now. "Bras cause breast cancer. It's open and shut," says medical researcher Syd Singer.

High Carb Diet to Increased Breast Cancer Risk
Researchers find the risk of developing breast cancer twice as great in Mexican women, for whom carbs represent more than half the daily diet.

Arginine and the Treatment of Cancerous Tumors
In this cancer article, Karen Railey takes a close look at the amino acid "arginine" and how it has been used to successfully treat cancerous tumors.

My Bout with the "Big C"
Irene King shares her fascinating experience with Level III breast cancer and how she used natural methods to dissolve a lemon-sized tumor, much to the amazement of her doctors. Read this wonderful narrative to learn about an alternative to chemotherapy and surgery.

Mammography: Is It Really Effective?
The Lancet's editor-in-chief, Richard Horton, MD: "The public believes mammography to be far more effective than it really is. Women deserve an accurate assessment of the benefits or harm from screening mammography. That means encouraging an open debate about the issue." An important women's health issue.

Mammograms: Is There a Down Side?
In this important article, herbalist Mark Taylor discusses some of the facts about mammograms that you don't hear from your doctor or from the television news health reporter.

What Causes Breast Cancer
In this important book review by Peter Montague, we learn about the real causes of breast cancer. Must reading for anyone contending with this health challenge of breast cancer.

A New View of Cancer's Origins
Dr. Ralph Moss presents a new and fresh look regarding the origins of cancer in this thoughtful article.

Dr. William Donald Kelley
William Donald Kelley, DDS, MS, one of the most significant figures in the history of alternative cancer treatments, passed away on January 30, 2005, at the age of 79. Learn about the life of this fascinating and controversial figure.

Are Needle Biopsies Safe?
In this remarkable and stunning article, Dr. Ralph Moss reveals yet another possible mass atrocity of the medical and pharmaceutical empire. Needle biopsies, which are all but standard in "diagnosing" for cancer, may actually spill the cancer into uninfected parts of the body.

Sunlight and Lymphoma
Cancer researcher Dr. Ralph Moss examines sunlight and lymphoma and the myths and truths behind both.

"Less Is More" in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer
Dr. Ralph Moss quotes a DFCI study showing evidence that less toxic chemical therapy for treating prostate cancer is better for patients than the standard two month radiation and three year hormone suppressant therapy.

PSA Use for Prostate Cancer Sharply Questioned
In this article, famed cancer researcher Dr. Ralph Moss discusses the flaws and downsides to the popular PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) test. Important reading for all men worried about prostate health.

Asbestos Cancer Alert
The Consumer Product Safety Commission warns consumers about the hazard of exposure to consumer products containing asbestos, exposure which may result in asbestos cancer.

Spontaneous Remissions
Famed cancer researcher Ralph Moss reveals some interesting and important factual material about spontaneous remissions. If I had cancer, I'd read this article and then induce a fever in my body to see what would happen. Really interesting article. A must read.

Milk and Prostate Cancer
The overwhelming majority of research suggests strongly that increased milk consumption is associated with increased risk for prostate cancer.

Bee Keepers Don't Get Cancer
Learn all kinds of fascinating things about bees and bee pollen in this fun-to-read article by Victoria.

Diet and Breast Cancer
If you don't think there's a connection between diet and breast cancer, then you haven't yet read this convincing article from Peter Montague and Rachel's Environmental Weekly.