So what does cancer control really mean? With cancer rates on the rise worldwide, include both
cancer prevention (taking actions that prevent getting cancer in the first place) and also reducing your risk of cancer recurrence (if you have already had cancer).

Don't just be a cancer...

Conventional medicine doesn't really get women. But Sara Gottfried, M.D., a Harvard-trained medical doctor specializing in women's health, certainly does. With the experience of many decades of private practice treating thousands of patients and a depth and breadth of knowledge uncommon in today's health care, she offers us...

Susan Bauer Wu Shows Us the Healing Power of Mindfuless and a Tender Heart for Cancer Patients, Cancer Survivors, Caregivers and Those Living With Serious Life-Limiting Illness

Here are five tips from Bauer-Wu's book, Leaves Falling Gently: Living Fully With Serious and...

Susan Bauer Wu Shows Us the Healing Power of Mindfulness and a Tender Heart for Cancer Patients, Cancer Survivors and Caregivers

Hearing the words "you have cancer" may be the most stressful and overwhelming moment in your life or the life of a loved one. If you are a caregiver,...

Is it possible to fall in love with a cookbook? Rebecca Katz and Matt Edelson have crafted a masterpiece: The Longevity Kitchen: Satisfying, Big-Flavor Recipes Featuring the Top 16 Age-Busting Power Foods. This is...

This is a very personal story.

We can argue that the use of new technologies have both positive and negative impact upon our lives. Here is a my true story of just how profound the use of technology can be. In this case, an iPad and Skype saved the life...

Cranberries are one of the great superfoods rich in plant antioxidants and cancer-fighting phytochemicals called proanthocyanadins (PACs).

Here are seven reasons to eat cranberries this season:

1. Super Antioxidant Cell-Protective Activity: Cranberry phytochemicals protect your genetic material, your DNA from damage by high oxidative stress and free radical...

In part one of "16 Signs of Women's Cancers," I discuss important reasons why every woman must take control of monitoring changes in her own body. Because of the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women will be diagnosed with cancer in her lifetime, it is...

Health is precious. Losing our health and well-being, especially to a deadly and life-threatening disease such as cancer, is often in our own hands at first. If we are paying close attention to our bodies, we can bring these signs to our care providers to help us understand what these...

Eat like your life depends on it. So say the authors of a recently-published book, The Whole Food Guide for Breast Cancer Survivors. Here is a must-have book for all women who have been through breast cancer and want to thrive, not just survive. This is one of...

8 Steps to Naturally Reduce Your Risk of Colon Cancer

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. According to the Colon Cancer Alliance and the American Cancer Society, colon cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading...

Cancer patients have a seven times higher risk of complications from blood clot formation. (1) One of...

A new study reveals that the spread of cancer may be reduced with...

Parabens are chemical preservatives found in almost all cosmetics and body care products....

Mushrooms of Immortality: Modern Medicine From Ancient Chinese Herbs

Medicinal mushrooms and mushroom extracts are used worldwide to fight cancer and enhance and modulate immune response. Lentinula edodes...

After breast cancer treatment, many women are prescribed aromatase inhibitors* to prevent recurrence of estrogen sensitive tumors. These drugs can cause joint pain that leads many women to stop using them, thus increasing their risk of a recurrence. It is surprising to find that a drug...

Exhausted? Overwhelmed? Stressed all the time?

• Do you need five cups of coffee to make it through the day?
• Do you find yourself constantly irritable, on edge?
• Do you feel everything you eat turns to fat?

These are just a handful of questions that are addressed in a wonderful new...