Cancer Treatment

In the Tuesday issue of Total Health Breakthroughs, I began a discussion of grains. But the focus was not on their high glycemic index and effect on your blood sugar. We have covered that many times before. This week, we’re looking at the “anti-nutrients” in grains, and the fact that a [...]

Although modern treatments for breast cancer are quite effective, some patients have chest wall recurrences – 3 to 22 percent of cases. The treatment of these recurrences is problematic, since surgery is often not practical and chemotherapy is not very effective. Since the area is likely to have been irradiated before, large doses of radiation [...]

WARNING – Keep out of the reach of children under 6 years of age. If you accidentally swallow [this substance], seek professional assistance or contact a Poison Control Center immediately.
The warning statement above comes from a household product that is in almost every home. You have it in your house right [...]

Today I am going to touch the “third rail” of human nutrition… Grains!
On an electric railway, the “third rail” is charged with high voltage power. In other words, do not touch! But the “third rail” has also become a metaphor for ideas that are controversial, “highly charged” and “untouchable.”
When it comes to nutrition, whole grains [...]

Hypercoagulable states can be defined as a group of inherited or acquired conditions associated with a predisposition to venous thrombosis, arterial thrombosis, or both. Venous thromboembolic disease is the most common clinical manifestation resulting from hypercoagulable states. A number of inherited conditions can not be tested for; however, unfortunately there are no accepted guidelines as [...]

There exists the controversy about internal mammary radiation.  Multiple studies consistently show that a significant minority of patients with breast cancer have pathologic IMN involvement, and the risk of IMN involvement increases in patients with medial tumors and/or positive axillary nodes. Some recommend lymphoscintigraphy to identify such patients. While it seems reasonable based on these [...]

Don’t equate your “age” with your risk of disease…
A recent article about Alzheimer’s in a major health publication stated that “Age is the biggest risk factor for the disease.” The author was referring to the fact that the prevalence of Alzheimer’s doubles every five years in people over 65.
I believe this is [...]

1.Does the patient meet medical necessity for the proposed chemotherapy with Xeloda and Navelbine IV?
2.Is this treatment ordered by a Physican?
3 Is it consistent with patient's condition or accepted standards of medical practice?
4.Is it medically proven?
5.Is it mainly for convenience?
6.Is it primarily for research?
7.Is it the most appropriate level of services?
8.Does it constitute accepted medical [...]

“He’s not going to eat that! What is that?” I demanded.
“Banana cream pie,” the nurse said.
“You’re serving banana cream pie in a heart hospital?”
I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. My father had just suffered a serious and debilitating stroke the night before. He was under critical care in one of the country’s [...]

When we think of the improvements that exercise can bring to our bodies, we usually think of athletic performance. Exercise increases our strength and makes us fitter. And we know that it can improve the health of our heart and lungs. But regular exercise can do a lot more than this.
It can [...]