It seems I just can’t say enough about the great and powerful vitamin D. A constant torrent of new research shows vitamin D is essential for health and helps prevent many diseases. But most [...]
Category: Cancer
When less is more in cancer care
I just saw a headline in the Medscape Journal of Medicine that could have come from a page in my own book. The headline read: “Solution to U.S. Cancer Care ‘Crisis’ is Less Cancer Care.” Dr. [...]
Komen’s shocking “pinkwashed” partnerships
Yesterday, I told you about how little the “breast cancer awareness” industry does to address the real problem of deadly, metastatic breast cancer. This pinkwashed industry seems to have [...]
REAL breast cancer awareness–without rose-colored glasses
When I tuned into the NFL football games this month, I thought I was coming down with conjunctivitis–or “pink eye”–because everything on the TV screen was tinged pink. Then I realized [...]
Prevent lung cancer with this common vitamin
Lung cancer remains the No. 1 cancer killer in the U.S. today. But you would never know it between all the pink ribbon promotions and colonoscopy contortions exerted for the number two and three [...]
Does my skin make enough Vitamin D?
Q: I have been following your advice on vitamin D, and as a result I took a vitamin D supplement during the winter months. When the summer came I stopped because I’m out in the sun a lot. Then, [...]
Skin cancer deceptions can be more than only skin deep
Washingtonian Magazine–which usually focuses on the circle of self-congratulatory crooks running the country–named Amir Bajoghli, M.D. a “top dermatologist” for seven years in a row [...]
More good ways to avoid colonoscopy, and more reasons you should
In August, the FDA approved a new, non-invasive colon cancer screening test called Cologuard. This safe, effective test has some real, practical advantages over dangerous and costly [...]
Old cancer argument doesn’t hold weight
Run a Google search about how to prevent cancer–especially how to prevent breast cancer–and you’ll find one piece of advice repeated time and time again: lose weight. But according to [...]
A snippet from your friendly urologist
In a large, new study, researchers link vasectomy with an increased risk of high-grade and lethal prostate cancer. Of course, I often tell you the majority of prostate cancers are incidental, [...]