Category Archives: Cancer

The Avoidable Cancer

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

May 11, 2012

  • Finding the bug hiding in your gut before it becomes cancer
  • Maybe your ulcer isn’t from stress
  • Supporting your body during antibiotic and radiation therapy

I recently got a letter from a reader who was diagnosed with a common stomach bacteria – one that over 50% of the population has as well – but with a sad twist. Continue reading

The Fruity Way to Starve Cancer Cells

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

April 5, 2012

  • Don’t fight cancer… PREVENT it!
  • Ancient fruit halts cancer growth
  • Mother Nature has all of the answers

The other day a commercial on the television caught my attention. I wasn’t even watching the TV. But then the narrator said something that made my ears perk up. Continue reading

When Cancer Is All In Your Head

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness
March 30, 2012

  • Nature scores another point in the lab
  • What you don’t know can hurt you
  • Your best protection against cancer is…

As anyone who has undergone radiation and chemotherapy will tell you, the war on cancer is really a war on cells. Current cancer therapies do bloody battle with both cancerous and healthy cells alike. Leaving the host weak and weary after the battle is over. And in some cases, a victory achieved at a great or even excessive cost. Continue reading

Pomegranate and the Cancers Men and Women Fear

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

March 23, 2012

  • How pomegranate can help when you hormones turn on you
  • Staying cancer-free once you’ve beaten it
  • What might make pomegranate a double-edged sword

You don’t stand up against a deep-pockets government agency unless you think you have some pretty convincing evidence in your favor. Continue reading

Cancer and Eggs for Breakfast?

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

March 14, 2012

  • Meat, minus the cancer
  • What to do if you just can’t say ‘no’ to bacon
  • How to make it up to your liver and pancreas

My patients – and many readers of Advanced Natural Health – are relieved I don’t recommend they give up eating red meat. But before you are tempted to go back to your bacon-eating ways, I want to clarify my stand. Continue reading

Are You Cooking Your Way to Cancer?

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

February 4, 2012

  • It’s okay to eat meat… and enjoy it!
  • Can over-cooked meat cause cancer?
  • 4 ways to stop this deadly trend

I don’t have a problem with my patients enjoying a juicy steak, tasty lamb chop or half of a rack of baby-back ribs every now and then. I like sinking my teeth into these savory meats just as much as the next guy. Continue reading

The “New” Cures Your Grandmother Knew

By David Blyweiss, M.D., Advanced Natural Wellness

From Tummy Tea to Hardcore Colon Cancer Prevention

Some of my earliest childhood memories were of my grandfather lying in his easy chair, with wet teabags on his eyes. He swore it got rid of puffiness, and dark circles. And my grandmother was forever sipping from a warm concoction of hot water, honey, lemon and ginger. She swore it did everything from cure colds to ease heartburn. Continue reading

Preventing Pancreatic Cancer

By Bonnie Jenkins, Advanced Natural Wellness

It isn’t often that you hear of someone dying from pancreatic cancer, especially someone famous. But last month, the world lost both Patrick Swayze and New York Times columnist William Safire to the disease. What makes this so unusual is that pancreatic cancer is considered fairly rare. In fact, only one in about 9,000 people will develop it. Continue reading

Lower Your Breast Cancer Risk

By Bonnie Jenkins, Advanced Natural Wellness

You might not think so, but breast cancer is an equal opportunity disease. Not only does it cut across racial and economic lines, both women and men can get this type of cancer. Although it’s rare in men, approximately 450 of them died of the disease in 2007. That’s compared with an estimated 40,000 women whose lives were claimed by breast cancer last year. Next to skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women. In fact, one out of eight American women who live to be 85 years of age will develop breast cancer. Continue reading