Recent Blog Articles
Taking Precautions Against Cancer-Causing Toxins
MD Anderson’s integrative medicine chief Dr. Lorenzo Cohen shares critical insights on the troubling environmental stew we live in, what we know about its impact on cancer, and how best to limit our exposure.
The Anticancer Drug Dilemma: The Good, and Ugly
Despite the remarkable progress in drug development across several populations of cancer, troubling facts have recently emerged about several expensive FDA-approved anticancer drugs.
Beyond Standard Cancer Care: Intelligent Considerations
Over the years I’ve coached many people who were determined to forego conventional cancer care—going against their oncologists’ recommendations, and often countering their partners’ and families’ opinions, too.
Guest Post: Oncology Beauty and Aesthetics 101
From time to time I invite a guest to cover a niche area. Such is the case with beauty and aesthetics. So I asked oncology aesthetics expert Jeanna Doyle to address this important topic, that can be either overlooked, seen as unnecessary by some, or viewed as indulgent by others. There are myriad ways we ‘look and feel’ wellness.
Cancer, Like COVID: A Public Health Failure
Ed Yong’s recent sobering piece in The Atlantic on the U.S.’s lack of preparedness for the next pandemic that’s inevitably “barreling toward us” hit my inbox with a ‘must read’ thud. Cogently written, it provides historical context for the myriad errors committed—and how the many lessons learned early on with COVID were somehow not actionable for the next episode of death: the Delta variant.
Carcinogenic, Hormone-Disrupting Fungicides Found on Citrus Fruit
A recent investigation commissioned by the Environmental Working Group identified imazalil and thiabendazole on nearly 90 percent of non-organic citrus fruit samples.
Join Anticancer Thrivers
After years of being disappointed with virtual support groups and Facebook Groups, I decided to launch Anticancer Thrivers. Become a member and join to conversation!
All Vaxxed Up and Nowhere to Go: Cancer Patients and the Whole Damn Dilemma
Recent studies show approximately one in four blood cancer patients fail to produce detectable antibodies after COVID-19 vaccination. This is most prevalent in those hosting non-Hodgkin lymphomas and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, but also in those hosting multiple myeloma and other blood cancers.
The Mindset of Exceptional Cancer Responders
What is it in someone that makes them do so well in the face of cancer? Spirit? Will? Resilience? Where do they get that? Are they born with that or is it acquired through various practices and life experiences? Glenn shares the stories and words of wisdom from four exceptional cancer responders.
Cancer Risk of Conventional Versus Grass-Fed Red Meat
Glenn Sabin explores the science on cancer causation and overall health impacts between conventional feedlot versus organic and wild red meat.
