We’ve all heard the statistics that one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer.  But did you know that in 2012, nearly 1.7 million new cases of breast cancer were diagnosed worldwide, making up one-quarter of new cancer cases in women? [1] The BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations account for 20-25% of all inherited...

If there’s one activity the entire human race does most frequently, it’s breathing. And yet, we do it subconsciously and rarely ever stop to think about the quality of air we are consuming or the effect it can have on our lungs. More specifically, do any of us ever stop to about the impact of...

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States. It is estimated that one in five Americans will develop this disease at some point. Even worse, several common causes of this cancer are due to bad habits that could potentially be avoided. It is important to know the signs of possible tumor growth...

Your kidneys are a pair of small bean-shaped organs located in the middle of your back which also just happen to be one of the most important organs responsible for detoxing the body.  The kidneys remove waste and extra water from the blood to form urine. If your kidneys were not able to do their job...

Sydney Towle, a vibrant Californian, was thrown into an unexpected battle with an aggressive form of cancer at the tender age of 23. Her journey began in early August when doctors stumbled upon a concerning revelation. A sizable mass lurking in her stomach, growing unchecked for four months. The signs were there, subtle yet insistent....

We’ve all heard people talk about the power of positivity. With a positive attitude, you can achieve anything! Likely, when it comes to cancer, you’ve heard about people who “stayed positive” and went on to beat their cancer. Many people are quick to attribute their positive attitude to their positive outcome. Are our emotions and...

As if we needed to add another reason to the list of why dogs are simply the best. As found by a team of researchers, a dogs nose may become the latest frontier in cancer detection. A new study was presented at the 2019 annual meeting for the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ...

Cancer is ultimately the result of cells that uncontrollably grow and do not die. Normal cells in the body follow an orderly path of growth, division, and death. Programmed cell death is called apoptosis, and when this process breaks down, cancer results. Pancreatic cancer cells do not experience programmatic death, but instead continue to grow and...

Stephen Huff, 28, grew up playing baseball in Tennessee. After earning a scholarship as a pitcher, Huff was drafted by the Chicago White Sox. He exercised every day, ate well, and even said he tried to eat organic. He could run eight miles at a time. Huff was the very picture of health—an athlete who...

A 21-year-old man from Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland, tragically lost his life just days after initially attributing his backache to a need for a new bed. Gerald Green’s health rapidly deteriorated, but he concealed his symptoms from his parents, Paula and Gerry, until he began coughing up blood. On January 19, Gerald’s mother took him...

Every day there seems to be new health or nutrition advice and quite often it conflicts with what we’ve already heard. This can be frustrating, but all we can do is try and cut through the chatter and do our best to keep ourselves healthy. We are exposed to a lot of harmful materials in our environment on...

With more than 99 percent of multicellular organisms reproducing through sex, it’s easy to think that sexual reproduction happens for reason [1]. There are, of course, organisms that reproduce asexually, which works as a type of cloning method and doesn’t require another organism’s DNA. Asexual reproduction, therefore, doesn’t need two organisms to reproduce, although some...