Colon Cancer

A few weeks ago, I received this email from a Cornell student pursuing a medical career who had attended one of my lectures: Dear Dr. Silberstein, My name is Steven…

February 4 was World Cancer Day.  I don’t really care for appointed days and months for “awareness.” Do we really need a Valentines Day to know when to express our…

As you probably realize, an anti-cancer diet constitutes a major theme of the articles we post, the lectures we give, and the educational materials we distribute at BeatCancer.org. But there…

Ty Bollinger lost both of his parents and several other family members to the ravages of conventional cancer treatment. That led him to pursue nationwide and worldwide journeys to research…

In his final State of the Union address, President Obama announced a national effort to end cancer in a new initiative led by Vice President Joe Biden. “For the loved ones…

Health economist Austin Frakt wrote recently in the New York Times (Dec. 28) about why preventing cancer is not the priority in drug development. Although most people would agree that…

A client recently asked if I thought it was a good idea to follow her gynecologist’s recommendation to get genetic testing. The physician’s concern was that a positive BRCA1 result…

If your kitchen were to only have a few herbs in it, basil should be at the top of the list. Not only is this green, leafy herb tasty, it…

If you’re like most people, every January 1 you enthusiastically make a few New Year resolutions that 365 days later you reluctantly admit you didn’t do a very good job…

A new study published this month in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine showed that cancer patients commonly use complementary and integrative approaches, and that over 95% of patients…