One of America’s greatest institutions (sic), the National Cancer Institute [NCI] is living up to its reputation put forth in yesterday’s post. It recently published a study in its Journal of the National Cancer Institute that omega-3 fatty acids may significantly increase the risk of
Run for the Cure. The Terry Fox Run. Pink ribbons. Movember. Livestrong. All of these efforts to raise money are honourable. They are the result of millions of hours of time invested by people who really care about curing cancer. People whose lives have been
How does a guy who has a disciplined, high quality diet, exercises regularly, rarely eats junk food, avoids chemicals like the plague, and has taken a fist full of high quality supplements every day for the past 12 years get leukemia? This is the question
Recently I came across a letter to the editor in our local newspaper I had to admire. We can all learn from this mindset when confronted with the adversity of disease. “Thirteen years ago, when I was 60, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. With
As mentioned in an earlier article, I was diagnosed with leukemia last month. Not any ordinary leukemia, but a very rare one — hairy cell leukemia (HCL). Today was appointment day with my hematologist. Not just any hematologist — one of a handful of HCL
