Immunotherapy
What is immunotherapy? Before discussing what types of cancer can be treated with immunotherapy, it may be helpful to first define immunotherapy. Simply put, immunotherapy (sometimes referred to as "biological…
What is immunotherapy? Before discussing what types of cancer can be treated with immunotherapy, it may be helpful to first define immunotherapy. Simply put, immunotherapy (sometimes referred to as "biological…
Walnuts have been lauded as a 'superfood', containing a remarkable array of natural constituents that have synergistic properties that contribute to reduced cancer risk. Mediated both directly and indirectly via…
Persistent oxidative stress is one of the major causes of the aging process and most lifestyle-related diseases, including cancer. Acute oxidative stress directly causes serious damage to tissues. Hydrogen shows…
There is nothing that illustrates the power of the mind-body connection more convincingly than the “placebo effect”, a phenomenon where real improvement is evident after taking a fake or nonexistent…
How often do you think someone diagnosed with cancer has heard these words from their oncologist?…….“Fortunately, there is a combination of medicinal plant extracts that have been clinically proven to…
Health is not simply the absence of disease. Health is an active state. Your body has within it five health defense systems: angiogenesis, stem cells, the microbiome, DNA protection, and immunity. These systems are responsible for maintaining our health and resisting the regular hazards we all face everyday as part of ordinary life—and they heal us when disease inflicts damage in our body. (more…)
When the fall hits, we all think of flu season and ways to support our immunity. We often talk about increasing or boosting immunity but, like most of our biological systems, the immune system is tremendously complicated. Immune cells have to make difficult decisions from moment to moment. Is this a pathogen that needs to be eliminated, or a cell that must be preserved? If it is a pathogen, how do we fight it? (more…)