Newsletter Archives:

This page contains links to past newsletters and published articles by Jacob Schor, naturopathic doctor and Fellow of the American Board of Naturopathic Oncology. 

Past newsletters are listed three ways; alphabetically by topic, chronologically, and by year they were written.  Published articles are listed by magazine or journal in which they appeared.

 

1. Alphabetical Index by Title and Subject [link]

A to C [Link]

C to H [Link]

H to N [Link]

N to S [Link]

S to Z [Link]

Popular Subtopics

Cancer            [link]

Honey            [link]

Osteoporosis   [link]

Vitamin D       [link]

Recipes       [link]

 

2. Titles and Subject Briefs

More Recent Articles: June 2007 to Present listed in reverse chronology, most recent first[Link]

Old Stuff: 2005 to June 2007   [Link]

 

3. Month by Month list of articles by year:

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

 

4. Published articles in journals, magazines, papers, etc. :

American Association of Naturopathic Physicians Blog  Link

International Journal of Naturopathic Medicine link

Natural Medicine Journal link

Rocky Mountain News link

Park Hill News link

Naturopathy Digest  link

NDNR: Naturopathic Doctors News and Review   link

To Your Health Magazine  Link

Vitamin Cottage/Natural Grocers  Article Directory link

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Physicians Who Listen: Blog of The American Association of Naturopathic Physicians:

Two School  June 2010 http://naturopathicphysicians.blogspot.com/2010/06/two-schools.html

Quercetin Synergy April 2010

http://naturopathicphysicians.blogspot.com/2010/04/quercetin-synergy.htmlquercetin-synergy

Tracks http://naturopathicphysicians.blogspot.com/2010/03/tracks.html

Horsepaths http://naturopathicphysicians.blogspot.com/2010/02/horse-paths.html

Changing paradigms in Cancer Care http://naturopathicphysicians.blogspot.com/2010/01/paradigm-shifts-in-cancer-care.html

Digitus Impudicus http://naturopathicphysicians.blogspot.com/2009/12/digitus-impudicus.html

Charlie Chaplin & Mr. Bean November 2009 http://naturopathicphysicians.blogspot.com/2009/11/charlie-chaplin-mr-bean-and-medicine.html

Happy NewYear  October 2009 http://naturopathicphysicians.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-new-year-welcome-to-year-5770.html

A different approach to practice building September 2009

http://naturopathicphysicians.blogspot.com/2009/09/different-approach-to-practice-building.html

Letting Nature Heal August 2009 http://naturopathicphysicians.blogspot.com/2009/08/letting-nature-heal.html

 

Rocky Mountain News

Why Eat Organic  August 22, 2007

http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/denver/speakout/2007/08/why_eat_organic.html

 

Naturopathy Digest

June 2008

Vaccines, Immune Function and Disease:  The Benefit of Vaccines

http://www.naturopathydigest.com/archives/2008/jun/schor.php

August 2007

Radiation Hormesis Part 2

http://www.naturopathydigest.com/archives/2007/aug/schor.php

July 2007

Radiation Hormesis Part 1

http://www.naturopathydigest.com/archives/2007/jul/schor.php

May 2007

Heliophobia

http://www.naturopathydigest.com/archives/2007/may/schor.php

April 2007

The Downside of Acid-Blocking Drugs

http://www.naturopathydigest.com/archives/2007/apr/schor.php

January 2007

Vitamin D and Influenza

Why we get colds in the winter time explained

http://www.naturopathydigest.com/archives/2007/jan/schor.php

December 2006

Potential Used for Vitamin D Part II

Seasonality and geographic variability suggest new uses for vitamin D.

November 2006

Potential Used for Vitamin D Part I

Seasonality and geographic variability suggest new uses for vitamin D.

http://www.naturopathydigest.com/archives/2006/nov/schor.php

August 2006

The Many Hats of NAC:

Recent research is pointing to new uses for N-acetyl-cysteine.

http://www.naturopathydigest.com/archives/2006/aug/schor.php

June 2006

Dogs and Cancer: http://www.naturopathydigest.com/archives/2006/jun/schor.php

April 2006

Pomegranate People: http://www.naturopathydigest.com/archives/2006/apr/schor.php

 

 

NDNR does not routinely post their journal onlne but several of our past articles are available:

NOV 09 – Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1

Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1
Possible benefit to cancer patients

MAY 07 – Sildenafil Adjunctive Neoplastic Therapy

Sildenafil: Adjunctive Neoplastic Therapy

FEB 10 – New Risk Factor for Osteoporosis

New Risk Factor for Osteoporosis
SSRIs can impact bone health

FEB 09 – Breast Cancer Review The ASCO Report

Breast Cancer Review The ASCO Report
Gurdev Parmar, ND, FABNO and Jacob Schor, ND, FABNO

 

APRIL 09 – Kfar Saba Syndrome

Kfar Saba Syndrome:
The tie between hypothyroidism, and iron and B12 deficiencies

2010 [I also know I'm behind on these so please no need to remind me]

April 2010 Humor and Allergies [Link]

February 2010  Celebrating our new colleagues:  the SCNM graduation: [Link] https://ndnr.com/archives/301

2009

November 2008

Bob Timberlake: In memory        pdf: Link

html link

 

May 2008

Mushrooms and Breast Cancer Prevention

Link

January 2008

Curcumin and Alzheimer's Disease

Link

July 2007

Sunscreen, Vitamin D and Cancer

Link

May 2007

Sildenaphil and Chemotherapy

link 

March 2007

Lavender Oil and Gynecomastia

http://www.denvernaturopathic.com/lNDNRavender.htm

 

January 2007

Vitamin D and the common cold

Newly published paper on seasonal viral epidemics points to vitamin D as missing link

[link]

 

August 2006

The metabolic causes of autism

http://www.denvernaturopathic.com/news/NDNRAutism.html

 

Park Hill News:  Dr. Schor has written columns for the Greater Park Hill News since 1998.  Past articles may be viewed at:  [Park Hill News Index]

 

International Journal of Naturopathic Medicine Link

Melatonin and the Gastrointestinal Tract: possibilities for treatment:  to be published.  Draft copy

 

   Homepage Link

Serotonin and Bone Health Fall 2009 [link]

Mistletoe Review January 2010 [link]

Soda Consumption and Pancreatic Cancer Risk February 2010 [Link]

Thymoquinone augments treatment of pancreatic cancer [Link]

Laughter as Medicine January 2010 [Link]

Quercetin and Athletic Performance May 2010 [Link]

Chocolate Lowers Blood Pressure  May 2010 [Link]

Good News/Bad News about Chocolate May 2010 [Link]

Chicken Skin, Eggs and Prostate Cancer  June 2010[link]

Barbecuing Tips July 2010 Marinades Reduce Heterocyclic Amines from Primitive Food Preparation Techniques 

Pistachios and Lipid Profile July 2010[ link ]

Cherry Juice Eases Pain of Hood to Coast Runners June 2010 [Link]

 

To Your Health Magazine

Does Sunscreen Help?  June 2009 Link

 

Vitamin Cottage: Directory of Articles Link

 

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Titles and Subject Briefs from our very most recent letters, starting with most recent and getting older:

 

 

Sesame Seeds may be a valuable adjunct in cancer treatment

August 6, 2010

[Link]

 

Spousal caretakers of partners with dementia as six times the risk of getting Alzheimer's themselves 

August 2, 2010

[Link]

 

Lignans and Breast Cancer Survival

July 20, 2010

A recent study suggests small amounts of lignan in the diet have a large impact on breast cancer survival

[Link]

Flax seed oil increases effect of low dose Herceptin

July 14 2010

A recent study on using HER2+ tumors in mice suggests flaxseed oil might be useful in increasing benefit.

[Link]

 

Raw broccoli doubles survival in bladder cancer

July 1, 2010

Li Tang's recent paper tells us that eating raw broccoli once a month may cut the risk of dying from bladder cancer by more than half.

[Link]

 

Alzheimer's Protocol Update

June 18, 2010

A new paper from UCLA researcher's Cole and Frautschy provides information that amends our prior treatment protocol:

[Link]

 

Lycopene and Cervical Cancer Risk 

June 6, 2010

A February paper suggests that those with higher than average blood levels of lycopene have a strikingly lower risk fo cervical cancer.

[Link]

 

Chicken Skins increase risk of prostate cancer recurrence and progression

May 15, 2010. 

A recent study gives us new information for treating men with prostate cancer.

[Link]

 

Vitamin D Cuts Risks During Pregnancy

May 3, 2010 

Clinical trial yields dosing information for pregnant women

[link]

Grape Juice and Cognitive Decline

April 29, 2010 

Grape juice in a placebo controlled double blind trial slowed cognitive decline.

[Link]

 

Chocolate and Nuts: Soon to be a new treatment for hypertension

April 20, 2010

Current science tells us that choclate lowers blood pressure; nuts mauy make it work even better.

[Link]

 

 

Protocol Change: Vitamin K-3, vitamin C and vitamin E succinate

April 2, 2010 

Vitamin E succinate enhances the benefit of the standard treatment used to trigger glutathione depletion and autoschizis in cancer cells.

[Link]

 

Beer and Bones:

March 2010

India Pale Ale may be a suitable treatment for osteoporosis

[Link]

 

Comparing Fruit Juices:

March 27, 2010

What kind of juice is best to drink?

[Link]

Vitamin D and the Flu: no longer a theory

March 1, 2010 

A new study should turn a hypothesis into accepted knowledge

[Link]

Is it mercury in fructose that explains why soda causes pancreatic cancer?

February 22, 2010

A recent pilot study found way too much mercury in fructose, and so readers have written to ask.  The short answer is no.  To read the long answer, go to: [Link]

Nothing Simple about Nuts

February 2010 

The explanation we give as to why nuts are good for you hardly does justice to the science.

[Link]

 

Soda doubles risk of Pancreatic Cancer

February 2010

As implausible as it may sound, it now seems that drinking a couple of soda pops a week almost doulbe the risk of getting pancreatic cancer.

[Link]

Fosamax needs a Break

February 2010

Bone experts now tell us patients should not take Fosamax for longer than 5 years without a break.

[Link]

Cowboys' and Lung Cancer January 2008

This is an old newsletter that I'd neglected to post when first written.

[Link]

 

Sleep Duration and risk of Breast or Prostate Cancer

Ground Hog's Day 2010

Sleeping less than 7 hours a night incresaes risk of hormone triggered cancers.

[Link]

 

Tamoxifen and CYP2D6: Why SSRIs and tamoxifen don't mix

January 2010

The drugs used to treat tamoxifen induced hotlashes are a big problem

[Link]

 

Mistletoe Review: Natural Medicine Journal

January 2010

Review of a paper on Iscador published in December 2009

[Link]

 

Christmas Stollen

Christmas, 2009

The Protestant Reformation and the unappetizing flavor of turnip oil bring us this historic treat, a fitting version of fruitcake. [link]

 

Why we don't trust big Pharma:

December 2009

A New York Times article prompts a retrospective

[Link]

Fruitcake Update: Synergy of Phytochemicals

December 8, 2009

One cannot bake fruit cakes withoureading the literature on synergistic action of phytochemicals against cancer can one?

[Link]

 

Saccharomyces boulardii and No-Knead Bread

December 1, 2009

It turns out one can make a decent loaf of bread using this increasingly popular probiotic yeast.  It may even be good for you.

[Link]

Chanukah Guacamole and Chili Rellenos

December 1, 2009

I'm updating our menu this year and instead of serving latkes am preparing to fry up chili rellenos

[Link]

 

Eucalyptus Oil for Cancer Patient

November 17, 2009

Topical or oral eucalyptus oil may act both as an immune stimulant and as an anti-inflammatory and should be considered during cancer chemotherapy.

[Link]

Estrogen to treat Breast Cancer

September 25, 2009

Turning our general assumptions upside down, a new study suggests that taking estrogen may be beneficial in treating some advanced breast cancers. 

[link]

Ants, Fungus and Sugar

October 5, 2009

A rare fungus that infects a rare ant that lives far away gives us insight to help explain a peculiar symptom.

[Link]

Nursing Home Report: Vitamin D protects residents from flu

September 2009

An annecdotal report forwarded by John Cannell MD suggesting that vitamin D protects against flu infection

[Link]

Charlie Chaplin, Atopic Dermatitis and and Allergies
September 26, 2009
I was watching a Charlie Chaplin movie the other morning when the alarm clock went off. Actually I was dreaming a Charlie Chaplin movie when the radio turned on and the classical music became the movie’s sound track. I woke slowly and recalled the dream clearly for most of the day

[Link]

Honey Update 2009

September 2009

Somehow summer is over already and we arrive at the season where we dip apples in honey and wish our family and friends a good year.

[link]

Vitamin D appears to protect care facility residents against the flu:

September 2009

[Link]

Flu Update; September 2009

September 15, 2009

Information on things that may prevent or reduce severity of flu infection

[Link]

Vitamin D Does decrease Aromatase Inhibitor Arthralgias

September 1, 2009

Earlier work suggested this might help, but a new study confirms the benefit.  The trick is high doses.

[Link]

 

Serotonin and Bone Health

September 2009

An article written for the Natural Medicine Journal's premier issue

[link]

 

Odds and Ends:

August 26, 2009

Tidbits on baking soda and asparagus and cancer, editorial positions and a surprizing award.

[Link]

Catching Fire:

August 25, 2009

The new theory that mankind has used fire to cook food for almost 2 million years must change the way we thinkg about diet.

[Link]

Melatonin and the Gut

August 15, 2009

A review on melatonin written for the International Journal of Naturopathic Medicine.

[Link]

 

 

Nigella Sativa: Black Cumin Seed in the treatment of Pancreatic Cancer

July 25, 2009

A traditional medicine gathers momentum for use in treating pancreatic cancer.

[Link]

 

Walking the Dog, Green Spaces and the Determinants of Health

July 21, 2009

Ruminations while walking the dog.....

[link]

2009 Curcumin update:

Which brand will work better?

There's only one way to find out.

[Link]

Vitamin D update, good for prostate etc.

June 21, 2009

[Links]

Zicam Warnings finally noticed

The government is finally paying attention to the dangers of Zicam.  The question, Why did it take so long to notice this?

[Link]

Spam is Cooking Our Planet

June 12, 2009

Powering the internet now takes as much energy as flying the world's airline fleets yet almost all of the email traffic is spam.  What a waste!

[Link]

Tamoxifen and SSRI antidepressants don't mix

June 6, 2009

Combining SSRIs with tamoxifen decrease cancer inhibiting benefit.

[Link]

Diet and Exercise for Breast Cancer Patients: What's New

May 19, 2009

In the last year research has turned what we thought upside down. Diet does nothing, exercise, everything.....

[Link]

Melatonin for the Gastrointestinal Tract

May 15, 2009

Melatonin may have great potential for treating GI ailments. This article reviews current research and makes suggestions for potential uses. [Link]

Ginger for Reducing Nausea caused by Chemotherapy
May 15, 2009
A paper to be presented at this year's ASCO convention suggests that taking ginger extracts starting 3 days prior to chemotherapy may reduce nausea. This paper may shed light on what has long been a confusing issue.
[link]

A New Way to Talk About Antioxidants

May 13, 2009

When Alexander Bell invented the telephone in 1885 he created an enormous problem.  America was still segregated by social classes.  One did not talk to one’s betters, and there was no correct greeting to use in addressing an unknown person, potentially of a different class. 

[Link]

Determinants of Health
May 12, 2009
Reading the morning newspapers these last few days about President Obama’s breakthrough meeting with representatives from the healthcare industries has got me thinking. Not that this is wonderful turning point for the future of health care but about how our focus on healthcare access is misplaced.

[Link]

Swine Flu update

May 1, 2009

We returned from Washington, DC earlier this week and I promptly took ill.  A typical spring flu similar to the ones I’ve suffered through almost yearly for a decade. Yet given the current news about Swine Flu, I admit to being a little nervous about this illness. 

[link]

Esophageal Cancer Risk Factors:

April 15, 2009

People who flush red when drinking wine, who are selenium deficient or always drink their tea hot are at increased risk for esophageal cancer.....

[Link]

Altitude Sickness Update:
April 12, 3009

We receive many emails and phone calls from people all over the world as a result of past newsletters posted on our website. I don’t know why but a single newsletter from 2004 on altitude sickness generates more interest than all the rest of them combined.

[Link]

Grape Seed Extract Relieves Hot Flashes

April 23, 2009

Although grape seed extract acts as an aromatase inhibitor it appears to reduce hot flashes.

[Link]

Soy and Tamoxifen do not mix

March 2009

Soy and tamoxifen do not mix!

[Link]

Dermatologist, Sunscreen and a Recipe for Skin Cancer Protection

March 17, 2009

I can think of no one I would rather have working over my naked body than my dermatologist. 

[Link]

Daylight Savings Time You wonder if they had an idea in mind?

Daylight Saving is upon us once again and it makes less sense than ever

[Link]

Kefir:

According to genetic data, Genghis Khan, the Mongolian conqueror, has more living descendents than any other man who has ever lived.   Geneticists have found that nearly 8 percent of the men living in the region of the former Mongol empire carry y-chromosomes that are nearly identical.

[Link]

Thomas Malthus and the Global Food Crisis
February 15, 2009
Sometime in my distant past, my mother took over my sixth grade science project and forced me to pick a topic that was way over my head. Nevertheless, what I learned back then still colors the way I see the world to this day.

[Link]


Vitamin D Improve s Mood

January 2009

Stragiht from John Denver, "Sunshine on my shoulder makes me happy....'

[Link]

 

Sweeter, Better Tasting Yogurt:

homemade lactose free yogurt is delicious!

January 13, 2009

Making lactose free yogurt at home is worth the modest effort required, the resulting yogurt tastes excellent and does not require extra sweeteners. 

[Link]

 

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs: maybe not as good as they sound.
January 13, 2009

Back in December, when each day was getting shorter and each night longer, I dragged a stepladder around our house and replaced all the burnt out light bulbs.  When we moved into our house eight years ago, we replaced many of the incandescent light bulbs with those fancy, low energy, long lasting, compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs).

[Link]

Here we come a Wassailing

January 3, 2008

There are three meanings to the the term wassail.  First, wassail is a winter time beverage, Second, wassail refers to going house to house caroling and receiving gifts and third,  wassail refers to the old, old tradition of singing to apple trees shortly after the winter solstice, wishing them good health.

[Link]

 

Melatonin and GERD: an unexpected treatment for reflux disease

December 27, 2008

Several interesting papers have been published that suggest melatonin may work to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease.

[Link]

 

Infrared Sauna Part I

December 14, 2008

In the lasr few years sauna construction has changed dramatically; the new infrared sauan heaters promise to be cheaper to operate and more importantly better for treating a range of conditions.

[Link]

 

Flamingoes Don't Get Osteoporosis

December 1, 2008

A novel treatment for osteoporosis, standing on one foot like a flamingo gains more published support.

[Link]

Statins Don't Cause Cancer:  Cancer lowers LDL

November 26, 2008

The confusion over whether Statin Drugs cause cancer seems to have been settled.  The association between low LDL and increased risk for cancer is true whether someone takes lipid lowering drugs or not.

[link]

Daylight Savings Time: 

November 20, 2008

Recent publications suggest that switching to Daylight Savings Time increases the risk of heart attack and costs us more money for electricity.

[link]

Zicam Warning

November 2008

Our annual warning before cold and flu season commences that intranasal zinc may cause loss of smell

[link]

Robert Timberlake

NDNR November 2008

Our dear friend Robert Timberlake passed away earlier this year.  Thie article, a tribute, was published in the NDNR

[link]

Diabetes Chaos:

November 13, 2008

As incidence of diabetes increases in our country questions arise as to what the goal of treatment should really be.

[Link]

What Would Hiawatha Think?

November 5, 2008

Skip the title, this is a review of research on the benefit of exercise for cancer prevention and treatment

[link]

What's Truth Got to Do With it?

November 1, 2008

There is no need to avoid the specious argument in political advertising.  Voters pay little heed to false claims in making their decisions.  Science and political pursuasion.

[link]

 

Happiness and the Taste of Food

October 23, 2008

Taste perception appears to vary with mood.  Taste discrimination may become a tool for diagnosing depression.

[link]

Fasting and Chemotherapy

October 18, 2008

Though the researchers warn not to try this at home, many cancer patients are excited about the work published by Watler Longo at the University or Southern California earlier this year.

[link]

Aromatase Inhibitors and Arthritis

October 17, 2008

This class of drugs, now the standard of care for postmenopausal breast cancer come with unwanted side effects, chief among the is arthritis.

[Link]

Thyroid and Melanoma

October 3, 2008

Adjusting TSH may be a useful tool in treating melanoma

[link]

Cranberries and Warfarin Don't Mix!

September 27, 2008

Cranberries increase the effect of warfarin, an anticoagulant drug that requires careful control.

[Link to full Article]

Whoops: The Case of the Mistaken Cell Line

September 22, 2008

It turns out that the 'Breast Cancer' cells used by researcher for years are actually skin cancer cells. 

So much for evidence based modern medicine.

[link]

Board Meetings and Iced Tea Recipe:

September 20, 2008

Both Green tea and pomegranate juice have been shown to be protective against prostate cancer.  Why not mix them together?

[Link]

Thryoid Interference:  Coffee joins the list of things the interfer with thyroid hormone absorption

September 15, 2008

People who are hypothyroid are tired.  People who are tired drink coffee.  New data suggests that drinking coffee will interfere with thyroid hormone action and thus backfire, leaving the hypothyroid individual even tireder.

[Link to full Article]

Fire Pistons and Chaga Mushrooms

September 10, 2008

My attempt to distract my mind draming about fire pistons is brought back to more immediate concerns by a reference to chaga mushrooms.

[Link to full Article]

Vitamin D Versus Cholesterol

August 30, 2008

Raising vitaming D into the normal range lowers heart attack risk much more than lowering cholesterol.

[Link to full article]

Pomegranate Update

August 15, 2008

A review of recent publications about medical uses of pomegranate.

[Link to full Article]

Alzhiemer's Disease Update

August 1, 2008

Enough new data has been published in recent months that it is time to review it

[Link]

 

Prunes and Cancer: the Bad News

July 18, 2008

Though prunes might prevent or treat osteoporosis there is a theoretical concern about cancer that dampens our enthusiasm.....

[Link]

CoQfusion:
July 1, 2008
A patient came in recently with a long list of symptoms that had miraculously disappeared when he started taking Ubiquinol, a new form of Coenzyme Q-10 being sold.

[Link]

Prunes and Osteoporosis

July 4, 2008

Those fruits we used to call prunes but now call dried plums may soon be used to treat osteoporosis

[Link]

Barbecue and Cherries

June 26, 2008

This article was first written 3 or 4 years ago but we neglected to post this on the website so we are doing it now.  [Link]

Medicine Woman and Oxytocin
June 23, 2008

A few weeks ago, while channel surfing in a motel room in Canada, my daughter Sophie and I chanced upon a show called Medicine Woman. The series follows Dr. Daniele Behn Smith, an engaging “27-year old Aboriginal woman and a rural family physician from British Columbia, Canada, as she travels across the world investigating the healing traditions of the indigenous people, rediscovering the knowledge of Mother Nature's medicine chest.”

[Link]

Curcumin Diabetes and Heart Failure

May 12, 2008

Recent Research suggests curcumin may play a role in treating diabetes and heart failure.

[Link]

Unipedal Standing for Osteoporosis

May 1, 2008

Standing on one foot regularly is an effective strategy for preventing falls and increasing bone strength to prevent hip fractures.

[Link]

Blue Light Suppresses Melatonin:

April 19, 2008

"The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.”

Thoreau, Walden

[Link]

Achilles Tendon Ruptures Linked to Levaquin

April 2008

Goodness do I feel like a moron.  Here is the story.

[Link]

 

Vitamin D Links to Cannell article in Virology and Globe and Mail article

February 2008

Two articles were recently published that are of great interest.  The first is a follow up of Cannell et al and their 2007 paper linking vitamin D deficiency to winter outbreaks of influenza.

[link]

Light at Night:

February 2008

An Israeli Study used NASA satelite photos and corelated breast cancer rates to the light at night from towns observed from space.

[link]

 

Diet Malarkey: Alkaline and Ash Diets and Cancer

January 2008

Though they have a long history of clinical use, there is little evidence or reason to believe the reasoning behind the suggestions to follow alkaline diets to treat cancer.  Yet there is still good reason to follow them.

Link

Bisphenol-A and Harry Potter

January 2008

Reports from two 'expert' committees tasked to decide on the safety of bisphenol-a produce such contrasting opinions, it seems we are reading about Harry Potter and the Ministry of Magic

Link

FABNO: Fellow of the American Board of Naturopathic Oncology

January 2008

Doctor Schor adds some new initials after his name and asks Dr Bloom for a raise

[link]

Brocoli Sprouts, Oncoplex and other BS

January 2008

Sulforaphane, the chemical found in curciferous vegetables is gaining attention as paper after paper is published suggesting it has benefit in preventing and treating cancer.

[link]

Real Preventive Medicine: Vitamin D and Breast

January 2008  NOTE: also published in the Park Hill News

Review of recent research on Vitamin D and cancer link that suggests daily doses may be very useful at reducing disease, especially in black women.

[link]

 

Alkaline and Acidic Ash Diets to treat Cancer

January 15, 2008

This is something of an ethical question. Do you let a pateint believe in an outdated theory with no scientific support just to encourage a better diet?  

[Link to full article]

 

Bisphenol-A and Harry Potter

January 5, 2008

The current debate on the safety of bisphenol-A a chemical found in many household products....

[Link to full article]

 

Recycle your computer 

November 2007

Denver Not-for-profite rebuilds, repair, or recycles used computers, donating computers to those in need.

[Link to full article]

Mushrooms cut breast cancer risk in menopausal women

November 5, 2007

A Korean study suggests eating mushrooms lowers breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women.

[Link to full article]

Metabolic Syndrome, Vitamin D and Prostate Cancer

November 1, 2007

If you are a fat guy with high blood pressure and low HDL cholesterol, you had better spend plenty of time in the sun.  Low vitamin D levels will increse your risk of prostate cancer by a factor of 8.

[Link to full article]

Preventing Neuropathy during Chemotherapy

October 19, 2007

There are a few nutritional tricks to reduce nerve damage from chemotherapy.   Detailed and tedious revew follows.....

[Link to full article]

Taxol chemotherapy may be of little use to the majority of women with breast cancer.

October 11, 2007

Another news story is published that questions thevalue of another common chemotherapy drug used to treat breast cancer.

[link to full article]

Anthracycline cardiotoxicity and breast cancer: for most women may not be worth the risk

October 10, 2007

The most common chemotherapy drug to use with breast cancer is known to cause heart damage.  Co Q-10 may protect against this damage.  New information questions whether these drugs even provide benefit for the overwhelming majority of women who take it.

[Link to full article]

Curcumin and Alzheimer's Disease

October 5, 2007

The Indian spice turmeric and an extract made from it called curcumin may prove to be useful at preventing and treating Alzheimer's disease.

[Link to full article]

Synergy of Phytochemicals with a Fruitcake recipe

October 1, 2007

The more phytocehmicals mixed together the more effective they become

[Link to full article]

Melatonin and Breast Cancer

September 23, 2007

The hormone melatonin is well established as protective against breast cancer.   The primary avenues of action are reviewed.

[Link to full article]

Vitamin D and Colorectal lCancer Prevention

September 27, 2007

Adequate vitamin D lowers risk of developing colorectal cancer by half

[Link to full article]

Betacarotene and Cancer

September 20, 2007

The evidence that betacarotene may increase cancer risk in certain circumstances continue to grow.

[Link to full article]

Molecular targets of bioactive agents for treating cancer

September 20, 2007

The scientific understanding of the mechanics of food substances and their action has come a long way.....

[Link to full article]

 

Honey Update 2007

September 10, 2007

Colony Collapse Disorder Explained, almost, research update and a honey cake recipe

[Link to full article]

Russian Spam Betulinic Acid and Chaga Mushrooms

September 5, 2007

We have a reliable source for Chaga Mushrooms, a natural source for betulinic acid.

[Link to full article]

Cholesterol, Statins and the book, Overdosed America

August 30, 2007

The guidelines for cholesterol levels appear to be unfounded and not justified by currently published research

[link to full article]

Coffee and MI risk varies with genotype

August 25, 2005

That All men are created equal works for fledgling democracies but does not work for medical research any longer.  Genetic variations created different risks and benefits.

[Link to full article]

 

Hypothyroid disease and vitamin B-12 deficiency

Mid August 2007

There is a complex relationship between autoimmune thyroid disease, celiac disease and pernicious anemia.  Most people will remember this article because it contains 30 year old photos of Dr. Bloom in her air force uniform

[Link to full article]

 

Lung Cancer: The guerilla in the room

August 19, 2007

Imagine a line of 108 World Trade Towers collapsing like dominoes and you've visualized the yearly death toll from lung cancer in the United States.

[Link to full text]

Pancreatic Cancer: Epidemiology and Nutritional Treatment

August 13, 2007

Smoking cessation will do more to decrease pancreatic cancer incidence than any other single intervention we know of

[Link to full text]

The Real Reason to Buy Organic

July 28, 2007

The real reason to eat organic fruits and vegetables is not that they are less toxic but that in an odd way, they are actually more toxic. Bear with me as I explain this apparent sacrilege.

[Link to full text]

 

In Praise of Costco

July 27, 2007

I have just returned home from a shopping expedition to Costco feeling exuberantly joyous. Perhaps it was the extra scoop or two of coffee beans I miscounted into the coffee-grinder earlier this morning. More likely, the deeply buried genes that control my psyche still rejoice and celebrate any return from a successful hunting and gathering expedition into the wilderness.

[Link to full text]

  

Dietary Aromatase Inhibitors

July 11, 2007

Several foods inhibit aromatase enzyme in a manner similar to the prescription drugs commonly used to treat metastatic cancer.  These may provide an alternative to patients who cannot tolerate these drugs.

[Link to full text]

Epigenetics and cancer:

July 11, 2007

I sometimes begrudge how easily I devoted memory cells in my younger years to things which now prove to be of little use. Old phone numbers take up space that would be better devoted to new numbers or passwords.

[Link to full text]

 

Revigator: radiation hormesis and radioactive spring water at home

June 20, 2007

Subject: Historic review of Revigator and radiation cures

[Link to full article]

Canadian Cancer Societhy Advises 1,000 IU vitamin D a day to prevent Cancer

June 10, 2007

Subject: A recent prospective study suggests taking calcium and vitamin D profoundly reduces risk for women to get cancer.

[Link to full text]

 

More Titles and Subject Briefs going back to 2005

  [Links to chronological Listings]

 
 

Newsletters in alphabetical order

A

Acai Juice: Antioxidant content of juices: Comparison March 2010

Acid Blockers have multiple side effects Feb 2007

Acrylamides and French Fries June 2006

Adriamycin cardiotoxicity, Co Q-10 and breast cancer  Oct 2007

Alendronate and Fracture Risk Feb 2010

Aleve triples Vitamin D effect at inhibiting cancer  Sept 2005

Arginine, nitric oxide, viagra and doxorubicin Oct 2006

Alkaline and Ash Diets and Cancer  January 2008

Altitude Sickness:

Altitude sickness: New ways to prevent  2004

Altitude Sickness Update April 2009

Alzheimer's Disease:

Alzheimer's Dissease and Fish Oil

Alzheimer's Disease, Niacin and Statin Drugs

Alzheimer's Disease: walking and a good diet prevent 

Alzheimer's Disease: Juice protects against  Sept 2006

Alzheimer's Disease and Curcumin Sept 2007

Alzheimer's Disease Update August 2008

Caregiving spouses at 6 times the risk Aug 2010

Grape Juice slows cognitive decline April 2010

Alzheimer's Disease: Protocol Update June 2010

Antibiotics and Breast Cancer

Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Drugs:  Jan 2007

Antidepressants:

Antidepressants and breast cancer risk  2004

Antidepressants and Tamoxifen Don't Mix  June 2009

Antioxidants:

A New way to talk about May 2009

Antioxidant content of juices: Comparison March 2010

Ants, Fungus and Sugar  Oct 2009

Anthracycline cardiotoxicity and questionable value for breast cancer Oct 2007

Apples:

Phytochemicals in apples provide anticancer and antioxidant benefits

Apple a day keeps the Oncologist away  2004

More about apples and cancer

Wassail, a recipe and research review January 2009

Aromatase Inhibitors and Arthralgia:

Vitamin D and aromatase arthralgia  Sept 2009

Aromatase Inhibitors and Arthritis Oct 2008

Aspartame and Cancer  July 2005

Asparagus and Cancer: Odds and Ends Aug 2009

Artemisia annua: Malaria treatment may be useful for treating cancer January 2005

Arthritis:

Aromatase Inhibitors, arthralgia and Vitamin D  Sept 2009

Aromatase Inhibitors and Arthritis Oct 2008

Cherry Juice Concentrate

Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Drugs:  Jan 2007

Aspirin Prevents Asthma Development Feb 2007

Asthma

Vitamin D, flu and asthma  March 2010

Atkins Diet: varying opinions

Atopic Dermatitis:

Atopic Dermatitis and Charlie Chaplin Sept 2009

Autism:

Autism: new research starts to explain the disease

 May 2005

Autism and Heavy Metal Toxicity June 2006

Autoschizis:

Autoschizis; an new word in cancer treatment

Vitamin E succinate enhances K-3 effect April 2010

Avascular Necrosis and Fosamax: Dead Jaw Syndrome   July 2006

Avemar: fermented wheat germ used for cancer  May 2007

Avemar: second article with recipe May 2007

Avocadoes:

Chanukah Chili Rellenos and Guacamole December 2009

B

Baking Soda and Cancer: Odds and Ends Aug 2009

Barbecue and Cherries ?2005

Beer and Bones March 2010

Betacarotene and Cancer    September 2007

Beta glucuronidation 2003 sometime

Betulinic Acid:

Betulinic Acid, Melanoma and Santa Claus Dec 2005

Betulinic Acid, Chaga Mushrooms Sept 2007

Fire Pistons and Chaga Mushrooms Sept 2008

Big Pharma: Why don't we trust  Dec 2009

Bisphenols:

Bisphenols and diabetes: genetic disinformation  Dec 2005

Bisphenol A: the experts disagree  Jan 2008

Black Cohosh:

Black Cohosh changes effect of chemotherapy May 2005

What about Cohosh and Tamoxifen?  May 2005

Black Cohosh: cuts cancer risk May 2007

Black Cumin Seed

Nigella Sativa and Pancreatic Cancer July 2009

 

Bread: No-Knead Recipe and S. boulardii  Dec 2009

Blueberries

Building Bridges for Peace May 2005

Blue Light Suppresses Melatonin April 2008

Bob Timberlake Nov 2008

Bone and SSRIs Sept 2009

Boulardii: No-Knead Bread Recipe and S. boulardii  Dec 2009

Breast Self Exams: don't cut death rate from breast cancer   2004

Breast Cancer: Diet and Exercise May 2009

Breast Cancer and Melatonin  Sept 2007

Broccoli:

Broccoli and Bladder Cancer July 2010

Broccoli sprout update

Bug Repellents and Sunscreen May 2007

Bulbs: Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Jan 2009

Byetta: Incretin mimetics: Lizard spit and pesto  Oct 2006

C

Calcium:

Vitamin D lowers calcium requirement  Dec 2005

Cadmium toxicity fuels cancer cell growth  2004

Calcium d glucurate and Beta glucuronidase 2003

Cats, Rats and Toxoplasma April 2007

Cancer related articles:

Acrylamides and French Fries

Adriamycin and nitric oxide Oct 2006

Adriamycin cardiotoxicity, Co Q-10 and Breast Cancer Oct 2007

Aleve triples Vitamin D effect at inhibiting cancer Sept 2005

Alkaline and Ash Diets and Cancer  January 2008

Antibiotics and Breast Cancer

Antidepressants and Tamoxifen Don't Mix  June 2009

Antioxidants: A New way to talk about May 2009

Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Drugs:  Jan 2007

Antidepressants and breast cancer risk

Antioxidants, Chemotherapy, Coffee and Date Nut Bread

Anthracycline cardiotoxicity, Co Q-10 and Breast Cancer Oct 2007

Apples:

Apple a day keeps the Oncologist away       

More about apples and cancer

Aromatase Inhibitors:

Vitamin D and aromatase arthralgia  Sept 2009

Aromatase Inhibitors and Arthritis Oct 2008

Aromatase Inhibitors in Diet July 2007

Ashwagandha and radiation treatment

Asparagus and Cancer: Odds and Ends Aug 2009

Aspartame and Cancer  July 2005

Autoschizis:

Autoschizis; an new word in cancer treatment

Vitamin E succinate enhances K-3 effect April 2010

Avemar:

Avemar: fermented wheat germ used for cancer  May 2007

Avemar: second article with recipe May 2007

Baking Soda and Cancer: See Odds and Ends  Aug 2009

Barbecue and Cherries 2005?

Betacarotene and Cancer Risk  Sept 2007

Betulinic Acid:

Betulinic Acid, Melanoma and Santa Claus Dec 2005

Betulinic Acid, Chaga Mushrooms Sept 2007

Fire Pistons and Chaga Mushrooms Sept 2008

Black Cohosh:

Black Cohosh changes effect of chemotherapy

What about Cohosh and Tamoxifen?

Black Cohosh: cuts cancer risk May 2007

Black Cumin Seed

Nigella Sativa and Pancreatic Cancer July 2009

Bladder Cancer

Broccoli and Bladder Cancer July 2010

Breast Cancer:

Antidepressants and Tamoxifen Don't Mix  June 2009

Aromatase Inhibitors and Arthritis Oct 2008

Aromatase Inhibitors in Diet July 2008

Breast Self Exams: don't cut death rate from breast cancer

Breast Cancer: Diet and Exercise May 2009

Lignan and breast cancer survival July 2010

HER2+ Breast Cancer:

Evening Primrose Oil and Herceptin

Flax seed oil and Herceptin July 2010

Melatonin and Breast Cancer    Sept 2007

Broccoli:

Broccoli and Bladder Cancer July 2010

Broccoli sprout update  

Cadmium toxicity fuels cancer cell growth

Calcium d glucurate and Beta glucuronidase 2003

Cancer Cell Invasion: strengthening connective tissue slows tumor growth

Cervical Cancer and Lycopene June 2010

Chaga Mushrooms:

Chaga Mushroom, betulinic acid and Russian spam Sept 2007

Fire Pistons and Chaga Mushrooms Sept 2008

Chicken Skin and prostate cancer May 2010

Circadian timing of chemotherapy decreses toxicity and improves outcome

Cadmium toxicity fuels cancer cell growth

Canadian Cancer Society Advises vit D  June 2007

Carcinoid:

Nutmeg Nov 2007

Chemotherapy:

Adriamycin and nitric oxide Oct 2006

Antioxidants: A New way to talk about May 2009

Antidepressants and Tamoxifen Don't Mix  June 2009

Anthracycline (Adriamycin) cardiotoxicity, Co Q-10 and Breast Cancer Oct 2007

Ginger for Chemo Nausea May 2009

Tamoxifen and antidepressants don't mix

Black Cohosh changes effect of chemotherapy May 2005

What about Cohosh and Tamoxifen?

Evening Primrose Oil and Herceptin  Nov 2005

Fasting and Chemotherapy Oct 2008

Herceptin and Flaxseed oil July 2010

Milk thistle and Chemotherapy  Nov 2005

Neuropathy Prevention Oct 2007

Tamoxifen and SSRIs don't mix Jan 2010

Taxol may not work so great for breast cancer Oct 2007

Viagra and doxorubicin Oct 2006

Coffee may protect against liver and rectal cancer

Coffee and Cancer August 2005

Colon Cancer:

Green tea, folate and risk of colon cancer September 2008

Cooking vegetables: underdone or well done, which is better?

Colorectal Cancer and Vitamin D   Sept 2007

Co Q-10, Adriamycin cardiotoxicity, and Breast Cancer Oct 2007

Cox-2 inhibitors

Cranberries Dec 2006

Curcumin

Curcumin: Is it contraindicated with Chemotherapy?

Curcumin: which is best? June 2009

CYP2D6

Tamoxifen and SSRIs don't mix Jan 2010

Dairy workers and lung cancer: Cowboys and Lung Cancer Feb 2008

Dietary aromatase inhibitors July 2007

Dogs sniff out cancer

Eggs and Prostate cancer recurrence May 2010

Ellagic acid update May 2005

Emu Oil for radiation burns and aromatase aches

Esophageal Cancer Risk Factors April 2009

Essiac Tea Jan 2007

Epigenetics and Cancer July 2007

Evening Primrose Oil and Herceptin

Exercise and Cancer November 2008

Fasting and Chemotherapy Oct 2008

Fat and breast cancer risk: not there

Feverfew, Stem Cells and Cancer

Fish Oils to prevent Cachexia

Flax seeds:

flax seeds and breast cancer

Lignan and breast cancer survival July 2010

Folate:

Green tea, folate and risk of colon cancer September 2008

French Fries and Acrylamides

Fructose: Natural but is it healthy?

Ginger for Chemo Nausea May 2009

Ginseng ideal adjunctive therapy for cancer.

Glioblastomas: considerations for adjuvant therapy

Grape Seed Extract:

Grape Seed Extract: aromatase Inhibition  July 2007

Grape Seed Extract Reduces Hot Flashes April 2009

Graviola:

Graviola: How useful is this herb in treating cancer?

Graviola and Parkinson's Disease

 

Green Tea

Green tea

Green tea contraindicated in pregnancy

Green Tea protects against carcinogen Dioxin

Green Tea Bioavailability: extracts work better than brewed tea

Green Tea Update: a comparison of Green tea and Essiac on PubMed

Board Meetings and Iced Tea Recipe: Green tea/Pomegranate and Prostate cancer September 2008

Green tea contraindicated in pregnancy

Green tea, folate and risk of colon cancer September 2008

Herbs cut cancer risk

Herceptin

Herceptin and Flax seed oil July 2010

High Carbohydrate Diets Linked with Breast Cancer Risk

Honey prevents tumor implantation at surgical sites

Hormone Replacement Therapy is in trouble once again

Hyaluronic Acid: not with cancer, never with aromatase inhibitors

Inositol hexophosphate (IP-6) for Breast Cancer Treatment

Iscador

Iscador Dec 2006

Mistletoe/Iscador Review January 2010

 

 

Kefir Feb 2009

Light and Dark: Ruminations on Vitamin D and Melatonin

Light at Night: Israeli NASA photos link to cancer risk Feb 2008

Lignan

Lignan and breast cancer survival July 2010

Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer: Guerilla in the office Aug 2007

Cowboys and Lung Cancer Feb 2008

Lycopene: The redder the better

Meat and Colon cancer  

Melanoma:

Betulinic Acid, Melanoma and Santa Claus Dec 2005

Betulinic Acid, Chaga Mushrooms Sept 2007

Fire Pistons and Chaga Mushrooms Sept 2008

Melanoma and Thyroid Oct 2008

Melatonin:

Blue Light Suppresses Melatonin  April 2008

Melatonin and Breast Cancer    Sept 2007

Light and Dark: Ruminations on Vitamin D and Melatonin 

Light at Night: Israeli NASA photos link to cancer risk Feb 2008

Melatonin and Gastrointestinal Disease  May 2009

Sleep Duration and Cancer Risk Feb 2010

Metabolic Syndrome, Vit D and Prostate Cancer  Nov 2007

Milk thistle and chemotherapy Nov 2005

Mistaken Cell Lines  Sept 2008

Mistletoe

(Iscador Dec 2006)

Mistletoe/Iscador Review January 2010

Molecular Targets of bioactive agents Sept 2007

Mushrooms lower breast cancer risk Nov 2007

Nausea and vomiting:

Ginger for Chemo Nausea May 2009

Neuropathy Prevention Oct 2007

Nuts: Nothing simple about   Feb 2010

Ovarian Cancer Update: quercetin, milk thistle, ginseng and other supplements.  

Pancreatic Cancer:

Nigella Sativa and Pancreatic Cancer July 2009

Pancreatic Cancer Aug 2007

Phytochemical Synergy: a fruitcake rationale Oct 2007

Pomegranate

Pomegranate and cancer treatment

Pomegranate Juice and Prostate Cancer 

Board Meetings and Iced Tea Recipe: Green tea/Pomegranate and Prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer:

Metabolic Syndrome, Vit D and Prostate Cancer  Nov 2007

Pomegranate Juice and Prostate Cancer  August, 2006

Ultrasound and quercetin for skin and prostate cancer Oct 2005

Aleve triples Vitamin D effect at inhibiting prostate cancer Sept 2005

Board Meetings and Iced Tea Recipe: Green tea/Pomegranate and Prostate cancer Sept 2008

Prunes,the Bad News:  IGF and Cancer  July 2008

Quercetin and Taxol    Aug 2006

Radiation Hormesis

Revigator, Radon and Radiation Hormesis June 2007

Magic Stones in Naturopathy Digest July 2007

Red raspberries: Cancer protection that tastes good!

Raspberry update, Fall 2001

Raspberries and Ellagic acid update Spring 2005

Rats Should Sleep in the Dark: effects of light exposure on cancer incidence

Red Meat and Cancer
Resveratrol: Grape seed extract finds role in cancer prevention and treatment

Resveratrol: longevity 2003

Resveratrol: drink a toast Nov 2006

Reversing Multi-Drug Resistance

Selenium, Ovarian Cancer and Chemotherapy

Selenium: Which form to use?  Nov 2001

Selenium and Lung Cancer NMJ Aug 2010

Sesame  Aug 2010

Skin Cancer:

Ultrasound and quercetin for skin and prostate cancer Oct 2005

Betulinic Acid and Santa Claus  Dec 2005

Betulinic Acid, Chaga Mushrooms Sept 2007

Fire Pistons and Chaga Mushrooms Sept 2008

Skin Protection and Sunscreen March 2009

Sleep Duration and Cancer Risk Feb 2010

Soy and Tamoxifen don not mix well! March 2009

Statins do not increase Cancer risk   Nov 2008

Sunscreen:

Sunscreen and Vitamin D July 2007

Skin Protection and Sunscreen March 2009

Synergy:

Phytochemical Synergy: a fruitcake rationale Oct 2007

Tamoxifen:

Tamoxifen: How to increase benefit

Tamoxifen and antidepressants don't mix

Antidepressants and Tamoxifen Don't Mix  June 2009

Tamoxifen and SSRIs don't mix [more detail] Jan 2010

Soy and Tamoxifen do not mix well! March 2009

Taxol and Quercetin    Aug 2006

Timing Cancer Surgery with Menstrual Cycle

Ultrasound and quercetin for skin and prostate cancer  Oct 2005

Viscum (Iscador Dec 2006)

Vitamin C, Cancer and Politics

Vitamin K:

Vitamin K-2 prevents liver cancer in Hepatitis C patients

Vitamin E succinate increases anticancer effect of K-2 and C  April 2010

*******End Cancer Section*******

Cancer Cell Invasion: ways to prevent

Candidiasis, Fungus and Ants Oct 2009

Canadian Cancer Society Advises vit D  June 2007

Cardiomyopathy and Celiac Disease Nov 2005

Caregiving spouses at 6 times the risk Aug 2010

Catching Fire:  Aug 2009

Celiac Disease:

Cardiomyopathy and Celiac Disease Nov 2005

Celiac disease and Candida: a close relationship

Celiac Disease update

Wheat Free Chocolate Torte recipe

Sourdough Bread and Celiac  April 2007

Cell Lines: The Case of the Mistaken Cell lines

Cellphones and Honeybees  April 2007

Cervical Cancer and Lycopene June 2010

Chaga Mushrooms:

Betulinic Acid and Santa Claus  Dec 2005

Betulinic Acid, Chaga Mushrooms Sept 2007

Fire Pistons and Chaga Mushrooms Sept 2008

 

Chanukah

Chanukah Latkes Dec 2006

Chanukah Chili Rellenos and Guacamole December 2009

Charlie Chaplin and Atopic Dermatitis Sept 2009

Cherry

Cherry Juice Concentrate

Barbecue and Cherries 2005?

Chewing gum kills dogs: xyltiol warning

Chili Rellenos and Guacamole December 2009

Chocolate

Chocolate is full of cancer fighting antioxidants

Chocolate: Mars makes healthier chocolate

Chocolate Almond Torte Recipe: Wheat Free Perfection

Chocolate and Nuts April 2010

Cholesterol

Cholesterol treatment guidelines wrong? Aug 2007

Lowering Cholesterol versus increasing vitamin D to prevent CVD Sept 2008

Cholesterol, Statins and Risk of Cancer Nov 2008

Chicken, eggs and prostate cancer May 2010

Christmas stollen Dec 2009

Coenzyme Q-10

CoQFusion  July 2008

Coenzyme Q-10, Vitamin D and congestive heart failure

Cohosh:

Black Cohosh changes effect of chemotherapy May 2005

What about Cohosh and Tamoxifen?  May 2005

Black Cohosh: cuts cancer risk May 2007

Coffee:

Coffee and MI and BC risk August 2007

Coffee: protection against liver cancer

Coffee and Cancer August 2005

Coffee Interferes with Thyroid Hormone Sept 2008

Cola and bone fractures  2004

Colony Collapse Disorder and Honey Update Sept 2007

Colorectal Cancer and Vitamin D   Sept 2007

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Jan 2009

Computers Spam is Cooking our Planet  June 2009

Congestive Heart Failure and Sauna Dec 2008

Costco: In praise of, July 2007

Circadian timing of chemotherapy decreses toxicity and improves outcome

Coenzyme Q-10, Vitamin D and congestive heart failure

Computer  Recycling [LINK] Nov 2007

Cox-2 inhibitors

Congestive Heart Failure, Vitamin D and Co-Q-10

Cranberries:

Cranberries 2004

Cranberries Dec 2006

Cranberries and Warfarin Don't Mix! Sept 2008

Curcumin:

Curcumin: Is it contraindicated with Chemotherapy?   

Curcumin and Alzheimer's Disease     Sept 2007

Curcumin Diabetes and Heart Failure  May 2008

Curcumin update June 2009

Alzheimer's Disease: Protocol Update June 2010

CYP2D6: Tamoxifen and SSRIs don't mix Jan 2010

D

Daylight Savings Time Feb 2009

Dead Jaw Syndrome  July 2006

DEET FREE:

DEET Free Insect Repellent

West Nile Virus and Insect Repellent

Denver, Sunbathing, Vitamin D and Tuberculosis

Depression:

Happiness and the Taste of Food Oct 2008

Vitamin D improves mood  January 2009

Determinants of Health

How important is access to health care? May 2009

Diabetes:

Diabetes Chaos Nov 2008

Bisphenols and diabetes: genetic disinformation

  Dec 2005

Incretin mimetics: Lizard spit and pesto  Oct 2006

Curcumin Diabetes and Heart Failure  May 2008

Diet, Exercise and Breast Cancer  May 2009

di-indoly-methane:

DIM and RPP

Dried Plums and Osteoporosis July 2008

Dried Plums, IGF and Cancer   July 2008

 

E

Eggs: Go ahead and eat them  April 2005

Emu Oil for radiation burns and aromatase aches  Sept 2005

Epigenetics and Cancer July 2007

Esophageal Cancer Risk Factors April 2009

Essiac Tea Jan 2007

Evening Primrose Oil and Herceptin  Nov 2005

Exercise and Cancer November 2008

F

Fasting and Chemotherapy Oct 2008

Femara: Vitamin D and aromatase arthralgia  Sept 2009

Fermented wheat germ used for cancer: Avemar  May 2007

Fertile Field versus Germ Theory on Flu  Feb 2007

Feverfew, Stem Cells and Cancer   June 2005

Fibromyalgia, Dysbiosis, Irritable Bowel and Hypothyroidism

Fire:

Catching Fire  Aug 2009

Fish Oil:

Fish Oils to prevent Cachexia

Alzheimer's Disease: Protocol Update June 2010

Fish: a risky business

Flamingo Therapy:unipedal standing part 2 Dec 2008

Flax seed

flaxseeds and breast cancer

flaxseed oil and herceptin July 2010

Lignan and breast cancer survival July 2010

Fluorescent: Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Jan 2009

Flu:

Flu Update Sept 2009

The Flu: simple treatments

Flu Prevention: Dolivaxil and other ways to improve your odds

Germ Theory versus Fertile Field Feb 2007

flu and Vitamin D

Cannell: Vitamin D and flu prevention  Nov 2006

Cannell Virology 2008

Swine Flu May 2009

Vitamin D protects residents of care facility against the flu!

Vitamin D, flu and asthma  March 2010

Flushing with alcohol: Esophageal Cancer Risk Factors April 2009

FootBath Scams March 2005

Folate:

Green tea, folate and risk of colon cancer September 2008

Food;Thomas Malthus and the Global Food Crisis Feb 2009

Fosamax:

Fosamax and Dead Jaw Syndrome    July 2006

Fosamax and non-traumatic fractures Feb 2010

Fructose:

Fructose:

Fructose and Obesity  

Fructose versus Honey: Letter to Editor Summit County Times 2005

Fructose and Mercury Feb 2010

Fruitcake: Phytochemical Synergy: a fruitcake rationale Oct 2007

Fungus, Ants and Sugar Oct 2009

 

G

GABA: a natural tranquilizer that may not work

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

GERD and Melatonin Dec 2008

Melatonin and the Gut Aug 2009

Germ Theory: versus Fertile Field Feb 2007

Germ, Wheat Avemar: fermented wheat germ used for cancer  May 2007

Gila Monsters: Incretin mimetics: Lizard spit and pesto  Oct 2006

Ginger for Chemo Nausea May 2009

Ginseng ideal adjunctive therapy for cancer

Glioblastomas: considerations for adjuvant therapy   April 2005

Global warming and ecosystem assessment April 2005

Globe and Mail Vitamin D Article February 2008

Global Food: Thomas Malthus and the Global Food Crisis Feb 2009

Glutathione:

Glutathione: Useful supplement but how to take it? Oral or IV?

Glutathione and whey protein

Gout and Cherry Juice Concentrate

Grape Juice:

Grape Juice slows cognitive decline April 2010

Grapefruit seed extract:

Why we don't sell Grapefruit Seed Extract  July 2005

Grape Seed:

Grape Seed Extract: aromatase Inhibition  July 2007

Grape Seed Extract Reduces Hot Flashes April 2009

Graviola: How useful is this herb in treating cancer?

Graviola and Parkinson's  August 2005

Green Space:

Green Space and the Determinants of Health July 2009

Green Tea

Green tea  2004

Green Tea protects against Dioxin

Green Tea Update: a comparison of Green tea and Essiac on PubMed

Green Tea bioavailability: extracts vs home brewed January 2005

Board Meetings and Iced Tea Recipe: Green tea/Pomegranate and Prostate cancer Sept 2008

Green tea, folate and risk of colon cancer September 2008

Gum, xylitol sweetened dangerous for dogs

Gynecomastia and Lavender

H

Healthy School Lunch Program

Heart:

Curcumin Diabetes and Heart Failure  May 2008

Lowering Cholesterol versus increasing vitamin D to prevent CVD Sept 2008

Jupiter Trial: lowering c-reactive protein Nov 2008

Low LDL, Statins and Risk for Cancer  Nov 2008

Heartburn:

GERD and Melatonin Dec 2008

Melatonin and the Gut Aug 2009

Helicobacter pylori  Oct 2005

Heliophobia Naturopathy Digest May 2007

Hepatitis: Coffee protects against liver cancer

Herbs Cut Cancer Risk

Herceptin:

Evening Primrose Oil and Herceptin

Flax seed oil and Herceptin July 2010

Hiawatha Davis: Exercise and Cancer November 2008

High Carb Diets Linked with Breast Cancer

Hypertension:

Chocolate and Nuts April 2010

Homeopathy:

The memory of Water: new homeopathic study

Honey:

Fructose versus Honey: Letter to Editor Summit County Times 2005

Honey to treat wounds after cancer surgery

Honey improves skin conditions: eczema and psoriasis

Honey increases antioxidant levels in blood

Honey and Herpes

Honey as Medicine and Baklava recipe

Honey as Medicine  Sept 2005

Honey not sugar: Saccharomyces boulardi

Honey Update 2006: wound Healing  Sept 2006

Honey Update 2009:  Sept 2009

Honeybees and cellphones:Colony Collapse Disorder April 2007

Honey Update: Colony Collapse Disorder Update etc Sept 2007

Hops

Beer and Bones March 2010

Hormones:

Hormone Replacement Therapy bites the dust, again  2004

Hormone Replacement Therapy is in trouble once again  2004

Thyroid hormone interference Sept 2008

Hyaluronic Acid: not with cancer, never with aromatase inhibitors

Hormesis

Revigator, Radon and Radiation Hormesis June 2008

Hot Flashes:

Grape Seed Extract Reduces Hot Flashes April 2009

HPV and Lycopene

Lycopene cuts cervical cancer risk June 2010

Hypothyroid

Thyroid hormone interference Sept 2008

I

Ice Cream Mpemba Effect and Prayer   2006

Influenza:

Flu Update Sept 2009

The Flu: simple treatments

Flu Prevention: Dolivaxil and other ways to improve your odds

Germ Theory versus Fertile Field Feb 2007

Vitamin D and Flu:

Cannell: Vitamin D and flu prevention  Nov 2006

Cannell Virology 2008

Vitamin D protects residents of care facility against the flu!

Vitamin D, flu and asthma  March 2010

Inositol hexophosphate (IP-6) for Breast Cancer Treatment

Insect Repellents

DEET Free Insect Repellent

Insect Repellents and Sunscreen May 2007

West Nile Virus and Insect Repellent

Insulin Resistance:

Bisphenols and diabetes: genetic disinformation Dec 2005

Diabetes Chaos November 2008

Ipriflavone

Iscador

(Iscador Dec 2006)

Mistletoe/Iscador Review January 2010

 

J

Juice Plus: Unimpressed with the Research

Juice:

Juice protects against Alzheimer's Disease Sept 2006

Cherry Juice Concentrate

Grape Juice slows cognitive decline April 2010

Pomegranate Juice and prostate cancer

[also see pomegranate]

Antioxidant content of juices: Comparison March 2010

 

K

Kitchen Sanitizing Sprays: Vinegar and Hydrogen Peroxide---cheap, safe, and effective

Kefir Feb 2009

Ketchup: the reason to buy organic July 2007

K-3, Vitamin and C and E April 2010

Kuna Indians: Chocolate April 2010

L

Lactose Free Yogurt  January 2009

Lavender and Gynecomastia

Light and Dark: Ruminations on Vitamin D and Melatonin January 2005

Light:

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Jan 2009

Light and Dark: Ruminations on Vitamin D and Melatonin January 2005

Blue Light Suppresses Melatonin April 2008

Lignan:

Lignan and breast cancer survival July 2010

Litpitor:

JUPITER Trial: lowering c-reactive protein Nov 2008

Lipitor Worries  2004

Statin Guidelines Wrong  Aug 2007

Statins and Cancer Risk  Nov 2007

Lizard spit and pesto  Oct 2006

Lung Cancer: Guerilla in the office Aug 2007

Cowboys and Lung Cancer Feb 2008

Lycopene:

Lycopene cuts cervical cancer risk June 2010

Lycopene: The redder the better 2004

M

Malthus:  Thomas Malthus and the Global Food Crisis Feb 2009

Melatonin:

Blue Light Suppresses Melatonin  April 2008

GERD and Melatonin  Dec 2008

Light and Dark: Ruminations on Vitamin D and Melatonin

Light at Night: Israeli NASA photos link to cancer risk Feb 2008

Melatonin and Breast Cancer  Sept 2007

Melatonin and Gastrointestinal Disease May 2009

Sleep Duration and Cancer Risk Feb 2010

Meat: without it kids are small, weak and dumb

Melanoma:

Betulinic Acid, Melanoma and Santa Claus Dec 2005

Betulinic Acid, Chaga Mushrooms Sept 2007

Fire Pistons and Chaga Mushrooms Sept 2008

Melanoma and Thyroid Oct 2008

Mercury

Fructose and Mercury Feb 2010

Milk thistle and Chemotherapy  Nov 2005

Migraine headaches: A new treatment?  2004

Mistaken Cell Lines  Sept 2008

Mistletoe

(Iscador Dec 2006)

Mistletoe/Iscador Review January 2010

Mountain Sickness - Altitude Sickness:

Altitude sickness: New ways to prevent  2004

Altitude Sickness Update April 2009

Mpemba Effect and Prayer icecream  2006

Mr. Bean, Charlie Chaplin and Atopic Dermatitis Sept 2009

Multiple Sclerosis:

Multiple Sclerosis, Sibling and Epstein-Barr virus

Multiple Sclerosis: Seasonal Variations and Vitamin D

Mushrooms:

Mushrooms as aromatase inhibitors July 2007

Mushrooms lower breast cancer risk Nov 2007

Chaga Mushrooms Sept 2007

 

N

Naturopathic Doctors News and Review: ndnr link to articles

N-acetyl-cysteine:

NAC and the common cold  2004

NAC and Liver Transplants  2004

The Many Hats of NAC: Recent research is pointing to new uses for N-acetyl-cysteine.

http://www.naturopathydigest.com/archives/2006/aug/schor.php

 

Nausea and vomiting:

Ginger for Chemo Nausea May 2009

Neuropathy Prevention from Chemo Oct 2007

Nitric oxide, viagra and chemotherapy Oct 2006

NSAIDs Chapter by Alex Vasquez, DC, ND

Natural Mosquito Repellents

Natto

Nigella Sativa and Pancreatic Cancer July 2009

No-Knead Bread Recipe and S. boulardii Dec 2009

Nutmeg Nov 2007

Nuts:

Nuts are good for you!

Nut Torte Recipe: wheat free almond
Nut intake is correlated with reduced risk of sudden cardiac death

Nuts: Nothing simple about   Feb 2010

Chocolate and Nuts lower blood pressure April 2010

O

Ovarian Cancer Update: quercetin, milk thistle, ginseng and other supplements.

ORAC Scores, antioxidants and date bread recipe

Organic Fruits and Vegetables, the real reason to buy   July 2007

Oxytocin from New Scientist June 2008

Osteoporosis:

Acid Blockers and bone Fracture Risk Feb 2007

Beer and Bones March 2010

Cola and bone fractures

Dried Plums and Osteoporosis July 2008

Flamingo Therapy Dec 2008

Fosamax and Dead Jaw Syndrome plus vitamin K-2 update   July 2006

Fosamax and non-traumatic fractures Feb 2010

Natto

Osteoporosis and Vitamin K-2

Osteoporosis Treatments: Strontium, Vitamin K and other new developments

Prunes and Osteoporosis July 2008

Prunes,the Bad News:  IGF and Cancer  July 2008

SSRIs and osteoporosis  Sept 2009

Strontium and Osteoporosis: first article

Strontium and Ostoporosis: second article

Strontium Update: Price Drop and good results

Strontium Update: Study shows 41% decrease in vertebral fractures

Dairy intake and osteoporosis

Cola and bone fractures

Vitamin D lowers calcium requirement  Dec 2005

Testing for osteoporosis: urine tests give valuable information...   2004

Unipedal Standing to prevent hip fractures May 2008

Ovarian Cancer Update: quercetin, milk thistle, ginseng and other supplements.

Overdosed America, a book by John Abramshon  Aug 2007

 

P

Pancreatic Cancer

Nigella Sativa and Pancreatic Cancer July 2009

Pancreatic Cancer Aug 2007

Park Hill News: Link to Article Archives

Parthenolides: Feverfew, Stem Cells and Cancer June 2005

Pesto: Incretin mimetics: Lizard spit and pesto  Oct 2006

Pharma: Why don't we trust Big Dec 2009

Phytochemical Synergy: a fruitcake rationale Oct 2007

Politics:

What's Truth Got to Do with It?  Nov 2008

Poultry and Prostate Cancer

Richman study May 2010

Pomegranates:

Pomegranates: cardiovascular health and cancer prevention

Pomegranates and Pregnancy  Sept 2005

Pomegranate Juice and Prostate Cancer  August 2006

Pomegranate Update: cancer cell differentiation, osteoporosis, periodontal disease

Board Meetings and Iced Tea Recipe: Green tea/Pomegranate and Prostate cancer Sept 2008

Poppy Seeds:

Poppy Seeds 2007

Poppy Seeds 2008

Potato Latkes, Chanukah Dec 2006

Prayer

The effect of intercessory Prayer on illness     2006

Mpemba Effect and retroactive Prayer 2   2006

Pregnancy:

Green tea contraindicated in pregnancy

Vitamin D reduces risks during pregnancy May 2010

Prostate Cancer see Cancer Heading

Proton Pump Inhibitors; side effects Feb 2007

Prozac and Teen Suicide

Prunes and Osteoporosis July 2008

Prunes, IGF and Cancer July 2008

Psoriasis:

Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Drugs:  Jan 2007

Quercetin and Taxol    Aug 2006

R

Race & Vitamin D: The difference between Black and White

RADIATION:

Radiation Exposure While Flying

Radiation Hormesis

Revigator, Radon and Radiation Hormesis June 2007

Radiation Hormesis in Naturopathy digest July and August 2007

http://www.naturopathydigest.com/archives/2007/jul/schor.php

http://www.naturopathydigest.com/archives/2007/aug/schor.php

Raspberries:

Red rasberries: Cancer protection that tastes good!

Rasberry update, Fall 2001

Raspberries and Ellagic acid May 2005 update

Red Raspberries on Sale (includes recipe for raspberry chocolate nut torte)

RATS:

Rats Should Sleep in the Dark: effects of light exposure on cancer incidence

Rats, Cats and Toxoplasma  April 2007

Raw Food:

Catching Fire  Aug 2009

Reactive Oxygen Species:

Antioxidants: A New way to talk about May 2009

RECIPES:

Barbecue and Cherries

Chocolate Almond Torte Recipe:

flaxseed muffins

fruitcake rationale

Chili Rellenos and Guacamole December 2009

Christmas stollen Dec 2009

Cooking vegetables: underdone or well done, which is better?

Honey Update: honey cake recipe Sept 2007

Lactose Free Yogurt Jan 2009

Mushroom Soup

No-Knead Bread Recipe and S. boulardii Dec 2009

Nutmeg Nov 2007

ORAC Scores, antioxidants and date bread recipe

Poppy Seeds 2008

Potato Latkes

Iced Tea Recipe: Green tea/Pomegranate

Baklava recipe

raspberry chocolate nut torte)

Wassail  January 2009

Yogurt: Lactose Free Yogurt January 2009

 

Recylcing:

Computer  Recycling [LINK] Nov 2007

Red Meat and Cancer

Resveratrol:

Resveratrol: Grape seed extract finds role in cancer prevention and treatment

Resveratrol: longevity 2003

Resveratrol: drink a toast Nov 2006

Reversing Multi-Drug Resistance

Russian Roulette: JAMA study likens using new prescription drugs to playing....  2004

S

Saccharomyces Boulardi 

Honey not sugar: Saccharomyces boulardi

No-Knead Bread Recipe and S. boulardii Dec 2009

Salad in a bag risky  July 2005

Sauna Part 1 Dec 2008

Savings Time:

Daylight Savings Time Feb 2009

Santa Claus

Betulinic Acid and Santa Claus  Dec 2005

Season of Birth:

Season of Birth effects Age of Menopause

Season of Birth and MS

Secondhand smoke and Montana heart attack study

Secondhand smoke Revisited

Seeking Common Ground: Building Bridges for Peace

Selenium:

Selenium deficiciency: Esophageal Cancer Risk Factors April 2009

Selenium, Ovarian Cancer and Chemotherapy

Selenium supplementation is useful in treating autoimmune thyroiditis

Selenium: Which kind shall we use?  Maybe in 2001

Selenium and Lung Cancer NMJ Aug 2010

Sesame  Aug 2010

 

Silymarin: Milk thistle and Chemotherapy Nov 2005

Sleep

Sleep Debt: an IOU that affects your health

Sleep Duration and Cancer Risk Feb 2010

Sourdough Bread and Celiac Disease   April 2007

Spam is Cooking Our Planet  June 2009

SSRIs and Bone:

SSRIs and osteoporosis  Sept 2009

Statin Drugs:

JUPITER Trial Nov 2008

Statin Drugs, Niacin, and Alzheimer 's disease

Stain Drugs don't cause Cancer Nov 2008

Statin Guidelines questioned Aug 2007

Stollen: Christmas stollen Dec 2009

Stroke:

Stroke and bone fracture (revised article) 

New stroke therapy restores lost function...

Strontium:

Strontium and Osteoporosis: first article

Strontium and Ostoporosis: second article

Strontium Update: Price Drop and good results

Strontium Update: Study shows 41% decrease in vertebral fractures

Sulforaphane

Broccoli and Bladder Cancer July 2010

Broccoli sprout update

Sun:

Sunbathing: Denver, Sunbathing, Vitamin D and Tuberculosis

Sunscreen Backfires: increases ROS in skin cells

Sunscreen and Insect Repellents May 2007

Skin Protection and Sunscreen March 2009

Phytochemical Synergy: a fruitcake rationale Oct 2007

Swine Flu

Swine Flu May 2009

 

T

Tamoxifen:

Soy and Tamoxifen do not mix well! March 2009

Tamoxifen: How to increase benefit

Tamoxifen and antidepressants don't mix

Antidepressants and Tamoxifen Don't Mix  June 2009

Tamoxifen and SSRIs don't mix Jan 2010

Taxol:

Taxol and Quercetin    Aug 2006

Taxol may not work so great for breast cancer Oct 2007

Tea: Esophageal Cancer Risk Factors April 2009

Thyroid:

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) normal values are too high

Thyroid Hormone Interference Sept 2008

Melanoma and Thyroid Oct 2008

Timberlake, Robert: In Memory November 2008

Time:

Daylight Savings Time Feb 2009

Tomato: Lycopene cuts cervical cancer risk June 2010

Toxoplasma: Rats that love cats April 2007

Tuberculosis:

Denver, Sunbathing, Vitamin D and Tuberculosis   

Turmeric and Alzheimer's Disease    Sept 2007

U

Unipedal Standing to prevent hip fractures May 2008

V

Vegetarian Diets:

Meat: without it kids are small, weak and dumb

Vitamin C, Cancer and Politics  Oct 2005

Vitamin D Articles:

Aleve triples Vitamin D effect at inhibiting cancer Sept 2005

Vitamin D and aromatase arthralgia  Sept 2009

Calcim:   Vitamin D lowers calcium requirement  Dec 2005

Canadian Cancer Society Advises vit D  June 2007

Lowering Cholesterol versus increasing vitamin D to prevent CVD Sept 2008

Colorectal Cancer and Vitamin D   Sept 2007

Congestive Heart Failure and D

Depression: Vitamin D improves mood  January 2009

Diabetes Seasonal Variations

Globe and Mail vitamin D February 2008

Influenza and D:

Cannell: Vitamin D and flu prevention  Nov 2006

Cannell Virology 2008

Swine Flu May 2009

Vitamin D protects residents of care facility against the flu!

Vitamin D, flu and asthma  March 2010

Metabolic Syndrome, Vit D and Prostate Cancer  Nov 2007

Multiple Sclerosis Seasonal Variations

Menopause: Season of Birth effects Age of Menopause: Vitamin D and fertility

Pregnancy: Vitamin D reduces risks during pregnancy May 2010

Race & Vitamin D: The difference between Black and White racial disparity in disease

Denver, Sunbathing, Vitamin D and Tuberculosis

Vitamin D, Bone Loss and Stroke

Stroke and bone fracture (revised article) March 2005

Sunscreen, vitamin D and Cancer  July 2007

Vitamin D and Cancer

Vitamin D lowers calcium requirement

Vitamin D, Multiple Sclerosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Vitamin D prevents falling in the Elderly

Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease

Vitamin D and migraines, PCOS, back pain, and Seasonal Affective Disorder

Vitamin D and Diabetes

Vitamin D Testing and Dosing: how to interpet lab tests

Vitamin D, Bone Loss and Stroke

Vitamin D Summary: conditions, testing and dosing

Vitamin D update June 2005

Vitamn D update, August 2005

Vitamin D update June 2009

Vitamin K-2

Vitamin K-2 prevents liver cancer in Hepatitis C patients

vitamin K-2 update and dead jaw syndrome July 2006

Vitamin K-3 and E succinate  April 2010

Vomiting: Ginger for Chemo Nausea May 2009

W

Warfarin and Cranberries don't mix Sept 2008

Wassail  Jan 2009

West Nile Virus  July 2006

Wheat Germ:

Wheat germ used for cancer, Avemar: fermented   May 2007

Avemar: second article with recipe May 2007

Wood walking, greenery, obesity and cancer  August 2005

Wound Healing: Honey update Sept 2006

X

Xylitol sweetened chewing gum dangerous for dogs

Y

Yogurt

Lactose Free Yogurt  January 2009

Z

Zicam Caution  February 2006

Zicam: Our annual warning November 2008

Zicam Update  June 2009

 

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**Newsletters listed by Year and Month written**

Lignan and breast cancer survival July 2010

 

 

 

 

 

2010 Newsletters listed by month:

August

Alzheimer's disease: Caregiving spouses at 6 times the risk

Selenium and Lung Cancer

Sesame Seeds

July

Lignan and breast cancer survival

Broccoli and Bladder Cancer

flaxseed oil and Herceptin

Cherry Juice in NMJ:

Pistachios and Lipid Profiles in NMJ

Barbecuing to reduce heterocyclic amine production in NMJ

June

Lycopene cuts cervical cancer risk

Alzheimer's Disease: Protocol Update

May

Vitamin D reduces risks during pregnancy

Chicken Skins and risk of prostate cancer

 

April

Vitamin K-3 anticancer effect enhanced by E succinate

Chocolate lowers blood pressure

Grape Juice slows cognitive decline

March

Antioxidant content of juices: A Comparison

Beer and Bones

Vitamin D, Flu and Asthma

February

Sleep Duration and Cancer Risk

Fosamax and non-traumatic fractures

Fructose and Mercury

Nuts: Nothing simple about 

January

Tamoxifen and SSRIs don't mix

 

2009 Newsletters listed by month:

December

Chanukah Chili Rellenos and Guacamole

No-Knead Bread Recipe and S. boulardii

Christmas stollen

Why don't we Trust Big Pharma?

November

October

Nursing Home Vitamin D reports flu otbreak.

Ants, Fungus and Sugar Cravings

 

September

Honey Update 2009

Flu Update

Charlie Chaplin and Atopic Dermatitis

Serotonin and Bone

Selenium: Which form to use?  Written back in Nov 2001 but never posted until now!

Vitamin D and aromatase arthralgia 

August

Melatonin and GIT

Catching Fire

Odds and Ends: asparagus, baking soda etc.

July

Green Space and the Determinants of Health

Nigella Sativa and Pancreatic Cancer

 

June

Antidepressants and Tamoxifen Do Not Mix!

Spam is Cooking Our Planet 

Zicam Update 

Vitamin D update

Curcumin update June 2009

May

Antioxidants: A New way to talk about

Swine Flu

How important is access to health care?

Ginger for Chemo Nausea

Melatonin and Gastrointestinal Disease 

Diet and Exercise for Breast Cancer

April

Grape Seed Extract Reduces Hot Flashes

Altitude Sickness Update

Esophageal Cancer Risk Factors

March

Skin Protection and Sunscreen

Soy and Tamoxifen do not mix well!

February

Thomas Malthus and the Global Food Crisis

Kefir

Daylight Savings Time

January 2009

Wassail

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs

Lactose Free Yogurt 

Vitamin D improves mood 

 

 

2008 Newsletters listed by month:

 

December 2008

GERD and Melatonin

Infrared Sauna Part I

Flamingo Therapy

November 2008

Robert Timberlake

Diabetes Chaos

Exercise and Cancer

What's Truth Got to Do with It?

JUPITER Trial

Statins Don't Cause Cancer

Zicam Warning

October 2008

Aromatase Inhibitors and Arthritis

Fasting and Chemotherapy

Happiness and the Taste of Food

Melanoma and Thyroid

Septembert 2008

Fire Pistons and Chaga Mushrooms

Warfarin and Cranberries Don't Mix!

Thyroid hormone interference

Board Meetings and Iced Tea Recipe: Green tea/Pomegranate and Prostate cancer

Tea is for Old People: Green tea, folate and risk of colon cancer

Mistaken Cell Lines 

August 2008

Alzheimer's Disease Update

Lowering Cholesterol versus increasing vitamin D to prevent CVD

July 2008

Prunes,the Bad News:  IGF and Cancer  July 2008

June 2008

Prunes and Osteoporosis July 2008

Co Q Fusion: which type of coenzyme Q 10 to use[link]

Medicine Woman and Oxytocin [Link]

Barbecue and Cherries [it seems we never posted this back when it was written in 2005?]

May 2008

Curcumin Diabetes and Heart Failure 

Unipedal Standing to prevent hip fractures

April 2008

Blue Light and Melatonin [Link]

March 2008

February 2008

Vitamin D Links to interesting articles: Cannell article in Virology and Globe and Mail article [link]

Light at Night: Israeli Study uses NASA satelite photos to predict breast cancer rate [link]

Cowboys and Lung Cancer

January 2008

Diet Malarkey: Alkaline and Ash Diets and Cancer

Bisphenol-A and Harry Potter Link

FABNO: Fellow of the American Board of Naturopathic Oncology [link]

Brocoli Sprouts, Oncoplex and other BS [link]

Real Preventive Medicine: Vitamin D and Breast [link]

 

 


2007 Newsletters listed by month:

 

November 2007

Computer  Recycling [LINK]

Metabolic Syndrome, Vit D and Prostate Cancer [link]

Mushrooms and Breast Cancer Risk [link]

Nutmeg

October 2007

Neuropathy Prevention [link]

Taxol and Breast Cancer [link]

Anthracycline cardiotoxicity and breast cancer [link]

Curcumin and Alzheimer's disease [link]

Synergy of Phytochemicals [link]

September 2007

Breast Cancer and Melatonin [link]

Colorectal Cancer and Vit D [link]

Curcumin and Alzheimers [link]

Molecular Targets [link]

Betacarotene and Cancer Risk [link]

Russian Spam, Betulinic Acid and Chaga Mushrooms[Link]

Honey Update 2007 [Link]

August 2007

Pancreatic Cancer [link]

Lung Cancer [link]

Coffee and MI Risk [link]

July 2007

Dietary Aromatase Inhibitors [link]

Epigenetics and Cancer [link]

In Praise of Costco [Link]

Organic produce, the real reason to buy [Link]

June 2007

Radiation Hormesis Revigator, Radon Mines [link]

Canadian Cancer Society recommends Vitamin D to prevent Cancer [link]

May 2007

Sunscreen and Insect Repellents don't mix [link]

Honeybees and Cellphones [link]

Avemar: Fermented Wheat Germ and Cancer [link]

Avemar: a second article [link]

Black Cohosh, Hot flashes and Breast Cancer [link]

March 2007

April 2007

Sourdough Bread and Celiac Disease [link] Toxoplasma: makes rats love cats [link]

February 2007

Acid Blocker Side Effects [link]

Aspirin lowers risk of getting asthma [link]

Germ Theory vs Fertile Field [link]

January 2007

Essiac Tea [link]

Anti Tumor Necrosis Factor Drugs [link]

 
 

 

 

2006 Newsletters listed by month:

December 2006

Chanukah Latkes [link]

Mistletoe, Kissing and Cancer [link]

Dead pilgrims, cranberries and fruitcake recipe [link]

November 2006

Influenza and Vitamin D [link]

Drink a toast to Resveratrol [Link]

October 2006

Xylitol Sweetened Gum Dangerous for Dogs

[Link]

Cherry Juice Concentrate and the FDA [link]

Incretin Mimetics: Gila Spit and Pesto [link]

Viagra and Adriamycin [link]

September 2006

Juice protects against Alzheimer's Disease [link]

Denver, Sunbathing and Tuberculosis [Link]

Sunscreen Backfires [Link]

Honey Update [Link]

August 2006

Lavender and Girly Boys [link]

Quercetin and Taxol [link]

Pomegranate Juice and Prostate Cancer [Link]

July 2006

Avascular Necrosis and Fosamax: Dead Jaw Syndrome [link]

Mpemba Effect and Retroactive Prayer  [link]

June 2006

Acrylamides and French Fries [link]

Autism and Heavy Metal Toxicity [link]

April, 2006

Prayer [Link to full article]

Congestive Heart Failure, Vitamin D and Co-Q-10 [link to full article]

Seasonal Variation in Diabetes Onset and Course of Disease [Link to full article]

Seasonal Variations in multiple sclerosis: the link to vitamin D [link to full article]

March 2006

Poppy Seeds, Michael Pollan and Hamantaschen Recipe

March 12, 2006 [link to full article]

Cancer Stinks: Dogs sniff out cancer

March 8, 2006 [link to full article]

Calcium helps osteoporosis a little....

March 6, 2006 [Link to full article]

Wrong about Fat: Lower Fat Diet offers no protection against Breast Cancer

March 1, 2006 [Link to full article]

February, 2006

Zicam Caution [link to full article]

February 15, 2006 [link to full article]

January, 2006

Acetaminophen: not as safe as we thought:

January 29, 2006 [Link to full article]

Melatonin benefit confirmed in Breast Cancer

January 10, 2006 [link to full article]

Purple plants protect the brain

January 10, 2006 [link to full article]

Cognitive Reserve: Use it or Lose it

January 10, 2006 [Link to full article]

Chemotherapy, Antioxidants and ORAC Scores
January 5, 2006
[link to full article]

 

2005 Newsletters listed by month:

January, 2005

Artemisia annua: Malaria treatment may be useful for treating cancer

Light and Dark: Ruminations on Vitamin D and Melatonin

Green Tea bioavailability: extracts vs home brewed

Tamoxifen and antidepressants don't mix

Cox-2 inhibitors

Red Meat and Cancer

SecondHand Smoke Revisited

February, 2005

Hyaluronic Acid: not with cancer, never with aromatase inhibitors

Multiple Sclerosis, Sibling and Epstein-Barr virus

Natto

Race & Vitamin D: The difference between Black and White

Coffee and Cancer:protection against liver cancer

March, 2005

Meat: without it kids are small, weak and dumb

Stroke and bone fracture (revised article)

Vitamin D, Bone Loss and Stroke

FootBath Scams

April, 2005

Green tea contraindicated in pregnancy

Eggs: Go ahead and eat them

Our Changing World: global warming and ecosystem assessment

The memory of Water: new homeopathic study

Glioblastomas: considerations for adjuvant therapy

May, 2005

Autism: new research starts to explain the disease

Black Cohosh changes effect of chemotherapy

What about Cohosh and Tamoxifen?

Building Bridges for Peace

Raspberries and Ellagic acid

June, 2005

Season of Birth effects Age of Menopause

Vitamin D update June 2005

Feverfew, Stem Cells and Cancer

July, 2005

Why we don't sell Grapefruit Seed Extract

Aspartame and Cancer

Salad in a bag risky

August, 2005

Coffee and Cancer

Vitamin D update, August 2005

Graviola and Parkinson's

Wood walking, greenery, obesity and cancer

September, 2005

Aleve triples Vitamin D effect at inhibiting cancer  Sept 2005

Emu Oil for radiation burns and aromatase aches

Pomegranates and Pregnancy

Honey as Medicine

Fructose versus Honey:

October, 2005

Helicobacter pylori

Ultrasound and quercetin for skin and prostate cancer

Vitamin C, Cancer and Politics

November, 2005

Evening Primrose Oil and Herceptin

Cardiomyopathy and Celiac Disease

Milk thistle and Chemotherapy

December, 2005

Bisphenols and diabetes: genetic disinformation

Vitamin D lowers calcium requirement

Betulinic Acid and Santa Claus

 





2004 and earlier.... we didn't keep track of dates 

 

Altitude sickness: New ways to prevent

Antidepressants and breast cancer risk.

Apple a day keeps the Oncologist away

More about apples and cancer.

Beta glucuronidase and calcium-d-glucarate

Blueberries

Breast Self Exams: don't cut death rate from breast cancer

Broccoli sprout update

Cadmium toxicity fuels cancer cell growth
Cola and bone fractures.

Cooking vegetables: underdone or well done, which is better?

Cranberries

DIM and RPP

Fructose: Natural but is it healthy?
Glutathione: Useful supplement but how to take it? Oral or IV?
Glutathione and whey protein

Ginseng ideal adjunctive therapy for cancer.

Green tea
Healthy School Lunch Program

Honey not sugar: Saccharomyces boulardi
Hormone Replacement Therapy bites the dust, again
Hormone Replacement Therapy is in trouble once again

IPRIFLAVONE

JAMA study likens using new prescription drugs to playing Russian Roulette

Lipitor Worries

Lycopene: The redder the better

Migraine headaches: A new treatment?

NAC and the common cold

.NAC and Liver Transplants

Nuts are good for you!

Nut Torte Recipe: wheat free almond
Nut intake is correlated with reduced risk of sudden cardiac death

.Phytochemicals in apples provide anticancer and antioxidant benefits

Red rasberries: Cancer protection that tastes good!
Rasberry update, Fall 2001.
Resveratrol: Grape seed extract finds role in cancer prevention and treatment.
. Selenium supplementation is useful in treating autoimmune thyroiditis

Selenium: Which form to use?  Nov 2001
New stroke therapy restores lost function...
Testing for osteoporosis: urine tests give valuable information...

 


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