Have you ever made the mistake of wandering outside on a sunny day without your protective clothing or sunscreen? Next thing you know, hours later, your skin is bright red and the next few days are spent in equal parts of pain and peeling. Sun means fun, but it also means sunburn.

Almost five years ago, Edgar R. Miller III PhD, an associate professor from Johns Hopkins University, dropped a bombshell on the nutritional world. He published an article warning us not to take large doses of vitamin E because it could increase our risk of dying.

Miller's conclusions made a big splash in the mainstream news media. Everywhere you turned, you heard about the so-called dangers of vitamin E...

Whether you are a man or a woman, it’s important to watch for any unusual changes in your body and energy levels in order to detect any signs of cancer early on. The sooner you notice there’s a problem, the sooner you can begin to take the steps necessary to promote healing within your body.

Of course, ideally you should follow an anti-cancer lifestyle even before you notice any symptoms, as prevention is the best route when it comes to most chronic diseases. It is not unusual for 10 or more years to pass between exposure to a cancer-causing agent (tobacco, chemicals, radiation, cell phones, poor nutrition, etc.) and detectable cancer.

So during this time you have a chance to alter the progression of the disease.

The bad news about hormone replacement therapy just keeps getting worse. This time, a study out of Denmark draws a clear relationship between HRT and an increased risk of ovarian cancer.

How much more bad news do we have to get about HRT before it's finally banned?

Dear Pharmacist,

My grandfather moved in with us last year.  He is 86 years old and relatively healthy.  He does not take any medication but says that eating asparagus is his “medicine.”  He asks my wife to cook some every day but this is rather annoying.  I know some foods have health benefits, does asparagus? 

--C.Y. Nashville, Tennessee

There have been massive public health agendas aimed at the importance of thoroughly cooking your meat to prevent food poisoning, but very little has been said about the danger of overcooking your meats. The end result is a massive, widely held misconception about the healthiest way to cook your meat.

What are 1 in 6 American men diagnosed with?  Prostate cancer; and it is serious stuff, as it claimed almost 30,000 lives last year. 

You may be familiar with the old saying that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Here’s another truism – the key to a man’s health and his enjoyment of life, particularly as he ages, is his prostate.  The treatment for cancer (usually the removal of the prostate) is not pleasant and has various side effects, particularly loss of libido and sexual performance.  Now there is a news of a discovery that may help doctors determine how aggressive the prostate cancer is and the most appropriate treatment.

When I was growing up in Kentucky, my grandparents had a grove of walnut trees. So… I ate a lot of walnuts. My grandmother cooked with them, baked with them, and we ate them by the handful for snacks. She always said they were good for you. How right she was.

A new study shows that eating walnuts could reduce your risk of breast cancer. With just a handful of nuts (2 ounces) a day, mice delayed the onset of cancerous tumors.

Just because Bayer is being sued for making claims about selenium and prostate cancer prevention, that doesn’t mean the claims aren’t true.

I’m no fan of One A Day vitamins, and I’m certainly no fan of the international drug giant Bayer, but I think this lawsuit is very weak stuff.