Dear Pharmacist,

My sister has breast cancer and is taking tamoxifen. She would like to take flax seed supplements (or eat the ground up seeds/oil) but she doesn’t know if it will help or interfere with her treatment.

It has been an incredibly exciting year for research on Modified Citrus Pectin (MCP)

Anyone trying to prevent heart disease and cancer is probably thoroughly confused by competing research and news reports about folic acid. In some studies it reduces the risk of cancer(i) and in others it seems to increase the risk.(ii)

Why should you be concerned about digestive disease? Because colon cancer is the third most common cancer in both men and women.

The job of looking after your health today is quite a challenge. Even I don’t always get it right.

I used to use a popular, major brand of toothpaste. It advertises “12-hour germ-fighting protection.” Until, that is, I discovered triclosan was in it.

Imagine eating 12 pounds of food a day -- and still staying thin and healthy. That may sound crazy, but it’s exactly what our hunter-gatherer ancestors ate for millennia!

Coenzyme Q-10 is a nutrient that’s gained enormous notoriety in recent years—and with good reason. Think of it as the Energizer Bunny of the cellular world.

It starts with the alarm clock, continues in traffic, stays with you all day at work or school, and—for most people—you end up carrying it home.

The mainstream is calling it a milestone in the fight against prostate cancer and cancer in general.

I'm calling it a sham... and an expensive one at that.

Multivitamins and calcium supplements may help protect women against breast cancer, according to new research presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Washington, D.C.