Question: I have heard the PSA test (prostate specific antigen) is of limited usefulness. I am 53 and my doctor is recommending I get one. I have no family history of prostate cancer. Is this a good idea?

So...wouldn't you know that the most dramatic decrease in breast cancer incidence came between 2002 and 2003. It simply plummeted by a stunning 15% in women over the age of 50. So, what was it that created such an impressive statistical decline?

While there is so much these days written about every new fangled herb and nutraceutical under the sun, we forget the basics that are more fundamental and even more powerful. Vitamin C came to mind the other day when I was asked by First For Women to provide an "easy" mercury detox....

If you don't have a stash of blueberries in the fridge or freezer, you might want to run out to stock up. It seems that good news about the little berries keeps rushing in faster than shoppers storming a Circuit City going out of business sale.

My mother isn't the only woman I know who won't get a mammogram. A friend of mine from college also refuses this annual torture ritual, though her reason is very different. She believes that mammograms cause cancer. Sounds paranoid, I know, but it turns out she may be on to something.

Proving once again that natural solutions long dismissed by medical science often end up displaying substantial benefit when scientifically tested, researchers from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles recently discovered that by fasting for two days, cancer victims may gain protection against the devastating effects of chemotherapy. Plus, fasting seems to increase the effectiveness of the chemo treatment.

For years, I've said that there are serious flaws in some of the most common forms of cancer screening - especially mammograms for breast cancer, and the PSA test for prostate cancer. Yet these tests remain standard, in spite of their inaccuracy, simply because there are no alternatives.

I’ve known for years that the mainstream medical establishment’s obsession with lowering cholesterol to prevent heart disease is causing more harm than good.

It Does A Body Good...that's what the ads used to say about my favorite natural drink: Milk.