Have you ever noticed how a new shower curtain smells? There is a distinctive toxic odor in shower curtains pulled fresh from the packaging. This noxious odor is plastic softener, a potently hazard chemical compound that may be doing more than softening our curtains...

You know fiber‘s good for you. It keeps the pipes running smoothly and keeps the laxatives on the shelf. Plus, according to many well-known studies, fiber helps protect you against colon cancer.

But what about breast cancer? Does eating plenty of fiber play a role in preventing breast cancer as well?

The content of this article is not based on any wonderful scientific study but rather is written from a common sense point of view and personal experience.

What has prompted me to write it is the recent death of my sister who at 64 years of age was 2 years older than me.

Q: For six months I've been stuck in an eating pattern that has helped me pile on 40 pounds: I'm never hungry during the day, but at night I'm ravenous. Sometimes I even wake up and find myself in the kitchen, noshing away! What's going on?

Breast cancer patients in the U.S. have a five-year survival rate of 90 percent.

That’s great news that should give hope to thousands of women who are diagnosed every year. But those women need to be aware that they can significantly improve their chances of survival with some key health choices.

Few things age a person as quickly as osteoporosis (porous, brittle bone), a disease that robs bones of their density and strength, making them thinner, more prone to break. Eventually, bone mass decreases below the level required to support the body.  Over 28 million Americans suffer from osteoporosis today, and experts from the National Osteoporosis Foundation predict 40 million Americans will suffer from osteoporosis by the year 2015.

I’d like to tell you about something that just might help protect women from some of the side effects of radiation treatments.

And it’s something many people enjoy already, whether they have cancer or not: red wine.

It's amazing to me that in the 21st century, people still have to fight for even the simplest and most basic of rights.

In Australia, thousands of people rallied in front of Parliament, fed up with bureaucrats who want to criminalize homebirthing.

It is a modern-day tragedy that millions of women in the U.S. have been scared by Merck’s powerful ad campaign to become “one less” victim to cervical cancer by getting vaccinated with Gardasil. Sadly, now an increasing number of formerly healthy girls are turning into “one more” victim of vaccine adverse reactions.

I've been speaking out for years on the wrong-headed mantra of early diagnosis for cancer.

Some so-called experts want you to believe it saves lives. But I've seen it ruin more lives than I care to think about. Finally, the science is starting to back me up on this one.