Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
That's a shocker, isn't it? Especially as P just celebrated his 61st birthday last week, eek! Men are dying needlessly young. One man in five dies before the age of 65 (and 40% of men die before the age of 75).Why? Because three-quarters of premature deaths from heart disease are male, three-quarters of suicides are male and …
A new campaign, launched recently, is designed to get people to report any concerning cancer-potential symptoms early rather than delay a visit to their GP. The symptoms you should get checked earlier rather than later - which in the vast majority of cases will likely turn out to be benign, by the way - are …
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Here is a brief rundown of some useful cancer markers. We don't often talk about these, but they can be life-saving and are easily available to test if you need to. Obviously, you should be talking to your GP if you have any suspicion of cancer, but I can test for these if you need …
We all know that wandering about in a forest or by the sea is good for us. But what you probably don't know is that it results in significant, measurable changes to the immune system. I came across this fascinating article from the Townsend Newsletter the other day, which really puts the benefits into scientific …
That is a really good question and it is something I have thought for years. People vastly underestimate the value of magnesium as a mineral. The focus over the years has been on calcium, but that is an error in my view when you look at the sheer number of processes in the body that …
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Nice tip from Dr Glenville for you today: Cancer And The Mediterranean Diet It is Breast Cancer Awareness Month so over the next few days I want to look at the ways that diet and lifestyle can impact on this disease. Sadly this disease affects so many with over 500,000 women being diagnosed with …
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Interesting story in The Telegraph today (seel below) about how scientists think telomeres shorten on DNA strands years before cancer shows itself, so that may be a good predictor of future cancerous problems. The idea of telomere shortening has been around for quite a few years now. I distinctly remember learning about it when we …
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Good news, here. Let's hope the NHS funds this test sooner rather than later... Mail on Sunday 26.4.15 “CELL CHECK SPARES WOMEN CHEMO FOR BREAST CANCER” Breast cancer patients may be spared chemotherapy thanks to new tests that pinpoint genetic markers in the tumour which determine its aggressiveness. After surgery, the cancer cells are sent …
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It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October so I have kept my eye out for useful, practical info that might help specifically with prevention. Here is a link to a useful overview of some of the research behind high levels of specific antioxidants and anti-inflammatories from food and supplements shown to have real promise in …
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Not according to a recent study: More women having double mastectomy—but it’s not saving lives Many more women are choosing to have a double mastectomy after a breast cancer diagnosis—but the radical procedure isn’t saving any lives. The greatest increase is in women under the age of 40, which has seen a 17.6 per cent …