Prevention & Lifestyle Blog
Top 10 cancers and integrative cancer treatments
Cancer is not a disease to fool around with. But thanks to conventional cancer care, living with it has drastically improved over the past decade. That being said, given that cancer is largely a lifestyle disease, it’s absolutely critical to take control of your own...
Top 8 Ways To Reduce Your Risk Of Cancer
If you’re a hearty Canuck currently living in Canada, did you know that your chance of being diagnosed with cancer at some point in your lifetime is 1 in 2? Scary thought, yes, but there’s more. Of the 50% percent of Canadian’s who will be diagnosed with cancer, 1 in...
Top 10 Symptoms To Check For Cancer
A great article written by the Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre on top symptoms to look for in the potential for Cancer: Breast Changes Bloating Changing Lymph Nodes Fevers and Infection Mouth Changes Persistant Cough Persistant and Frequent Bruising Skin Changes...
Chronic Stress and Ovarian Cancer Progression
When you're stressed, your body (or more specifically, your adrenal glands - aka your "stress glands") release many neurotransmitters. These neurotransmitters help adapt your body to short term stressful situations. This is a balanced response and considered normal...
SLEEP and CANCER: 5 Things You Need To Know
Whether it’s night shift work, or simply our fast paced 24-hour day westernized society, we have all seen the impacts of sleep deprivation on ourselves or others. Melatonin, the hormone released in response to light, dark, and within our sleep-wake cycle, has been...
Cancer Prevention? Consider Having A BATH…
With the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and cancer.org‘s cancer estimation of the approximately 1 665 000 current US cancer case rates (data collected for 2011 & estimated rates for 2014) , it’s no doubt people are seeking to become more...