by NDNR | May 20, 2007 | 2007 | May, Nature Cure, Oncology
Jacob Schor, ND The majority of cancer patients in our practice choose to combine standard medical treatment with naturopathic care. Thus, most of these patients will undergo some form of chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. While they undergo these treatments, one...
by NDNR | May 20, 2007 | 2007 | May, Oncology
Tina Kaczor, ND, FABNO Few topics in modern science have stirred deeper emotions or ignited more controversy than the use of human stem cells in medicine. Our understanding of these pluripotent cells has increased exponentially through rapidly advancing technologies...
by NDNR | May 20, 2007 | 2007 | May, Nature Cure, Oncology
Eric Yarnell, ND, RH(AHG) “Perhaps the most important advance in this field is not the specific actions of all-trans-retinoic acid in acute promyelocytic leukemia, but rather the conclusive documentation of differentiation as a practical and consistently...
by NDNR | May 20, 2007 | 2007 | May, Men's Health, Oncology
Dicken Weatherby, ND Prostate cancer is currently the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in U.S. men. Prostatic cells are more prone to mutation than other cells of the male reproductive system, and evidence from autopsies showed that 34% of men aged 40-49...
by NDNR | May 20, 2007 | 2007 | May, Oncology
Dugald Seely, ND It will come as no surprise to most NDs that conventional oncologists often consider the addition of natural health products to the care of a cancer patient as potentially threatening to their model of care. Of course, there are the rare oncologists...
by NDNR | May 20, 2007 | 2007 | May, Education, Oncology
Debi Walker, ND Lidia Dounaevskaia, ND The art and science of oncology has been around for centuries. Egyptians documented characteristics and survival of women with breast tumors, and the oldest tumor registry dates back to 300-1500BC. Hippocrates coined the terms...