Node Smith, ND The amount of lean muscle a person has may soon be considered a vital sign, similar to blood pressure, pulse and weight. Extensive research has begun to show that muscle mass [...]

Node Smith, ND A recent study revealed that women with higher levels of serum vitamin D have significantly lower breast cancer risk.1 Many people who lack sun exposure on a regular basis may have [...]

Node Smith, ND Blood Testing for Breast Cancer Recurrence At the recent 40th annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, a blood test that could determine the risk of breast cancer recurrence was [...]

Screening for cancer may become as easy as putting on a bra, or swallowing a pill. Recently, 18-year-old Julian Rios Cantu, from Mexico, won first place at the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards [...]

Kaitlyn Zorn, HBSc, ND Vis Medicatrix Naturae “Estrogen dominance” is a term used in naturopathic medicine to describe a high ratio of estrogen to progesterone. Different factors in our Western [...]

A recent study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute supports limiting grilled, barbecued and smoked meat intake for individuals at risk for or with a previous diagnosis of [...]

Genotyping can determine an individual’s susceptibility to breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer found in women living in Western countries and is surpassed only by lung cancer [...]

Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO  As a breast cancer survivor and a doctor who often treats high-risk women, this is a subject to which I pay very close attention. Because of the prevalence of breast [...]

Breast Health and Disease Verna Hunt, DC, ND Clinically, naturopathic medicine has much to offer women in proactive care of their breasts in concert with their entire health picture. Naturopathic [...]

Jacob Schor, ND Current evidence suggests that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may reduce the effectiveness of tamoxifen citrate in preventing breast cancer recurrence. This has [...]