December 31, 2011 By

Patti Keeps on Running Despite Thyroid Cancer

Thyroid cancer is one of the most common cancers of young adults. Many of these cancers have no symptoms until a routine exam reveals a lump in the neck. This was the case with Patti who shares her upbeat experience with us. The good news about this type of cancer is that despite spread to [...]

December 6, 2011 By

HCG is a Hairy Hormone

By Gary Pepper, M.D. Editor, Metabolism.com In the first article in this series, The HCG-Cancer Connection, I explained how HCG is made by some types of cancer and can serve as a marker for cancer activity. Now I want to explore another effect of HCG, the stimulation of male hormone (testosterone) production. Just to review, [...]

November 28, 2011 By

HCG, Your Hormone Metabolism and Cancer

by Gary Pepper, M.D. Editor, Metabolism.com Last week Helen, a friend of the family, called to brag she had lost 12 pounds in 4 weeks and also to ask if she had given herself cancer in the process. What was the connection between her supposed miracle metabolism and cancer? Helen was taking HCG injections and [...]

October 6, 2011 By

New Drug Combination May Revive Post-Menopausal HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy); Part 2

Probably the major cause for concern regarding post menopausal HRT (hormone replacement therapy) highlighted by the WHI study was an increased risk for breast cancer. This finding applied to women in the WHI who were using combination estrogen and progesterone replacement. Progesterone is given to counteract the effect of estrogen to cause uterine (endometrial) cancer [...]

September 25, 2011 By

Is Post-Menopausal Estrogen Therapy (HRT) Ready for a Come Back? Part 1

Once a common solution for the Miseries of Menopause, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with estrogen was abandoned almost overnight in 2002 with the publication of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) results. The WHI did not dispute the fact that HRT is the best method of reversing post-menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes and insomnia but [...]

April 17, 2010 By

Sandy Shares Her Thoughts on Ways to Prevent Diabetes

Occasionally, at Metabolism.com, we publish articles sent to us by our members. Here is a contribution by Sandy Harris explaining why maple syrup may possess surprising health benefits. Among the benefits Sandy highlights is a possible link to prevention of diabetes. Metabolism.com welcomes your thoughts on these issues so feel free to post a comment [...]

March 7, 2010 By

Dr. Oz, What Exactly Don’t You Know?

For a relatively small South Florida town, Jupiter has attracted a few national news stories. Recently there was the disturbed man who gunned down 4 members of his own family, and Tiger Woods is building his mother a house here. Bringing Dr. Oz to Jupiter is the recently confirmed pediatric brain tumor cluster just West [...]

February 24, 2010 By

Radiation Poisoning Remains a Concern in 2010…… by BethEllen DiLuglio

As a clinical nutritionist and author, it can be difficult to prioritize issues and actions.  For several years, my number one concern is the fact that radioactive elements, known to cause childhood and adult cancer, osteoporosis, anemia and immune deficiency, are regularly released into our air and water.  I first learned of this iniquity in 1997 [...]

August 12, 2009 By

Gastric Banding Can Beat Diabetes. Cancer Too?

On-going research continues to confirm that weight loss surgery can reverse Type 2 (adult onset, obesity related) diabetes. A recent study conducted at NYU medical center of approximately 100 Type 2 diabetics who underwent gastric banding showed almost half had a return of normal glucose levels without needing anti-diabetic medication and the other half were [...]

March 22, 2009 By

Multiple Vitamins, Multiple Questions

What’s the point of it all? No, not life. Your daily multivitamin. Over half of us take a multivitamin regularly for the purpose of improving our health. A slew of recent studies question whether they are doing us any good-or maybe even harm. How Might Multi’s Help? Here are some of the theories of how [...]

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