The use of cannabis has exploded across the country and in Maine with recent laws permitting medical and/or recreational use. The term cannabis refers to two main categories of the plant; marijuana and hemp. The THC content...

Mistletoe therapy is a complimentary cancer therapy utilizing a water extract of the mistletoe leaf and berry. Mistletoe is the common name for a family of semi-parasitic plants containing over 1000 species. The scientific name for the...

Cancer causes more deaths each year in the U.S. than any other diagnosis besides heart disease (cancer.org). In Maine and for women and men aged 45-64, it’s the leading cause of death each year. Approximately 38% of...

The word cancer can instill fear in all of us. Although cancer is scary, you can take power into your own hands to lower your odds of diagnosis or recurrence. When you better understand your genes, what...

In spite of breast cancer NOT being the leading cause of death among all women, it seems to be the disease that sparks the most fear and distress. Perhaps it’s due to our breasts being a blatant...

Most of us have cancer cells at some point and don’t know it. And most of us have healed our cancer without knowing it. You may be healing cancer now as you read this. Read that last...

Decades ago, the military had access to a special camera we were told could see in the dark; a night vision camera. Could it really see into the darkness? No. It was a camera that detected infrared...

Welcome to the New Year! For me, it’s a time for reflection and assessing which path I’d like to be on in regards to my health, especially when it comes to prevention. One method of prevention that...

I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007. Since then, I have been on a mission to ensure that I never hear that diagnosis from my doctor again. Just as important, I have resolved to share the...

It’s been said that Hippocrates would spread a mud slurry over the body of a sick patient and the area where the mud dried first was suspect for underlying disease. He understood that illness often produces heat...

The women’s self-help health movement was started in the 1970’s by lay women who set out to demystify women’s bodies by sharing information with other women. Key players in this movement were the Feminist Women’s Health Centers,...

Integrative cancer care brings together the best ideas and evidence from both conventional and complementary and alternative medicine or so-called CAM. It is a more innovative and holistic approach to cancer which could prove critical to maximizing...