Cancer Prevention
Study: Suspect Chemicals Found in Many Products
A new study by the Silent Spring Institute and published in Environmental Health Perspectives finds that many consumer products have at least one chemical linked to hormone changes (endocrine disruption) ...
Sunscreens Exposed: 9 Surprising Truths
Sunscreens prevent sunburns, but beyond that simple fact surprisingly little is known about the safety and efficacy of these ubiquitous creams and sprays. FDA’s failure to finalize its 1978 sunscreen ...
Help Prevent Cancer with Healthy Habits
An important part of cancer prevention is as simple as making healthy lifestyle choices, or choosing healthful habits while avoiding unhealthy ones. The following is a list of everyday healthy ...
How to Know Biodegradable from Common Plastic Bottles
In the past months you have learned a lot about plastic and its natural alternatives, like special materials made from plants that look and feel like normal plastic but are ...
Sleeping pills linked to higher risk of cancer, death, study says
A new study suggests that the 6% to 10% of Americans who use prescription sleep medications such as zolpidem (Ambien), temazepam (Restoril), eszopiclone (Lunesta) and zaleplon (Sonata) are more likely ...
Dr. Andrew Weil’s 5 Holistic Health Secrets
Dr. Andrew Weil is credited with igniting America’s alternative health movement. He has spent a lifetime uncovering unique remedies and solutions not necessarily found in your pharmacy, your medicine cabinet, ...
Even light drinking slightly ups breast cancer risk
Even as few as three alcoholic beverages per week may increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer, a new study finds. Women in the study who drank three to ...
Natural Remedies for Kitchen Pests
This past weekend, it was (oddly) about 80 degrees and sunny here in Kansas in March. The weather felt great because I’m ready for May, although it’s not nearly May ...
Where Does Your Skin Fit In? Quiz
The Fitzpatrick Skin Type is a skin classification system first developed in 1975 by Thomas Fitzpatrick, MD, of Harvard Medical School. His skin classification system and its adaptations are familiar ...
Dangerous Beauty: 5 Scariest Beauty Products
Chemicals, heavy metals, bacteria, and other hazardous ingredients are turning up in makeup, skin creams, and hair styling products. Here, the latest and most dangerous beauty alerts, and how to ...
Dirty Secrets: What’s Hiding in Your Cleaning Products?
Cleaning product companies tell you that to keep your home clean and smelling fresh, you need to rely on an army of cleaning and air care products. Sprays, wipes, powders, ...
Deodorant and Cancer
Dear Dr. Bone, I read that underarm deodorant can cause breast cancer. Is this true? ~Sweaty Dear Sweaty, I remember getting an email many years ago about the hazards of ...