Below is a Q & A with Anahad O’Connor from NY Times’ Well: What are the health concerns regarding consumption of soy products like tofu? Soy has been a dietary staple in Asia for many centuries. Some studies have found that it may offer some cardiovascular benefits,...

Do antihypertensive medications increase the odds of developing breast cancer? Written by: Tina Kaczor, ND, FABNO Reference Li CI, Daling JR, Tang MT, et al. Use of antihypertensive medications and breast cancer risk among women aged 55 to 74 years. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Aug 5. [Epub ahead...

Hearing the words “abnormal Pap smear” can trigger a gut-wrenching fear—and for good reason. Cervical cancer was the leading cause of death among women for many years. Today, it ranks only 13th among women in the US, yet many women continue to have “abnormal” Pap...

In a study of more than 500,000 Americans, those who ate a healthy diet reduced their risk for pancreatic cancer by 15 percent. The diet used in the study followed federal dietary guidelines from 2005 and recommended eating a variety of nutritional foods and limiting saturated...