Cancer Survival Stories Carol Cole October 31, 1997: The phone rang at 7:30 in the morning and my doctor gave me the diagnosis of my biopsy, which came back positive. She told me I had stage 3 breast cancer. This was shocking news to me because I lived a lifestyle that people change “to” when they are diagnosed with cancer in terms of diet and…

How Probiotics Can Boost Your Overall Health Regime by Michael Shahani Probiotics, sometimes called “friendly bacteria,” are beneficial microorganisms that naturally inhabit the human digestive system. You already have billions of bacteria living in your gut. Some are harmful (pathogenic), but many are beneficial. Keeping a balance between the good and the bad bacterial is critical to maintaining good health. The right probiotic will go…

Managing Psoriasis When asked how important it would be to keep psoriasis under control, 86.6 percent of respondents said very important.i Hypothetically, 38.6 percent of respondents said they would pay $10,000 or more to get rid of their psoriasis forever.ii Of the 620 people that answered the question, 58.9 percent of respondents said that successful treatment of their psoriasis has had a positive impact on…

by Jaskiran Brar Melanin is the pigment that makes skin brown. People with more melanin have darker skin. Melanin absorbs UV and is thus a natural sunscreen, and is probably the reason that dark skinned people have a lower skin cancer rate than fairer folks. Apart from cancer, sun exposure will also cause someone to wrinkle. This wrinkling is called "premature aging," which is where…