I came across the story of Dorothy and her experience with Tai Chi on the Real Women, Real Advice blog. Dorothy says when she received her breast cancer diagnosis, it felt like a death sentence. At… Continue reading
The blackberries have come early this season along the Irish country lanes and the brambles are now heavy with fruit, just ripe for the picking. It is one of the great pleasures for me of… Continue reading
After the dramas of breast cancer, you may be tired of tending to your own body and soul, but putting the illness behind you requires a commitment to healthy habits and sometimes a… Continue reading
No Family History: The Environmental Links to Breast Cancer (Rowman & Littlefield) is the title of a new book which presents compelling evidence that exposure to everyday products such as cosmetics and toiletries,… Continue reading
In his bestseller The End Of Over-Eating: Taking Control Of The Insatiable American Appetite, author and former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, David Kessler proposes that our western obesity crisis is due… Continue reading
Ok, so the headline in tabloid sensationalist, but it did catch my attention today when I was buying my usual Sunday paper, splashed across the front page of the Sunday Express. It is a… Continue reading
There are many myths surrounding the causes of breast cancer. The first of these which we should clear up right away is that a diagnosis of cancer is an automatic death sentence. It… Continue reading
I was reading about the latest British report which concludes that eating organic food does not provide any significant nutritional or health benefits. The independent report which was commissioned by the British Food Standards Agency (FSA)… Continue reading
Our summer here in Ireland which started off promisingly in early June, has fizzled out to the usual damp and wet Irish summer we have become all too familiar with. Being tanned used… Continue reading
People who exercise at high intensity are less likely to develop cancer and die, research out today suggests. Jogging, swimming, rowing and games such as squash or football all lead to a lower… Continue reading
