How Diabetes Affects Cancer - The Covid-19 Report April 12, 2020 By Robert Hess Here in California, we are entering our fourth week under the stay at home policy and, I must admit, it's having some impact on my diet and exercise routine. I'm an avid cyclist as well as a bit of a [...]
March is Colorectal Cancer Month New research funded by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) Network shows that dietary interventions can improve the quality of life of, as well as lower depression in, colorectal cancer survivors. “If I’d known I was going to live so long, I’d have taken better care of myself.” – Leon [...]
Beating Cancer with a Bicycle Cancer is an insideous opponent. It develops slowly and by the time you know you have it, your cancer may be well-advanced and hard to treat. A good exercise program is your best line of defense. Depending on your particular cancer, the likelihood of recurrence can be quite high. [...]
How Did Your Cancer Battle Go in 2018? Mine Was a Mess! I'm heading into my 15th year as a prostate cancer survivor and I do pretty much everything I can to keep my immune system at its peak for recurrence prevention. At least I try. This post is about my personal 2018 cancer [...]
When Should You Begin Having a Mammogram? All cancers are "silent killers" because most of them show no symptoms until they are advanced. Breast cancer falls into this category, even though there can be early signs: Swelling of all or part of a breast (even if no distinct lump is felt) Skin irritation or [...]
The Next Step on Your Cancer JourneyStep 1 in a cancer journey is completing the course of treatment. Once you've done that, much as I hate to say, every day following the end of your treatment is a battle against the cancer returning. At least that's been my personal experience.In my life, I [...]
What I did in 2017 to Keep My Cancer From Coming Back I'm coming up on my 13th year as a cancer survivor and physical fitness and a cleaner diet has been a key part of my anti-cancer battle plan for over a decade. Bicycling has been a key exercise tool for me since [...]
Agent Orange and Prostate Cancer Today is Veteran's Day observed in 2017, and prostate cancer is one of the war's last legacies. Agent Orange was one of several "rainbow herbicides" deployed in Vietnam, but Agent Orange was the most dangerous because of its use of TCDD (tetrachlorodibenso-P-dioxin). More than 2.5 million U.S. service personnel [...]
Cancer Hates a Fit Body Our own immune system is our best defense again cancer and cancer recurrence. Our immune system works 24 x 7 to prevent normal cells from becoming cancer cells. But we need to do our part to help our immune system work: that means healthy nutrition (except maybe for a [...]
2017 Masters World Track Cycling Championships - Velosports Center, Los Angeles Well, my ride day at this year's masters championships finally hit and I had the opportunity to compete against 11 other riders in the 500 meter time trial for my age group. If you've been following me on Facebook, you know that this [...]
3 Key Factors in Preventing Breast Cancer Almost 320,000 women will receive a breast cancer diagnosis in 2017 and 1 in 8 women will develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime. That's the bad news. The good news is that simple changes can prevent one third of these cancers: being active, not drinking alcohol, and [...]
Sleep Helps Prevent Cancer... Studies in recent years have identified a relationship between lack of sleep and some of the top cancers in the United States: breast, prostate and colorectal cancers. Research also suggests that people with sleep apnea have an increased risk of developing any type of cancer. Photo courtesy of Providence.org [...]
Day 0 - 2017 Cancer Survivorship Symposium I'm here in San Diego for this year's Cancer Survivorship Symposium. It looks like a very good agenda and I'm looking forward to learning things that we can share with the survivor community. Size (Weight) Matters! I was reading the latest issue of Cure magazine and research continues to [...]
25th Annual American Institute for Cancer Research Conference I just finished the first day of the AICR's annual cancer conference. This is a unique conference because it brings together medical science and nutritional science with a focus on preventing cancer. Prevention is an incredibly important issue for the 12.5 million cancer survivors in the United States [...]
