Breast Cancer and the Liver
Mike Conway, ND

When it comes to breast cancer, its development and recovery, there may not be a more important organ in the body than the liver.   In terms of physical causes of this illness, whether hormonal imbalance, accumulation of toxins or the result of an unhealthy diet, the liver plays a primary role.  In this article I will help you to understand how a compromised liver may have led you or your loved one to struggle with breast cancer and how to gain back a healthy liver and enhance the chances of recovery.   Read more. . .

Liver Testing
Barbara MacDonald, ND, LAc

New genetic testing can tell us what toxins may play a role in cancer development and what you can do to protect yourself in the future!

The field of genomics has expanded our understanding of how toxins affect our bodies differently.  Why can some people smoke packs of cigarettes a day and never get lung cancer – while someone exposed to minimal second-hand smoke gets it at 40?  Why can some women take HRT and not get breast cancer and others do?   Read more. . .

Eat More Fruits and Veggies
Louise Tolzmann, ND

Eat more fruits and vegetables.  They’re good for you.  We’ve all heard this so often it’s as familiar as rain in Portland, but how many of us really eat the daily 7-10 servings that experts recommend?  It’s challenging to fit food preparation into our busy lives, and fruits and vegetables, which often seem more daunting to prepare, are the first to fall off the list (or the plate, so to speak).  Read more . . . 

In Your Corner:  How Naturopathic and Chinese medicine can help
Kelly Jennings ND, MSOM

You may have seen it on Youtube.  Called ‘crazy sexy cancer’, it is a visual portrait of a woman in the prime of her life who has just discovered she has a rare and terminal cancer.  As she narrates, we see her refusal to accept the conventional medical prognosis she has been given.  She begins an exploration of various holistic therapies; yoga, Chinese medicine, acupuncture, diet and nutritional therapy, guided imagery.  We watch her seek and become a participant in her treatments, while allowing us to peek into the inner pain and despair she struggles with.  Read more.