A man's prostate is not exactly a subject anyone gets a thrill out of thinking or talking about. Read on anyway, because when it comes to a man's prostate, a lack of information can be hazardous to his health. Caught early enough, there's a better than 90 percent cure rate for prostate cancer. First, medical facts 101 The prostate is a male...

Living longer may not be all that it is cracked up to be. A report published in Cancer (May 2002), a publication of the American Cancer Society, used census information and current statistics on cancer incidence rates to project future cancer rates. The good news: cancer rates have declined steadily since 1973. The bad news: cancer rates for those...

My husband and I worked in ministry overseas for 25 years. Once we lived in a country where our house was robbed five times. I always felt anger, fear and insecurity because someone had been in my home without my permission and took many favorite things. Cancer came like that – without my permission. It introduced vulnerability and weakness...

In 1995, 1.5 million Canadians were diagnosed with diabetes. Today, it’s up to 2 million and by 2010 it will rise to an alarming 3 million. While there are two major types of diabetes, 90% of diabetics have Type 2 or Adult Onset Diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is one of the fastest growing yet preventable chronic diseases in Canada today, and the focus...

When he was fifteen, Roger Sabourin of Medicine Hat, Alberta, went through one of the worst experiences imaginable for a young teen: sexual abuse at the hands of a clergy member. Devastated by the experience but fearing what would happen if he went public with the crime, Roger chose to remain silent, keeping his hurt and grief to himself for the...

You've heard it before . . . eat your broccoli, it's good for you! Well, it's true. Eating more broccoli, citrus fruits, onions and soy beans may help to protect you from cancer. And not just because of the nutrients they contain . . . it's more likely because of the chemicals found in these foods. They're called "phytochemicals," meaning plant...

Not too long ago I was told a terrifying tale about a young woman and a heart attack. The 40-year-old woman arrived at the emergency room of her local hospital displaying a multitude of symptoms that made it clear that a heart attack was in progress - at least it was obvious to a nurse in the ER. After hooking the woman up to medications to help...