Beat the Breast Cancer Odds

Good Health Lifestyles Expert Corner, Features

After spending a morning with Kristi Funk, MD, renowned board-certified breast surgeon, cofounder of the Pink Lotus Breast Center in Los Angeles, and the author of Breasts: The Owners Manual, something miraculous happened—I got genuinely excited about breast cancer prevention. Dr. Funk, whose patients have included Angelina Jolie and Sheryl Crow, has helped countless of women through their journey with …

Epigenetics, Cancer Prevention, and You

Good Health Lifestyles Features

Just over two years ago, Good Health Lifestyles had the honor of interviewing Dr. Ajay Goel, a Professor and Director of the Center for Translational Genomics and Oncology at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Since then, we’ve had an outpouring of requests from readers asking for more information from Dr. Goel on the promising effects that natural botanicals …

Confused by Curcumin?

Good Health Lifestyles Herbal Helpers

If you’re hip to the natural health scene, you know that curcumin is a must-have for the prevention of nearly every health ailment under the sun—especially some of the big ones, like cancer and dementia. Many health advocates tout it as one of the greatest natural medicines available. But with close to 100 different curcumin products on the market, where …

Mind-Saving Turmerones

Good Health Lifestyles Research Roundup

The Study Abstract: Anti-inflammatory effects of aromatic-turmerone through blocking of NF-κB, JNK, and p38 MAPK signaling pathways in amyloid β-stimulated microglia. Amyloid β (Aβ) induces the production of neuroinflammatory molecules, which may contribute to the pathogenesis of numerous neurodegenerative diseases. Therefore, suppression of neuroinflammatory molecules could be developed as a therapeutic method. Aromatic (ar)-turmerone, turmeric oil isolated from Curcuma longa, …