One Day MD | Evidence-Based Wellness

In this interview, Susan Wadia-Ells, Ph.D., discusses breast cancer as an unnecessary U.S. epidemic and how to prevent it, which is the topic of her book, “ Busting Breast Cancer: Five Simple Steps to Keep Breast Cancer Out of Your Body .” This year alone, an expected 300,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. Another 50,000 are projected to be diagnosed with non-invasive breast cancer, which in all likelihood isn't cancer at all. Wadia-Ells has a graduate degree in energy economics and political development (MALD) and a Ph.D. in women’s studies with a focus on women's autobiographical writing. “This really means that I am an investigative reporter,” she says, “and so I've come to this with a very innocent, independent mind.” The inspiration behind the book was Wadia-Ells’ experience of losing several friends to recurrent metastatic breast cancer, meaning cancer that was "successfully treated" at an early stage, only to later return a...

From the New Straits Times: If you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer, be sure to get the right treatment in the early stages, writes Kasmiah Mustapha. A preference for alternative treatment, letting others make the decision and fear of surgery — these are among the reasons why more breast cancer patients seek treatment late (stages 3 and 4). [onedayMD commentary: This article reminds me of Steve Jobs] According to University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) consultant breast surgeon, Professor Dr Yip Cheng Har, some women believe that alternative treatments such as taking herbs or animal parts, will cure their condition after hearing the “success” stories of others. They believe these methods can cure them without pain while conventional methods are painful and will make them suffer more. Due to the misinformation, women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer have refused to undergo treatment which includes surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy. “These treatment...