Cancer Prevention Tips From the Women's Health Summit
On Oct. 13, 2015, the inaugural Women's Health Summit took place in Los Angeles led by Fran Drescher and her foundation Cancer Schmancer. It was a very exciting program aimed at informing people about the latest information on preventing illness and screening for cancer, as well as methods to incorporate traditional medicine with complementary/alternative treatments.
Awards were presented to Sen. Barbara Boxer and comedienne Rosie O'Donnell for their lifetime efforts on behalf of women's health, and by the City of Los Angeles to Fran Drescher for her work on cancer early detection and prevention.
Because these issues are so important, I wanted to share my advice I presented at the Summit with you during Breast Cancer Awareness month.
So here are my tips for you to discuss with your doctor and health care team.
• Your health care team can save and extend your life. So build the very best team you can find. Your team includes you, your family and friends, your doctors (make sure you can talk to them about prevention and screening and use of vitamins, diet and nutrients to keep you healthy), nurses and care managers, your insurance company, a trusted available pharmacist, and a nutritionist/dietician and/or a complementary medicine physician/adviser to discuss complementary options for you. For advice on finding and grading your doctors, and getting a second opinion, see my book Surviving American Medicine.
