Diagnosis and Treatment

Medical Marijuana

There are few subjects that can stir up stronger emotions among doctors, scientists, researchers, policy makers, and the public than medical marijuana. Is it safe? Should it be legal? Decriminalized? Has its effectiveness been proven? What conditions is it useful for? Is it addictive? How do we keep it out of the hands of teenagers? Is it really the “wonder drug” that people claim it is?

Dr. Dale Bredesen on Preventing and Reversing Alzheimer's Disease

Dale E. Bredesen, M.D., is a professor of neurology at the Easton Laboratories for Neurodegenerative Disease Research at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Dr. Bredesen’s laboratory focuses on identifying and understanding basic mechanisms underlying the neurodegenerative process and the translation of this knowledge into effective treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions. He has collaborated on the publication of more than 220 academic research papers.

Spanish Scientists Find Secret to Rewinding 27 Years of Old Age

Scientists at the prestigious National Cancer Research Institute in Spain didn’t set out to find the secret to human immortality...

But then Dr. Maria Blasco...

A Spanish Scientist who studied under two Nobel Prize winning biologists...

PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injuries: A Functional Treatment Model

For decades, we treated brain disorders blindly, without even knowing what was really going on inside. 

Not only did that mean we could mistake one problem for another, it meant an overall lack of information to successfully treat brain issues for optimal function. In some cases, the wrong treatment could even make matters worse. On top of that, issues identified as mental illness were kept separate from the physical brain, leaving many patients suffering without answers. 

Israeli Scientists Claim They're On The Path To A Cure For Cancer

It doesn't seem possible. But they say it's true.

Can polio, a killer virus from the past, treat cancer in the present? Duke is optimistic.

Dr. Allan Friedman places a catheter into a tumor in a patient's brain during a procedure at Duke Hospital. The catheter delivers a genetically modified form of the poliovirus to treat glioblastoma.

VIDEO: Measles Virus as a Cancer Fighter

What would your reaction be if your medical provider told you your only treatment option left was to be injected with a high dosage of the deadly measles virus?

Stacy Erholtz battled multiple myeloma for 10 years, undergoing multiple chemotherapies and two stem-cell transplants only to relapse each time. Just as she ran out of treatment options, her doctors at Mayo Clinic suggested a radical treatment, a single high dose of the measles virus.

Doctors Said Immunotherapy Would Not Cure Her Cancer. They Were Wrong.

How Do I Talk to My Doctor About Alternative and Complementary Methods?

Many people with cancer are afraid to discuss complementary and alternative methods with their doctors. It’s true that many doctors may not know about the uses, risks, and potential benefits of these unconventional treatments. This lack of knowledge can widen the gap between patient and doctor when it comes to using complementary methods along with regular cancer treatment. But this doesn’t have to stop you. You can help bridge the gap in a number of ways:

VIDEO: Women's Health with Dr. Ian Taras - Fran Drescher's Health Summit

Dr. Ian Taras joins Fran for a frank conversation about women's health and preventing women's cancers.  Click here to subscribe to our YouTube channel and see the entire series.

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