Oropharyngeal cancer is horrible. Just ask Michael Douglas. He had stage 4 disease at the base of the tongue, and cautioned in an interview that had newswires buzzing last week that the culprit was oral sex, transmitting a cervical cancer-causing HPV virus. What’s the message for you? Obviously, not engaging in it is the only […]
HPV, prevention, vaccine
Will diet sodas cause strokes? That’s what you might have heard from the media lately. Research has shown a 50% increase of chance for vascular related ills, such as strokes and heart attacks, by simply consuming one diet soda daily. So, you should pitch your recently-purchased six-pack of zero-calorie sweetened beverages, right? Not so quickly. […]
diabetes, diet, health, heart attack, soda, stroke
Does an aspirin-a-day keep cancer away? Maybe so, but don’t start just yet… British scientists have shown fewer cancer deaths in pooled studies of heart patients taking aspirin. Participants took aspirin for an average of four years or more, and when cancer studies followed, deaths from cancers such as lung and prostate were found to […]
aspirin, cancer, exercise, health, prevention
A new study shows the strength of girl, or more properly, woman power, and this Ob/Gyn says: “Go girls!” I’m talking about research out of Harvard, published by the American Cancer Society in its flagship journal, Cancer, looking at mammogram choices made since 2009. It turns out that since a governmental panel carrying a lot […]
breast cancer, mammograms, USPSTF
Switch to “ 1/2 and 1/2 “ on weekdays for a year and lose 33 pounds!!! Aha! Gotcha, right? You really believe you can lose weight by drinking Half and Half? Well, you’re right on if the skeptic in you says: See, I was right, no way Half and Half can contribute to a thinner […]
diet, half and half, healthy, pop, soda, weight loss
Ahhh…yes. Saturday afternoon, The Randy Tobler Show went pretty well this morning, the chores are finished-thanks to the drizzle, I have no choice-and it’s time to spend the overcast afternoon contemplating my navel. Not really, but there is a need even for overachieving workaholics like me to stop and smell the snow melt. Truly, I […]
rainy, relaxation, saturdays, serene
It’s a new day, a new site and an exciting offering from the Toblers. Welcome to DoctorTobler.com (DrTobler.com works too!) Our immersion into the best in health and wellness will now be consolidated for you in one spot. The team is growing too. Behind the scenes our desire for excellence is driving a feverish pace […]
health, heliene, randy, vital living, vital signs
Well well well, the childhood allergy experts are rethinking some advice that has been etched in granite for over a decade. And it’s not the first time dogma turns out not to be, either. Over and over, science confirms time-honored truths: “What’s true today may not be tomorrow.” We’ve seen vacillation on whether postmenopausal hormone […]
allergic, childhood, hygienic, immune, pediatrics, system
I’m sitting here on the 3rd day of a wicked late winter cold. Heliene has it too. I’m hacking, keeping Kleenex stockholders happy, irrigating my aching sinuses regularly, and sipping tea and honey to soothe the scratchy throat the virus brings. But it’s that cough, mostly dry, sometimes not, but reliably incessant, that leads me […]
cold, flu, health, immune
Berries are the most colorful and among the most potent antioxidant power punches you can throw. Think of it. The reason colorful plants, from deep green spinach to azure blueberries or deep purple blackberries, are so healthy is they grow in full sun, and must have amazing self protection so they don’t sunburn. The solar […]
antioxidents, berries, brain, healthy, organic, phytonutrients, polyphenols