Roberta Altman, discover the surprisingly common risk factors of which many people are unaware as well as which foods help fight the possibility of cancer and simple things to do to make your home environmentally safer.

Roberta Altman also discusses why some dietary changes are preferable to supplements and provides easy-to-follow food preparation and cooking tips.

Roberta Altman is a breast cancer survivor and author of Waking Up, Fighting Back: The Politics of Breast cancer, The Cancer Dictionary, The Prostate Answer Book and The Complete Book of Home Environmental Hazards.

One good idea is always to get a second opinion, and you can even ask your doctor to refer you to somebody or ask some friends about who to go to for a second opinion. It's uncomfortable a lot of times to ask your doctor, but many doctors are prepared for that.

Another thing that I would suggest very highly is to bring a friend or family member in with you when you see the doctor, because it's great to have a second pair of ears.

Write down any questions that you have so you can ask the doctor and you don't forget them, because at a time of a lot of anxiety and it's very easy to forget what you want to know.

Also bring in a little tape recorder if you have one, and say to the doctor, You know, I forget so much when I leave, wonder if you'd have any problem with my taping this conversation so I can listen back to it and remember just exactly what you said. And most doctors do not have a problem with that.

You're not doing it for a malpractice suit or anything like that, you're doing for your own education, and it's hard to remember everything.

I know for myself, it was hard for me to remember everything. Or you can just take a pad and pencil and write down and say, I hope you don't mind my writing down what you say, because I just don't remember everything.

And do that and I think you'll feel a lot better about it.

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