Oncology

Prostate Cancer: Prevention and Survival

By Neal Barnard, M.D. Just as women on high-fat Western diets have more estrogens circulating in their blood and a higher risk of cancer of reproductive organs, a similar process occurs in men. High-fat diets alter the amounts of testosterone, estrogen, and other hormones in both men and...

Women's Health, Oncology

Cervical Cancer

Cervical Cancer: Overview and Risk Factors

A century ago, cervical cancer was one of the deadliest cancers. It is still the second most common cause of cancer death in third–world countries. However, there has been a 75 percent decrease in the incidence ...

Oncology, Oncology

Research Methodology in Cancer Research

Answer to a Reader’s Question:

Question: What is your response to: "A role for milk proteins and their peptides in cancer prevention", by PW Parodi (Current Pharmaceutical Design 13: 813-828, 2007).

Answer: This paper is a classic illustration of...

Oncology

Colon Cancer

Colon Cancer: Overview and Symptoms

Colon cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide and the second most common cause of cancer death. It accounts for 10 percent of all cancer deaths in the United States.

It is a common and potentially lethal disease, with advanced...

Oncology

Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer: Overview and Symptoms

Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death for men and women worldwide. It is usually an aggressive cancer with a five–year survival rate of less than 15 percent. In the United States, there are nearly 200,000 cases diagnosed every year and...

Oncology, Healthy Diet and Lifestyle, Oncology

Dietary Fat is Only Partly Where It's At

The breast cancer/dietary fat relationship, once a key point in getting American women to switch their eating habits, has now been seriously challenged. A prominent Harvard study of nearly 90,000 American nurses, backed up by somewhat similar studies from other laboratories, has shown no...

Family and Children, Healthy Diet and Lifestyle, Bone, Joint, Connective Tissue, and Rheumatic Disease, Diabetes and Thyroid Diseases, Cardiovascular, Oncology

True Health Care is A Proper Education

One out of two Americans gets heart disease and half of those die instantly from their first heart attack. One out of three dies of cancer. One out of eight women gets breast cancer and one out of six men gets prostate cancer. Roughly one out of ten middle-aged Americans has diabetes, and among...

Oncology, Women's Health

Soy and the Breast Cancer Issue

I regularly get calls from women who have had breast cancer and who have been instructed by their physician to avoid all soy products due to their estrogenic effects.

Soy contains phytoestrogens, the doctors say, and for women who have estrogen positive breast cancer, they are at...

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Professional Accreditation, Credentials and Licensure

by T. Colin Campbell, PhD

For almost 50 years, I have designed and directed large research projects in the areas of nutrition and health.  As a result of this experience, I have come to realize that most nutrition and health information is very misleading. It is no coincidence that we now have a health care crisis which is very expensive and which compromises the quality of life for millions of Americans and others living on a Western-style diet. . . READ FULL STATEMENT >>

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