Oncology, Oncology

Stomach Cancer in China

While all cancer rates are generally very low in China, stomach cancer leaps out as a glaring exception. Figured at a population base of 100,000, the incidence in the U.S. is just 6.5, contrasted with a 90.9 incidence for China. What's going on here?

Three main factors appear to be...

Gastrointestinal Disorders

Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Symptoms and Risk Factors

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, are chronic inflammatory disorders of the digestive tract. They are among the most common digestive ailments, affecting more than 1 million Americans. The causes of IBD have not been fully established, but...

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...

Healthy Diet and Lifestyle, Bone, Joint, Connective Tissue, and Rheumatic Disease

Seek Doctors Who Practice Healthy Habits

I have advised people for many years to visit health care practitioners who look healthy and who practice healthy habits.  Why?  Integrity is one major issue, but also the type of advice you’ll get from a doctor in excellent health is most often quite different from the advice you’ll get...

Diabetes and Thyroid Diseases

Hyperthyroidism: Symptoms and Risk Factors

Hyperthyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland produces too much thyroid hormone. Thyroid hormones influence a wide variety of functions in the body, including cardiac, nerve, gastrointestinal, and mental function. The majority of cases are caused by Graves’ disease, an autoimmune...

Oncology, Oncology

Genetic Seeds of Disease: How to Beat the Odds

How often these days do you read that genes cause cancer? Probably nothing in biomedical science deserves more attention. In my view, it even needs attention in nutrition newsletters. Why? Because there's a peculiar line of reasoning going around that goes something like this: If genes are...

Gastrointestinal Disorders

Pancreatitis: Symptoms and Risk Factors

Pancreatitis is a condition of inflammation in the pancreas, an organ in the abdomen that produces hormones and digestive enzymes. Normally, digestive enzymes are produced in the pancreas and released into the intestine after meals. In cases of pancreatitis, these enzymes become inappropriately...

Cardiovascular

Coronary Heart Disease: Overview and Risk Factors

Coronary heart disease, also called “coronary artery disease” or “heart disease,” is the most common cause of death in the United States. It usually occurs due to atherosclerosis, a process in which fat, cholesterol, and other materials form small “bumps,” called plaques in the inner lining of the...

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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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