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Bone, Joint, Connective Tissue, and Rheumatic Disease

Osteoporosis

Overview and Risk Factors Osteoporosis is a metabolic disease characterized by progressive thinning of the bone matrix and cortex. Fractures may result from decreased bone strength, and hip fractures are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality for aging adults. Primary osteoporosis...
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Oncology

Lymphoma

Overview Lymphomas are a group of malignancies of lymphoid tissue. They are classified as either non-Hodgkin's or Hodgkin's lymphoma. While lymphomas generally affect lymph nodes or lymphoid tissue, such as the spleen, they can also affect extranodal tissue, such as the lung, liver, or...
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Gastrointestinal Disorders

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Overview and Risk Factors Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) comprises a spectrum of conditions characterized by hepatic fat accumulation in the absence of alcohol abuse, with fat making up at least 10% of the liver tissue (steatosis). Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), in which fat...
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Gastrointestinal Disorders

Constipation

Overview and Risk Factors The term "constipation" refers generally to the difficult or infrequent passage of stool. A common definition of constipation is fewer than 3 spontaneous, complete, bowel movements per week. It is the most common gastrointestinal complaint in the United States,...
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Respiratory

Asthma

Overview and Risk Factors Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease in which bronchial obstruction and bronchospasm lead to dyspnea, wheezing, chest tightness, and/or cough. Key to its pathogenesis is inflammation of the airways. Inflammatory cells, including mast cells, eosinophils, T lymphocytes,...
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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...
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Oncology

Breast Cancer

Overview and Risk Factors One in 9 women in North America will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer during her lifetime.1 Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women, constituting about one third of all cancers. It is second only to lung cancer in cause of cancer...
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Psychiatric Conditions

Insomnia

Overview and Risk Factors Insomnia is characterized by difficulties in initiating sleep, maintaining sleep, or feeling restored after sleep. It is the most common sleep disorder in the United States, affecting about one-third of adults at some point in their lives. Approximately 10% of those with...
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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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Sometimes the most elegant solution is the most simple. Why plant-based nutrition? Why not? Why develop heart disease? Cancer? Diabetes? The epidemic of chronic, degenerative disease that is sweeping the western world can not only be stopped, it can be reversed. The power lies in the hands of the consumer, in the choices we make about what to put on our plates.