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Endocrinology and Metabolism

Complications of Diabetes Mellitus

Cardiac Complications Diabetes mellitus (DM), both type 1 and type 2, affects many organ systems, particularly the heart, eyes, kidneys, and the peripheral and autonomic nervous systems. Also, macrosomia and birth complications occur more often in infants born to women with inadequately...
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Oncology, Oncology

Cancer Facts - Meat Consumption and Cancer Risk

The World Health Organization has determined that dietary factors account for at least 30 percent of all cancers in Western countries and up to 20 percent in developing countries. When cancer researchers started to search for links between diet and cancer, one of the most noticeable findings was...
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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...
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Oncology, Oncology, Men's Health

Prostate Cancer

The toll from prostate cancer is immense. In the U.S., one out of every ten men will be diagnosed with this devastating disease. In striking contrast are Chinese men who have the lowest advanced prostate cancer rates in the worldone in every 100,000. While we don't know all the factors leading to...
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Bone, Joint, Connective Tissue, and Rheumatic Disease, Bone, Joint, Connective Tissue, and Rheumatic Disease

How Does Animal Protein Affect Bone Mass?

The effect of animal protein on loss of bone calcium and its consequences for osteoporosis has been extensively shown for more than 2 decades. Animal protein intake as strongly associated with bone fracture rate for different countries [Abelow, B. et al. Calcif. Tissue Int., 50: 14-18, 1992] and...
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Infectious Diseases

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Overview and Risk Factors Worldwide, more than 40 million people are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). About 40,000 new infections occur yearly in the United States. HIV is a retrovirus that infects and destroys cells containing the CD4+ antigen, particularly CD4+ T-helper cells....
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Oncology

Thyroid Cancer

Overview and Risk Factors Thyroid cancers are uncommon, accounting for less than 1% of all cancers. However, incidence has risen significantly during the past half century, possibly the result of radiation therapy to the head and neck used to treat benign childhood conditions in the...
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Gynecology and Obstetrics

Endometriosis

Overview and Risk Factors Endometriosis is a common condition in which implants of endometrial tissue appear outside of the uterine cavity, usually within the pelvis. It is a frequent cause of dysmenorrhea and pelvic pain, and it may cause infertility. The pathogenesis is unknown but is thought to...
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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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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.