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Neurology

Parkinson's Disease

Overview and Risk Factors Parkinson's disease (idiopathic paralysis agitans) is a progressive, degenerative disorder of the brain that is associated with a loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, neurodegeneration in other areas of the central nervous system (CNS), such as the locus...
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Oncology

Pancreatic Cancer

Overview and Risk Factors Pancreatic cancer is the fourth most common cancer and the fifth most common cause of cancer-related mortality. Little is known about etiologic agents, but tobacco use is probably the most important modifiable risk factor. More than 90% of pancreatic cancers are...
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Oncology, Oncology

Diet Matters: Clarifying the Link Between Breast Cancer and Eating Patterns

An INVITATION to the READER and the INVESTIGATORS OF THE HARVARD NURSES' HEALTH STUDY PLEASE COMMENT
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Integumentary System

Burns

Overview and Risk Factors Burn injuries are among the leading causes of accidental death. Every year, more than 1 million people in the United States suffer burn injuries, and approximately 50,000 require hospitalization. Hospital stays may be long-term and may involve multiple surgical...
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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

Ovarian Cancer

Overview and Risk Factors Ovarian cancer is the second most common gynecologic cancer (after cervical cancer) and the leading cause of death from gynecologic cancer in the United States. It generally affects women aged 40 to 65. The ovary is composed of epithelial cells (along the surface), germ...
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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, Oncology

Animal Protein as a Carcinogen

Answer to a Reader's Question:

Although there are many arguments favoring the nutritional imbalance explanation of cancer, one of the more striking for me was the experimental animal studies discussed in Chapter 3 in my book, The China Study.  Namely, aflatoxin is a very potent...
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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.