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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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General Nutrition

Basic Diet Orders: Teaching Patients Good Health Practices

The hospital is more than a place for treatment. It can be a place for learning. Picture this scenario: A man arrives at the emergency room after an accident at a construction site. He has a compound fracture and a leg laceration with significant blood loss. After his initial treatment, he...
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Environmental Illness

Foodborne and Waterborne Illness

Overview and Risk Factors Foodborne and waterborne illnesses are common, but often unrecognized. They cause an estimated 76 million illnesses, 300,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths yearly in the United States.1,2 The most prominent symptom is acute diarrhea, but the associated...
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General Nutrition

Nutritional Requirements Throughout the Life Cycle

We all need essential amino acids, carbohydrate, essential fatty acids, and 28 vitamins and minerals to sustain life and health. However, nutritional needs vary from one life stage to another. During intrauterine development, infancy, and childhood, for example, recommended intakes of...
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Immunology and Allergy

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Overview and Risk Factors   Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disorder of uncertain etiology. Various immune changes occur, including B cell lymphocyte hyperreactivity, T cell lymphocyte defects, complement activation, and autoantibodies to nuclear and cellular...
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Endocrinology and Metabolism

Hypothyroidism

Overview and Risk Factors Hypothyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland fails to secrete sufficient thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). The disease may reflect intrinsic thyroid dysfunction (primary hypothyroidism), or it may result from insufficient stimulation of the...
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Cardiovascular

Hyperlipidemia

Overview and Risk Factors Hyperlipidemia is characterized by elevated concentrations of circulating lipids, increasing the risk of atherosclerosis and other serious conditions. Specific classes of hyperlipidemia include hyperlipoproteinemia, elevated very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) and...
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Renal and Genitourinary, Renal and Genitourinary

How Does Animal Protein Stress the Kidneys?

Answer to a Reader's Question: Animal protein-based foods show a strong relationship to the formation of kidney stones. Here is a quote from the leading research investigator in the world on this topic:

"Urolithiasis [kidney stone formation] is a worldwide problem which appears...
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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.