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Oncology, Oncology

Chemical Carcinogens: How Safe Are You?

 I would like to turn your attention toward a nagging question about foods, namely carcinogens in foods. We hear so much about them but what, really, are they? Mainly we've heard that carcinogens cause cancer and anticarcinogens prevent cancer. This idea was well articulated in an article by...
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Oncology

Lung Cancer

Overview and Risk Factors Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death for men and women worldwide. It is the most frequently occurring cancer in men and the third most frequent in women. Lung cancer usually develops within the epithelium of the bronchial tree and subsequently invades 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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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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Renal and Genitourinary

Nephrolithiasis

Overview and Risk Factors Nephrolithiasis is characterized by the formation of crystalline aggregates ("kidney stones") that can develop anywhere along the urinary tract. Kidney stones are common in Western societies; nearly 10% of Americans will develop a symptomatic kidney stone...
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Immunology and Allergy

Anaphylaxis and Food Allergy

Overview and Risk Factors   Anaphylaxis is a rapid, life-threatening, systemic reaction. Although most frequently due to an IgE-mediated immediate-type hypersensitivity reaction, similar symptoms can occur as a result of an antibody-independent anaphylactoid mechanism. In anaphylaxis,...
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Oncology, Oncology

China Report: Cholesterol and Cancer

Most of us have heard a great deal about the link between high cholesterol and heart disease. But how many have heard that high blood cholesterol levels are also associated with cancer? In China, we found that those with the highest cancer rates also had the highest cholesterol levels. Among the...
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Bone, Joint, Connective Tissue, and Rheumatic Disease

Gout

Overview and Risk Factors   Gout is a metabolic disease characterized by hyperuricemia and precipitation and tissue deposition of urate crystals, resulting in inflammation and tissue injury.  Clinical manifestations include recurrent bouts of acute, often monoarticular...
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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.