Category Archives: Cancer

Riding the cancer train to fame and fortune

A privileged few get filthy rich—while innocent millions suffer Two news stories caught my attention this week. One from Boston, the other from Los Angeles. Both were stories about how big money is being made in the cancer industry. The … Continue reading

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Cancer “Breakthroughs” that Cost Too Much and Do Too Little

That was a recent headline in Newsweek & Daily Beast We hear news about cancer every day—often many stories on any given day…and not just during October, which is breast cancer month. We’ve become obsessed with cancer and most of … Continue reading

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Breast cancer—more confusion & false hope about genetics

While continuing to keep the number one cause a secret All week long, we’ve been hearing about the new findings on breast cancer that “are fundamentally reshaping the scientific understanding of the disease.” It’s been in all the newspapers and … Continue reading

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