Category Archives: Cancer

Dr. Ornish. Turning off cancer genes, reversing heart disease.

Just two of the benefits of a whole foods, plant-based diet This past weekend, Dr. Dean Ornish, prominent medical school professor and founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, published a powerful Op-Ed in the New York Times. It was … Continue reading

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Cancer? Daily aspirin? Bleeding stomach? Optimal diet?

“Can daily aspirin help ward off cancer?” That was the title of an article in the Chicago Tribune on 8-30-12. The latest in a never-ending list of confusing news items about food and disease. In a recent blog, I listed … Continue reading

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“Rationing” the treatment of cancer has already begun.

From a 7-29-12 editorial in the Los Angeles Times, near the end of a piece about cancer, they mention the dreaded “rationing” word. Access to healthcare already is being rationed to some extent by insurance companies, and not always in … Continue reading

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