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One of the worst diagnoses you can receive is that of having cancer. There are a number of reasons why such a diagnosis is hard to take but the most salient one is the fact that there isn't (at least officially) a cure. The main treatments (i.e., "conventional cancer treatment" or CCT) offered by the American medical establishment fall almost exclusively under the categories of radiation, surgery,...
3/16/2016 7:00:00 AM
Many people around the world are ready to pull their hair out (except maybe for bald-headed persons, but let's not go there) concerning the very "DANGEROUS!" (at least, according to the mainstream press, and we all know the mainstream press never lies--or so have most people been brainwashed into believing) Zika virus pandemic. Can we really blame people for being so afraid? It is after all what the...
3/7/2016 8:00:00 AM
Without question the Zika virus pandemic is proving to be very challenging, expensive, and, most important of all, mysterious. Diseases involving viruses always present special challenges, especially when little is known about the virus in question. The Zika virus, however, is unique in several ways. For starters, this virus is the perfect storm for what some people like to call "conspiracy theories."...
2/23/2016 8:00:00 AM
Roughly six years ago I started writing a book on the most promising treatments for cancer. The project was born out of a deep personal desire to give people who had been diagnosed with cancer (or had a relative or friend in such situation or who were simply afraid of getting the disease) palpable hope that was based on hard, sink-your-teeth-into science.That is not to say that I don't believe in the...
1/30/2016 8:00:00 AM
It's clear that many people have either forgotten or never learned how important the oceans are to human survival. Maybe these people think of the oceans as simply a means by which to get to other continents, wonderful places to fish or take a cruise on, or just giant marine-life aquariums too big to possibly be significantly damaged by human beings.Yes, the oceans are big--in fact, they comprise rougly...
1/18/2016 8:00:00 AM
Many people think that New Year's resolutions are a waste of time. People who hold on to this perception, however, base their views on the many failures they have either experienced personally or watched others go through. Yes, too many people spend time coming up with resolutions which are eventually forgotten or only partially implemented.For these people, resolutions are indeed exercises in futility.On...
12/31/2015 8:00:00 AM
Preamble: There is little doubt that Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol (1843) for meat-eaters (carnivores); notice, for example, how the blokes looking for alms at the beginning of the tale tell Scrooge they want to buy the poor "meat & drink." Note also how Scrooge says that there is more of "gravy than grave" in regards to the ghost of Jacob Marley (otherwise named in this story). And, as final...
12/5/2015 5:00:00 AM
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is one of several food additives the processed/packaged food industry seems to think is absolutely indispensable. Accordingly, they dump this overly-sweet, high-calorie, low-nutrition gooey stuff in many foods most people consume, often unknowingly, on a daily basis. Why they use it so often and so ubiquitously isn't a mystery--simply put, HFCS is much cheaper than sucrose...
8/9/2015 7:00:00 AM
In the 1800s people were often confused when it came to health-improvement information. On the one hand, they were constantly being pestered by peripatetic salesman selling all kinds of healing oils and other types of panaceas. In most cases, there was no science to back up what these charlatans sold to the suffering masses; sadder still, some of these magical potions (often having a detrimental effect,...
7/16/2015 7:00:00 AM
Some people think that mainstream media is strategically and methodically controlled by the corporate giants and the government, in spite of our having so-called "free speech" and a supposedly-independent press. Other people laugh at such views, prefering to relegate them to the attic-worthy, cobweb-ridden realms of conspiracy theory nonsense. The latest development at the FDA, though, concerning trans...
6/23/2015 7:00:00 AM
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