Last month, I told you mammograms don’t really reduce breast cancer death rates any better than physical exams among younger to middle-aged women in the population as a whole. Well, no matter [...]
Category: Cancer
Protect yourself from skin cancer by getting some sun!
Skin cancer strikes 2.2 million people each year in the U.S. And if you want to avoid getting it, I actually recommend spending a little time in the sun. Yes, you read that right. Spend more time [...]
Where you live makes a difference when it comes to cancer
Every few years, the CDC trots out cancer rates by state. And where you live DOES make a difference when it comes to cancer, but not for the reasons you might think. These state-by-state [...]
What do you fear most?
Cancer. It’s what people fear most in life, according to a British survey. They fear it more than drowning. More than losing a job. And even more than Alzheimer’s disease–which, unlike many [...]
Good reasons to keep the mammogram debate going
Last month’s reports on the Canadian mammogram study set off a heated debate. And not just among my Daily Dispatch readers. The debate continues to rage throughout the mainstream press. Some [...]
Avoid harm from excess cancer screenings
I recently reported on the many dangers of “routine” colonoscopies, in my Insiders’ Cures newsletter. But another “routine” cancer screening affects millions more patients. Older women, in [...]
New-old cancer cure hiding in plain sight
We have a new weapon in the fight against cancer. Well, really it’s an old weapon, as I’ll explain in a moment. But emerging research shows that this decades-old generic drug may boost survival [...]
Life insurance company says, “give that man a cigar!”
Yesterday, I told you about the U.S. government’s biased policy toward lung cancer. For years, the government has said the only way to prevent lung cancer is to stop smoking. Or to never start. [...]
Major cancer centers admit there is discrimination against lung cancer victims
What’s the one thing the U.S. government’s “no smoking” policy has accomplished over the last 30 years? To lower lung cancer death rates? Improve quality of life or longevity? Pave the way for [...]
Too many cooks in the cancer clinic
On Tuesday, I told you about an important new report from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) questioning the benefit of some efforts at early cancer detection. The researchers found that early [...]