It often seems that I learned more about human health while earning my Ph.D. in anthropology than I did in medical school. There are probably a few reasons why that is. First, the anthropologists [...]
Category: Cancer
It’s April, so go out and get some sun
It’s officially spring–although the meteorologists in New England have not yet received the memo! But the sun is rising earlier and getting higher in the sky. And it’s time for you to spend [...]
How the government could prevent 12,000 lung cancer deaths per year, but won’t
One out of 10 smokers gets lung cancer. And those who smoke the most are most at risk. But, two years ago, U.S. researchers found a simple way to prevent lung cancer among those highest at risk. [...]
Scraping the bottom of the bottle
Alcohol causes 3.5 percent of cancer deaths each year in the United States. This figure comes from a new report published by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Of course, it made all kinds of [...]
The best prostate cancer cure that never was
We hear a lot of empty promises from the non-profit cancer industry about a “race to the cure” (which seems to be going in circles). And I have shown you how governments spanning the globe have [...]
Fiscal cliff notes
Last year, when Congress and the White House failed to make any meaningful budget cuts to get the national debt and deficit under control, it set up “automatic” cuts to take place in 2013. [...]
Can cancer be cured in five years?
The mainstream media has been all over a new announcement from the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas (the largest cancer center in the country). They have pledged to significantly reduce the [...]
NIH Revisited
After three decades of trying to accomplish things in Washington, I finally found it was much easier to realize a lifelong personal ambition. Which was to return to the area where I grew up. And [...]
And the best way to prevent cancer may be…
Aspirin’s heart benefits have been widely known for years. It’s become one of the top prescriptions for preventing heart attacks and other cardiac events. But some new data from a trio of [...]
The cancer test women should avoid at all costs
In June, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published an article addressing a recently updated recommendation by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The title of the [...]