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On AlterNet: cancer

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "cancer"

Boobs to Die For

Boobs to Die For

Elisheva Wolfe, Nerve.com. November 1, 2009.
I love my boobs. I'm going to use them every day until they start to kill me.

There Is a Way to Help Avoid Heart Disease and Diabetes: You Are What You Eat!

There Is a Way to Help Avoid Heart Disease and Diabetes: You Are What You Eat!

Kathy Freston, AlterNet. October 31, 2009.
A plant-based diet is both preventative and healing, whereas a diet high in animal protein is destructive to our health.

Husband Joins Army So Cancer-Stricken Wife Can Get Health Care

Husband Joins Army So Cancer-Stricken Wife Can Get Health Care

Zaid Jilani, Think Progress AlterNet: World. October 20, 2009.
Bill Caudle was laid off from his job in March 2009, which resulted in his family losing their health care coverage.

Barbara Ehrenreich: The Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

Barbara Ehrenreich: The Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

Emily Wilson, AlterNet. October 10, 2009.
The author talks about how a plague of positive thinking is permeating our society, from medicine to business, and is even contributing to our financial crisis.

Is Eating a Plant-Based Diet a Cure for Cancer?

Is Eating a Plant-Based Diet a Cure for Cancer?

Kathy Freston, AlterNet. September 25, 2009.
Experts are saying a plant-based diet is not only good for our health, but it's also curative of the very serious diseases we face.

When Cocaine and Monsanto's Pesticide Collide, the War on Drugs Becomes a Genetically-Modified War on Science

When Cocaine and Monsanto's Pesticide Collide, the War on Drugs Becomes a Genetically-Modified War on Science

Meg White, BuzzFlash. September 8, 2009.
Monsanto and the U.S. government are dealing with unanticipated hazards of the pesticide Roundup in the South American drug war.

Smoking Marijuana Does Not Cause Lung Cancer

Smoking Marijuana Does Not Cause Lung Cancer

Fred Gardner, O'Shaughnessy's . August 28, 2009.
New research shows here seems to be something in pot that actually undermines cancer, instead of causing it. -- and the media are doing their best to ignore it.

More Evidence That Marijuana Prevents Cancer

More Evidence That Marijuana Prevents Cancer

Bruce Mirken, Marijuana Policy Project. August 21, 2009.
New study finds that marijuana smokers have a lower risk of head and neck cancers.

13 Secret Toxins Lurking in Your Food, and How to Avoid Them

13 Secret Toxins Lurking in Your Food, and How to Avoid Them

Tina McCarthy, EcoSalon. August 11, 2009.
Here are some tips to help you steer clear of hidden toxins that masquerade as safe products.

Tanning Beds As Deadly As Arsenic And Mustard Gas: Study

The Huffington Post News Editors, Huffington Post July 29, 2009.
The study classifies tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation as definite causes of cancer, alongside tobacco, the hepatitis B virus and chimney sweeping, among others.

How Eating Steak, Cake and Butter Can Make You Live Longer

How Eating Steak, Cake and Butter Can Make You Live Longer

Janet Paskin, Ode. July 27, 2009.
For more than three decades, we've been told that fatty foods are deadly. But new research suggests that fat can be good for you.

Is Big Pharma Trying to Take All the Fun out of Pot?

Is Big Pharma Trying to Take All the Fun out of Pot?

Steven Wishnia, AlterNet. July 25, 2009.
Drug researchers are trying to replicate marijuana's therapeutic effects, but without the "side effect" of getting people high.

This Is What Happens When You Get Cancer in America

This Is What Happens When You Get Cancer in America

Natasha Chart, Open Left AlterNet: Health and Wellness. July 9, 2009.
Pirates of the Health Care-ibean sing, "Go Ahead an Die!"

Eating Meat Is Not Natural

Eating Meat Is Not Natural

Kathy Freston, AlterNet. June 15, 2009.
Eating meat is a relatively recent phenomenon in human evolution. And our bodies have never adapted to it.

Will We Still Eat Meat, Drink Milk, and Fry Eggs in 2109?

Will We Still Eat Meat, Drink Milk, and Fry Eggs in 2109?

Kathy Freston, AlterNet. June 8, 2009.
The world will be a much better place in 100 years if we rethink the way we eat.

Wrong Way in the War on Cancer

Wrong Way in the War on Cancer

Merrill Goozner, Gooznews. May 25, 2009.
The financial incentives of our current medical system make curing cancer nearly impossible.

Medical Research Bought Off by Big Pharma

Medical Research Bought Off by Big Pharma

S.L. Baker, Natural News. May 21, 2009.
Study finds 29 percent of published journal articles on cancer research contained financial conflict of interests.

The Black Smoke of Ayahuasca: A Cancer Patient Finds a Cure and Love in Ecuador

The Black Smoke of Ayahuasca: A Cancer Patient Finds a Cure and Love in Ecuador

Adam Elenbaas, Reality Sandwich. April 8, 2009.
Margaret De Wys's cancer battle led to a life-altering romantic relationship with the shaman who healed her.

New Public Database Reveals First-Hand Accounts of How Toxic Burn Pits Are Making U.S. Troops Sick

New Public Database Reveals First-Hand Accounts of How Toxic Burn Pits Are Making U.S. Troops Sick

Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. April 3, 2009.
"Two months in, everyone was coughing up black stuff. Three months, in my black stuff started to include blood."

Cell Phone Scare: What Do We Really Know About the Health Risks?

Cell Phone Scare: What Do We Really Know About the Health Risks?

Elisa Batista, Terrain. March 27, 2009.
Given the confusing studies and the fact that cell phones are a part of modern life, what is a concerned person to do?

 Don Imus: I Have Prostate Cancer

Don Imus: I Have Prostate Cancer

Danny Shea, Huffington Post AlterNet: Media and Technology. March 17, 2009.
Controversial radio host Don Imus announced Monday morning on his radio show that he has been diagnosed with Stage II Prostate Cancer.

Congress to Consider Banning Some Uses of Toxic Bisphenol A

Congress to Consider Banning Some Uses of Toxic Bisphenol A

Staff, Breast Cancer Fund AlterNet: Health and Wellness. March 16, 2009.
Sen. Feinstein, Rep. Markey introduce legislation to ban BPA in food and beverage containers.

Cancer Patients Die While 'New Dems' Help Bankers Get Billions

Cancer Patients Die While 'New Dems' Help Bankers Get Billions

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. March 11, 2009.
I'm having a hard time with this.

Media Hysterics About Supposed Cancer Link Nothing New

Media Hysterics About Supposed Cancer Link Nothing New

Paul Armentano, NORML. February 11, 2009.
So why does the mainstream media continue to get the story wrong when it comes to pot?

What My Mom's Battle with Cancer Taught Me About Happiness

What My Mom's Battle with Cancer Taught Me About Happiness

Wendy Call, YES! Magazine. February 10, 2009.
Happiness doesn't come from the avoidance of pain and despair.