What Difference Can the Use of Biodiesel Make?

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

What kind of difference can the use biodiesel make when it comes to changing the world for the better? Perhaps the biggest impact of the use of biodiesel fuel instead of just plain diesel is on the human health and the environment.

One of the biggest differences that biodiesel make is with regards to smog. Using […]

Chocolate Prison

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

The latest unemployment figures are out and …they're about the same as last time. Five point one or two percent of Americans are unemployed. That's not as good as Clinton who had two or three percent unemployment, but it's definitely better than Carter who had double digit unemployment and double digit inflation, too. Bush is […]

Cancer Patients and Their Doctors

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Flanders Dunbar (in Emotions and Bodily Changes) wrote: ?It does not matter whether the mind or the body is the primary seat of the disorder: in either case it is the patient who must be treated first, then the disease itself, and only then the symptoms.? The fact is, modern medicine is so preoccupied […]

Smoking - Why People Start and Why They Should Stop

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

The epidemic of smoking-related diseases is one that only the potential victims can abolish. Smoking is among the most common habits in the Western world and this dangerous habit will kill a large number of those who engage in it.

It is amazing to think that people would continue to smoke after their first experimental cigarette […]

Symptoms of Mesothelioma — Know More Suffer Less

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

What is Mesothelioma?

Mesothelioma can be defined as a rare form of cancer that affects mesothelium, the protective sac that covers most of the internal organs of the body. In this disease, the cells of the mesothelium become abnormal and they start dividing randomly. Mostly, the preliminary attack of Mesothelioma takes place in pleura or peritoneum […]

Lifestyle Choices May be a Predictor of Bladder Cancer

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

The thought itself is astounding: a way possibly exists to predict if a person could possibly contract bladder cancer in the future. In recent studies, debate is emerging in regards to one theory ? that lifestyle choices and the impact of living life a certain way may be related to bladder cancer. A recent study […]

Understanding Medical Statistics - A Layman's Guide

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Medicine is a science of statistics and nowhere is this more apparent than in cancer treatment.

Here is a guide to understanding some of the statistical terms you will run into when discussing cancer treatment.

Firstly, you need to know that no one can predict with total certainty any patient?s exact outcome. Instead, cancer mortality rates are […]

Cancer Patients: Go for Healing!

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Most people who come to see us are generally desperate and lost. They do not know what else to do. Some of them have never had any experience with cancer before. So they are unsure of what to do: to go for surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy? Yet many others are told […]

Cancer: The Ugly Truth About Chemotherapy

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

I received a fax of a news report: ?Widow of ?Superman? actor dies of lung cancer at age 44.? On the fax is scribbled: ?So much about scientific, evidence-based medicine!? The report said that the singer-actress died of lung cancer, a year and half after her ?Superman? husband had died. She died at […]

Vitamin D - A Closer Look At Cancer Prevention

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Vitamin D is the nutrient long known for it's critical role in the body's processing of calcium and subsequent maintenance of the bones and teeth. However, studies are revealing more and more evidence supporting the role of vitamin D in protecting the body by significantly cutting the risk for most forms of cancer. In fact, […]