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War on breasts leads to stress disorder

When it comes to breast cancer, it's war -- and our women are being bashed, beaten, battered and bloodied on the front lines.

The Painful Truth about Pain-Killers

When Bill Clinton said, “I feel your pain,” a large segment of his audience undoubtedly missed the point, given the numbers who are constantly zoned out on pain killers like oxycontin, percocet, methadone, and the like.

Enjoy Safer Grilling this Year with Rosemary and Cherries

For many of us, spring signals the start of grilling season. Unfortunately, grilling meat and cooking meat at high temperatures result in the formation of chemical compounds, which may increase the risk of cancer.

Steak with a heaping side of antibiotic resistance

I’ve written to you before about the growing problem of antibiotic resistance and how doctors give out these drugs like tic tacs. Well, now the story has taken on an unexpected twist. And this time it involves cows.

Could a toxic environment be making you sick?

While risk factors such as cigarette smoking and obesity are now widely recognized smoking guns in the growing U.S. cancer epidemic, a new report from the President’s Cancer Panel is exposing what I have been emphasizing for years now: Environmental pollutants—including toxic metals, pesticides, and other harmful chemicals—play an insidious role in the national cancer epidemic.

How far will they go to poison your daughter?

It's been linked to nearly 50 deaths. Girls who take this substance have developed blood clots and sometimes faint after that first shot. There are fears that it could cause infertility.

Antioxidant wards off cancer in older adults, smokers

This year, I want you get more vitamin E. This powerful antioxidant is one of your greatest weapons against cancer. But you've got to get enough of it to form a strong defense.

Sunning yourself for baby

Many pregnant women give up nearly everything while they're expecting--and most of those habits are worth quitting.

But whatever you do, don't surrender your time in the sun.

FDA Targets Harvard Doctor

The assault by the FDA on your supplements has turned into an all out war.

Mutant Food Fight

Did you hear the one about the mutant potato that almost took over Europe?


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