Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Diseases - Breast Cancer    4. Health & Healing - Cancer    5. Women's Health - Breast Care   

Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Diet therapy    4. Diseases - Cancer    5. Health/Fitness    6. Nutrition    7. Nutritional aspects    8. Prevention    9. Diets & dieting   

Editorial Review

"A growing body of scientific evidence clearly shows that most cancers can be prevented, not through new medical breakthroughs or miracle drugs, but simply through the way we live," writes the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), which has been conducting cancer research and education programs since 1982. "Researchers now estimate that 60 percent to 70 percent of all cancers are directly linked to the foods we eat and related lifestyle factors, including smoking, exercise, and obesity."Read more

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A solid, sensible approach to reducing cancer risk.
The American Institute for Cancer Research has long been known as a leader in the field of diet, nutrition and cancer.This new handbook for cancer prevention presents findings from some of the latest research in this fieldand translates it into practical actions anyone can take for lower cancerrisk.Read more

Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diseases - Cancer    5. General    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health/Fitness    8. Healthy Living    9. Prevention    10. Health & Fitness / Healthy Living   

Editorial Review

If cancer and heart disease are so frightening, then why is 1 in 3 Americans obese, and why does only 1 in 10 eat the recommended number of servings of fruits and vegetables? The American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association, here in their first jointly written book, think it may be because of the onslaught of conflicting health information announced by the media. It's also a byproduct of managed care, because you're likely to be told you have high blood pressure and have a prescription swiftly given to you, whether or not you know how dangerous this may be, what your exact reading was, or what "blood pressure" really means. Read more

Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diets - Better Health    5. Diseases    6. Diseases - Cancer    7. Diseases - Heart    8. Health/Fitness    9. Heart    10. Prevention    11. Health & Fitness / General    12. Popular medicine   

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The 20 Percent Solution for A Healthy Life
One of the best books on the subject, if not thee best. I've read Pritikin, McDougal, Depak Shopak (spelling), Ornish, even Susan Powter, and all the others during a 1 year exhaustive search of the medical facts onheart health and disease. This is the only book I continue to recommend toabsolutely everyone who wants the truth about animal fat and it'srelationship to whatever ails you, from heart disease to depression. Ipersonally have not had one single day of depression since I wentcompletely off dairy products. Kurzweil has changed my life and it's beenone of the answers I had been looking for for many years. Nutrition isdefinitely one of the cures for all maladies. All who read this book can'thelp but benefit for themselves and those they love or cook for.

It will change your life for the better.
I picked up this book because I was ambling along 20 lbs overweight, approaching 50 and not feeling all that good about myself.What I read was completely in sync with what I always knew to be true but was presented insuch a no-nonsense style that I decided to act on it.The results havebeen better than I hoped for.Read this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet Therapy    3. Diets - General    4. Diseases    5. Health/Fitness    6. Heart    7. Low-fat diet    8. Nutritional aspects    9. Personal Health    10. Prevention    11. Non-Classifiable   

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Diseases - Cancer    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health/Fitness    6. Oncology    7. Health & Fitness / Diseases / Cancer   

Editorial Review

The war on cancer, according to investigative reporter and community activist Liane Clorfene-Casten, seems to be a losing battle--badly waged and severely mismanaged. Tracking how companies create the very toxins that cause cancer and then profit from the "cures" they peddle, Clorfene-Casten takes to task the government, the American Cancer Society, and various corporate giants to craft a chilling report on the big business that breast cancer has become.Read more

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No chance to to verify what the author wrote.
I am a Federal Government-funded medical researcher (MD, PhD); I have never received a penny from chemical industries for my research. My speciality is breast cancer, especially focusing on effects of estrogens and environmental estrogenic chemicals on breast cancer, which is one of the major topics of this book. My scientific opinion that enviromental chemicals are likely to play significant roles in the eiology of breast cancer is consistent with the major emphasis of this book. Fabulous book
I lost my mother to breast cancer and a year later I got diagnoised with breast cancer.I began to do research as to the causes and this book is one of my favorites!!The author explaines the politics and pollution that contribute to cancer and names names. She also explains why the incidence of cancer contnues to grow.I tell people that they will never have a boring dinner conversation after reading this book.I think every person should have this book in their library. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Breast    2. Cancer    3. Consumer Health    4. Diet / Health / Fitness    5. Diseases - Breast Cancer    6. Environmental aspects    7. Health Care Issues    8. Politics/International Relations    9. Family & Health    10. Political Science / General   

Subjects:  1. Cookery (Broccoli)    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. General    4. Health/Fitness    5. High-fiber diet    6. Low-fat diet    7. Recipes    8. Specific Ingredients - Vegetables    9. Cancer    10. Cookery (Beans)    11. Non-Classifiable   

Subjects:  1. Health/Fitness    2. Nutrition And Diet    3. Family & Health   

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Not too bad
This book was not too bad for a reference regarding Melanoma, however, the information is beginning to become a bit dated.

Good, clear reference of types and treatments of melanoma.
When diagnosed with malignant melanoma last year, I needed information FAST.I found this book helpful, especially for understanding the terminology the doctors were using.It was clear and easy to understand, and thorough. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Diseases - Cancer    4. Health/Fitness    5. Melanoma    6. Popular works    7. Skin    8. Coping with personal problems   

Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Diet    3. Diet therapy    4. Prevention    5. Recipes   

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Absolutely a must for anyone who aspires to a long life !!
Concise, well written with flashes of brilliance. Anyone can understand the principles of a healthy lifestyle set forth in this book. Cancer is first and foremost a disease, which left unchecked kills and does so without impunity. If there are things we can do to fight it's onslaught, don't you think we should be doing them ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Cancer Prevention    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diseases - Cancer    5. Health/Fitness    6. Prevention    7. Medical / General    8. Popular medicine    9. Public health & preventive medicine   

Subjects:  1. Diet / Health / Fitness    2. Diseases - Cancer    3. Health/Fitness    4. Popular medicine   

Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Cardiovascular Diseases    3. Congresses    4. Coronary Disease    5. Coronary heart disease    6. Diets - General    7. Health & Fitness    8. Health Care Issues    9. Health/Fitness    10. Nutritional aspects    11. Prevention & control    12. Preventive Medicine   

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Brilliant and prophetic
I bought this book when it first came out in 1993, and everything journalist Carol Ann Rinzler said then has now become accepted by the top medical researchers.Estrogen (especially when combined with progestin) DOES cause breast cancer, and the supposed benefits of estrogens for preventing heart disease are now being hotly debated.The HERS study (the first big randomized controlled trial on women with heart disease)actually found women had more heart attacks during the first year than women not on HRT. If you still have any doubt that estrogen causes breast cancer, READ THIS BOOK.Only when we're fully informed can women make clear-headed decisions about whether or not to take estrogen drugs for the rest of our lives.

Good case re estrogen causing increase in breast cancer
An good example of, I have no conflict of interest, journalism. Ms. Rinzler has done her homework. She makes a sound case for the idea that the exponential increase in Breast Cancer is mostly the result of the massive introduction of estrogen into women's lives. Birth Control Pills, Hormone Replacement Therapy, DES and more, are all clearly implicated. Why then do they continue to be sold, with ever increasing favor? Why is this being denied/ignored? Why is this just shuffled off as a factor to consider? Why has this book received so little attention? Women should read, study and meditate on this book. Take it to heart. Ask yourself these questions. A fine example of excellent journalism, well written, staight foward and easy to read ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Breast    2. Breast Cancer    3. Cancer    4. Diet / Health / Fitness    5. Estrogen    6. Etiology    7. Health/Fitness    8. Hormone Therapy    9. Prevention    10. Side effects    11. Therapeutic use    12. Women's Health - Breast Care    13. Women's health   

Subjects:  1. Medical / Nursing    2. Oncology   

Subjects:  1. Breast    2. Breast Cancer    3. Breast Neoplasms    4. Cancer    5. Cancer Prevention    6. Consumer Health    7. Diet / Health / Fitness    8. Diseases - Breast Cancer    9. General    10. Gynecology & Obstetrics    11. Health & Fitness    12. Medical    13. Oncology    14. Prevention    15. Risk factors    16. Women's Health - General    17. prevention & control    18. Medical / Oncology    19. Medical-Gynecology & Obstetrics    20. Medical-Oncology   

Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Diet therapy    3. Medical    4. Oncology    5. Vegetarianism   

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Cancer    3. Congresses    4. Health education    5. Health/Fitness    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Nutrition    8. Nutritional aspects    9. Oncology    10. Prevention    11. Medical / Oncology   

Editorial Review

We are bombarded by health scares and conflicting advice. How do we know what to believe? And more important, how do we know what to Read more

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lovedthe charts...
The book's charts are fantastic!They give all the info womenneed to determinerisk catagories and are the best part of the book.In very small print it says Rita Watson MPH designed them. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Diet / Health / Fitness    2. Diseases    3. Health & Fitness    4. Health/Fitness    5. Prevention    6. Risk factors    7. Women    8. Women's Health - General    9. Bargain