Are you getting enough sun?
Studies suggest vitamin D prevents cancer and infections Kim Ridley| September 2007 issue A spate of new studies suggests vitamin D offers health benefits far beyond strengthening bones. Researchers report that “the sunshine vitamin” may cut cancer risks and help the immune system fight Read More...
What we know can't hurt us
Why the world needs the right data. Amy Domini | September 2007 issue The Massachusetts shore has lured visitors and new residents to its fabled beaches and healthy lifestyle for generations. There you find bicyclists along the paths, older folks practising tai chi on the village squares and strong Read More...
The end is a beginning
Discovering the true meaning of death. David Servan-Schreiber| September 2007 issue Daniel is getting ready to die. He is 32 years old. Like me, he is a physician. For months, his body has been under attack from a lymphoma that came out of nowhere. He often talks things over with me. I listen to Read More...
The end of the war against cancer
Women are now the main victimsTijn Touber | December 2004 issue The war against cancer is being won… but not by the pharmaceutical industry. Not even by the medical profession. The war, which was declared over 30 years ago by former U.S. president Richard Nixon, is not even being won in Read More...
Vaccine against cancer
Oncologist Robert Gorter is seeing success in using patients' own "killer" cells to battle cancer. Ode visited his clinic in Cologne, Germany. Tijn Touber | September 2006 issue Six months. That was how long 59-year-old Joe Pacini was expected to live—at least according to the doctors who were Read More...
Using homeopathy to treat cancer
Kim Ridley | Jan/Feb 2006 issue In the mid 1980s, A. U. Ramakrishnan, a homeopath based in Madras, India, started seeing more cancer patients filling his waiting room. That only made him more determined to find homeopathic treatments for the disease, which had claimed the lives of his two older Read More...
'Chemotherapy helps cure cancer... and the earth is flat'
Cancer is perhaps the most feared disease in our modern society. For many it's a death sentence, as effective treatments are scarce. Lothar Hirneise travelled the world in search of successful methods of treatment. His discovery: anyone can find a solution to cancer. But brazen confidence is an Read More...