Third-Hand Smoke
Thanks to Daniel Horowitz for alerting me to third-hand smoke. I guess then if you pass on epigentic mutations to your children from third-hand smoke exposure it’s called fourth-hand smoke?… Related...
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Early Detection: better late than never
Here is the scariest image in all of cancer: Graph from Fortune Magazine article. It’s cancer’s inconvenient truth that despite the trillions (with a “t”) of dollars spent trying to cure it so far,...
View ArticlePreventing Cancer Through DNA Replacement?
On the Cancer Complexity forum, I pose a question: if we could somehow replace all the damaged DNA in each of the cells of your body with an undamaged copy on a continuous basis, would that prevent you...
View ArticleDecrease Red Meat Consumption
This is not news, health professionals of all sorts have been saying this for a long time. ABC News features a recent study supporting this. A relevant footnote near the end of the article though:...
View ArticlePhysics.Cancer.GOV
Yesterday, from the Director of the National Cancer Institute, addressing one of the two largest cancer research conferences of the year: NCI commenced a series of workshops that began to bring aspects...
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Cancer as a Complex Adaptive System
Heng, et al recently published a review paper that brings together and touches on many different aspects of cancer complexity. I thought this an opportunity to selectively quote the paper and organize...
View ArticleA Meditation on Biological Modeling
This is not my meditation, it was created by Cellucidate: Click here to view the embedded video. What’s really great about it, in addition to the message itself, is that it uses visual language to make...
View ArticleShould You Use Sunscreen?
This is a very complex topic, as the following talk suggests: Click here to view the embedded video. The main takeaways from this that I got are: Cancers for which sunlight deficit is a risk factor are...
View ArticleHow Many Calories for a Dollar?
Michael Pollan, as always, making perfect sense: Now watch Will Allen on urban farming… Click here to view the embedded video. Related posts: The Link Between Food & Healthcare Reform Should You...
View ArticleApproaching a Cure for Cancer
James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double-helix structure recently called for a back to basics approach in dealing with cancer. In previous post threads I’ve discussed cancer’s complexity and in...
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