I'd just moved to Chicago to begin my residency at the University of Chicago Hospitals, and a new friend, I'll always be indebted to her gave me a book to read that changed my life. She shared her copy of A Cancer Therapy: Results of Fifty Cases and the Cure of Advanced Cancer by Diet Therapy by Max Gerson, MD. Read More

The importance of vitamin D and health continues to occur. A new study conducted by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine found that people with lower blood levels of vitamin D were twice as likely to die prematurely as people with higher blood levels of vitamin D. Read More 

Emotions coordinate our behavior and physiological states during survival-salient events and pleasurable interactions. Even though we are often consciously aware of our current emotional state, such as anger or happiness, the mechanisms giving rise to these subjective sensations have remained unresolved. Read More

Here's another reason to significantly reduce your consumption of soft drinks and sweetened fruit juices: A Swedish group of researchers determined the consumption of sweetened beverages such as soft drinks is associated with adverse effects on markers of cardiovascular risk. Read More

The main objective was to identify the relationship between major dietary patterns and breast cancer risk among Iranian women. A healthy dietary pattern may be negatively associated with breast cancer risk, while an unhealthy dietary pattern is likely to increase the risk among Iranian women. Read More