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The Body as an Ecology
KPFA broadcast date September 1, 2009
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett, PhD, authors of Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health, discuss a core principle in their practice: the body works as an integrated whole. Selected health issues are used as examples including practical application of the principle to support and restore health. Resources: Too Much Medicine, Not Enough Health by Jeffry Fawcett and Layna Berman; Resources from Your Own Health And Fitness listed by topic
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Breast Cancer and Early Puberty
KPFA broadcast date May 5, 2009
Nancy Evans, health science consultant to the Breast Cancer Fund, discusses the environmental causes of breast cancer and the early onset of puberty. Resources: Breast Cancer Fund www.breastcancerfund.org; Resources on cancer, resources on women’s health, resources on children’s health, and resources on environmental health
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Medical Decision Making
KPFA broadcast date January 13, 2009
Oleg Reznik, MD, author of The Secrets of Medical Decision Making discusses how to avoid becoming a victim of the health care machine. Resources: Oleg Reznik, MD website www.olegreznikmd.com; The Secrets of Medical Decision Making: How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of the Health Care Machine by Oleg Reznik; Resources on alternative healing, resources on health politics, resources on aging, resources on cancer, resources on children’s health, resources on heart health, resources on chronic illness, and resources on hormones
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Exercise and Disease Prevention
KPFA broadcast date January 6, 2009
Health educators Layna Berman and Jeffry Fawcett PhD discuss the role of exercise in preventing disease including specific recommendations on forms of exercise and training regimes. Resources: Resources on exercise and musculoskeletal health; also resources on aging, cancer, heart health, insulin resistance, hormones, and stress
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Hormone Replacement: How, Who, and When
KPFA broadcast date December 9, 2008
Health educator Layna Berman discusses the safe use of bio-identical hormones in both genders, including a discussion of research, testing, ratios, and delivery systems. Resources: Resources on hormones, resources on aging, and resources on cancer
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Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, and Soy
KPFA broadcast date September 30, 2008
Journalist Kaayla Daniel, PhD discusses why using soy as a therapy for cancers involving reproductive hormones is contraindicated. Resources: The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food by Kaalya Daniel; Weston A. Price Foundation Soy Alert!; and Soy Free Solutions www.soyfreesolutions.com; resources on cancer and on nutrition.
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Skin Protection and Health
KPFA broadcast date August 5, 2008
Skin specialist and author Marie-Véronique Nadeau discusses how to protect the skin without the use of dangerous chemicals, including the probable problems with the use of nanotechnology in skin products. Resources: The Yoga Facelift by Marie-Véronique Nadea; Marie Véronique Skin Therapy www.marieveronique.net website; Resources on cancer, resources on skin health, and resources on aging.
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Estrogen
KPFA broadcast date July 8, 2008
David Zava, PhD, co-author of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer, joins Layna Berman for a discussion about native estrogens, what the research reveals about them, how they work in the body, what balances their effects, and the maintenance of healthy levels. Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee, MD and David Zava, PhD; ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com; resources on hormones and resources on cancer
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Should You Be Tested For Cancer?
KPFA broadcast date February 19, 2008
Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, MD, MPH, Dartmouth Medical School, co-director of the VA Outcomes Group at the Department of Veterans Affairs, discusses why cancer tests are risky. Resources: Should I Be Tested For Cancer? by H. Gilbert Welch; resources on cancer
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Cancer Screening
KPFA broadcast date July 10, 2007
A discussion of cancer screening with Samuel Bogoch, MD, PhD, developer of the anti-malignin antibody test, a new, non-invasive screening method for the presence of cancer and its progression. Resources: Oncolab www.oncolabinc.com; Resources on cancer
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Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment Part 1
KPFA broadcast date May 22, 2007
Health integrationist Layna Berman and health educator Jeffry Fawcett, PhD discuss how to avoid common diagnoses and the medical interventions that are typically prescribed Resources: Should I Be Tested For Cancer? by H. Gilbert Welch; Resources on cancer; Resources on mind, mood, and stress; Resources on diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and obesity
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HPV Vaccine Risks
KPFA broadcast date March 20, 2007
Barbara Loe Fisher, president of the National Vaccine Information Center, discusses the risks from the campaign to mass vaccinate with the new HPV vaccine. Resources: National Vaccine Information Center www.nvic.org; A Shot in the Dark by Harris Coulter and Barbara Fisher and A Consumer’s Guide to Childhood Vaccines by Barbara Fisher; Resources on immunity, resources on cancer, and resources on children's health
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Noninvasive Cancer Treatment Advances
KPFA broadcast date December 19, 2006
Cancer specialist Stanislaw Burzynski MD, PhD discusses his highly effective noninvasive cancer treatment. Resources: The Burzynski Clinic www.burzynskiclinic.com.
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Cancer Treatment Alternatives
KPFA broadcast date May 9, 2006
Tanya Harter Pierce, MA, MFCC discusses the wide variety of successful alternatives to conventional cancer treatments. Resources: Outsmart Your Cancer: Alternative Non-Toxic Treatments that Work by Tanya Harter Pierce www.outsmartyourcancer.com; OncoLab; Resources on cancer
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DCIS Isn’t Cancer
KPFA broadcast date April 4, 2006
A discussion of the diagnosis and treatment of breast conditions such as ductile carcinoma in situ. Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava
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Choosing Cancer Therapies
KPFA broadcast date February 15, 2005
Cancer journalist Ralph W. Moss, PhD discusses choosing a cancer therapy. Resources: Ralph Moss's website www.ralphmoss.com
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Genetics, Folate, and Disease
KPFA broadcast date January 25, 2005
Orthomolecular physician Dr. Richard Kunin, MD discusses how treating genetically based nutrient deficiencies prevents disease. Resources: Orthomolecular Health Medicine Society www.ohmsociety.com; Orthomolecular Medicine News Service www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns
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Medical Radiation in the Promotion of Cancer and Heart Disease
KPFA broadcast date September 9, 2003
Dr. John Gofman, MD, PhD professor Emeritus, molecular and cell biology University of California, Berkeley, discusses his extensive research correlating cancer and heart disease to radiation exposure from
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Insulin Potentiation Cancer Therapy
KPFA broadcast date July 23, 2002
Dr. Steven Ayre discusses combining insulin potentiation therapy with chemotherapy, which results in a treatment without side effects
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The Politics of Cancer Revisited
KPFA broadcast date March 19, 2002
Dr. Samuel Epstein discusses the cancer establishment Resources: Cancer-Gate, The Politics of Cancer Revisited, and The Politics of Cancer by Samuel Epstein and the Cancer Prevention Coalition www.preventcancer.com/
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Hormones and Cancer
KPFA broadcast date November 13, 2001
Dr. David Zava, PhD, Director of ZRT Labs. Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com
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Why is Cancer Killing Our Pets?
KPFA broadcast date April 24, 2001
Deborah Straw examines treaments and protection Resources: Why is Cancer Killing Our Pets? by Deborah Straw
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Alternative Cancer Update
KPFA broadcast date March 13, 2001
Kenny Ausubel, founder of the Bioneers Conference, discusses alternative cancer treatment and prevention Resources: When Healing Becomes a Crime by Kenny Ausubel and the Bioneers Conference www.bioneers.org
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Alternative Treatments for Prostate Cancer
KPFA broadcast date November 21, 2000
Dr. Nicolas Gonzalez discusses non-invasive options for the treatment of prostate cancer
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The Attack on and the Return of Alternative Cancer Therapies
KPFA broadcast date October 17, 2000
Kenny Ausubel, founder of the Bioneers Conference, discusses the alternative cancer treatment of Dr. Harry Hoxsey Resources: When Healing Becomes a Crime by Kenny Ausubel and the Bioneers Conference www.bioneers.org
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Nutritive Cancer Therapy
KPFA broadcast date July 11, 2000
Dr. Nicolas Gonzalez
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Breast and Prostate Cancer Risks
KPFA broadcast date March 28, 2000
Physican John Lee, MD, and David Zava PhD, biochemist and breast cancer researcher discuss cancer risks for women and men posed by the use of drugs used to block sex hormones. Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause by John Lee and ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com
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Antineoplastin: Brain Cancer Breakthrough
KPFA broadcast date September 21, 1999
Stanislaw Burzynski MD, PhD
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Cancer and Nutrition
KPFA broadcast date February 23, 1999
Robert Crayhon M.S. Resources: The Carnitine Miracle and Robert Crayhon's Nutrition Made Simple by Robert Crayhon
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Breast Cancer and Hormones
KPFA broadcast date June 23, 1998
Dr. David Zava, Research Biochemist Resources: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer by John Lee and David Zava and ZRT Laboratory www.zrtlab.com
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Ovarian Cancer
KPFA broadcast date April 21, 1998
Maureen Redl, MFCC and Dr. David Minor Director of Oncology, California Pacific
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Dr. Burzynski and the FDA
KPFA broadcast date April 15, 1997
Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski MD, PhD discusses his battles with the cancer establishment
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Surviving Breast Cancer
KPFA broadcast date November 5, 1996
Laura Evers, Breast Cancer Survivior and Mountain Climber Resources: The Climb of My Life by Laura Evers
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Alternative Cancer Treatments
KPFA broadcast date September 10, 1996
Michael Lerner PhD, president and founder of Commonweal Resources: Choices in Healing by Michael Lerner
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Surviving Prostate Cancer
KPFA broadcast date July 16, 1996
Michael Korda Resources: Man to Man by Michael Korda
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Mind/Body/Spirit Approaches to Cancer Treatment
KPFA broadcast date April 16, 1996
Dr. Carl Simonton, MD Cancer Specialist Resources: The Healing Journey by Carl Simonton
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Articles

Overworked, Sick, and Injured
PHO #14
When and how much you work increases your risk of ill health, injury, and decreases your capacity to recover.
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Fruit, Fat, and Cancer
PHO #14
Badly designed research is a dangerous guide to protecting your health, especially when it’s heavily publicized.
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Chemical Exposures and Breast Cancer
PHO #13
As money and attention are lavished on treatment and screening, little is done about the environmental causes of breast cancer.
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The Cervical Cancer Vaccine
PHO #12
The Cervical Cancer Vaccine: A miracle vaccine for cervical cancer? Not if you ignore the hype and look at the science.
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Cancer Misinformation
PHO #11
Cancer Misinformation: The system that reports cancer research sends misleading messages on cancer science
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Cancer Statistics
PHO #8
Cancer by the Numbers: A new report celebrates improved chances of surviving cancer. But some of the numbers don't add up.
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Meat and Cancer
PHO #5
Meat and Cancer: Researchers claim red meat causes colon cancer, but the evidence isn't there
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Mammograms
PHO #2
Too Few Mammograms: Why Big Box Medicine worries and why you shouldn't
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