- Precautionary measures for cell phone use in light of a new long-term study suggesting that an hour a day of cell phone conversation may double the risk of a brain tumor. Tips include not using the phone while traveling at high speeds, not sleeping with it near your body, not letting children until the age of 12 use them.
- Reduce exposure to the harmful effects of polycarbonate plastics present in soda can linings, food containers, some baby bottles and more.
- Structure your diets around nature's most nutrient-rich, cancer-fighting foods, based on brand-new research on mushrooms, stone fruits, and olive oil.
- Groundbreaking example of food synergy: tomato and broccoli for instance fight cancer more effectively together than either alone.
- Sugars and bleached flours which are so common in the Western diet need to be avoided because they contribute to cancer, diabetes, and obesity.
- The cancer-fighting power of green tea: several cups a day may reduce breast cancer relapse by 57% and prostate tumor growth by 50 percent.
- Why human connection is so important. For example, a large scale study found that breast cancer patients who could name ten friends were four times more likely to survive their illness.
David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and cofounder of the Center for Integrative Medicine.
He is a founding member of Doctors Without Borders USA and continues to work in international crisis intervention. His last book The Instinct to Heal has been translated into 28 languages. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Paris, France.
David will be Talk, Q&A and Signing on January 14th from 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
University of California San Francisco Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
"Healthy Living Series"
1600 Divisadero Street 2nd Floor in "Herbst Hall"
San Francisco, CA 94115
Website: www.osher.ucsf.edu
Seating is limited and light refreshments will be provided, so please RSVP to the UCSF Cancer Resource Center at 415.885.3693.
About the Book:
Did you know that cancer cells lie dormant in every human being? And the majority of cancers are caused by lifestyle choices, not genetics? Dr. David Servan-Schreiber, clinical professor of psychiatry and cofounder of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, learned this the hard way at the age of 31 when, while a subject in his own brain scanning experiment, he discovered he had a malignant brain tumor the size of a walnut.
Over the next fifteen years, he exhaustively researched the body's natural cancer-fighting capacities and in his New York Times bestselling book "ANTICANCER: A New Way of Life," Servan-Schreiber breaks down the science behind what causes cancer and how you can prevent it in a way no other book has. Originally published in September 2008, ANTICANCER, this revised and updated new edition of "ANTICANCER: A New Way of Life" has the latest research on how to fight cancer.
Cancer rates have soared in the West since the 1940s. And while medical technology has rapidly advanced since then, Western doctors to this day offer very little advice on how cancer patients can harness the body's natural defenses against tumor growth.
From diet to household product use, fitness to mental health, Dr. Servan-Schreiber offers a vast number of ways that you can change your everyday actions to inhibit cancer cell development. Blending memoir with overwhelming scientific evidence, ANTICANCER is revolutionary in its clarity. Without a doubt, it will change the way you think about cancer.
For more information, visit www.anticancerbook.com.
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