Social Class and Cancer
I have just finished reading George Eliot’s wonderful novel “Middlemarch.” Whenever I read a book or see a movie from the Victorian era, I am
January 3, 2025
I have just finished reading George Eliot’s wonderful novel “Middlemarch.” Whenever I read a book or see a movie from the Victorian era, I am
In ancient times, ignorance about the workings of nature and the universe resulted in almost all people having a belief in one or another deity
heI am frequently asked about clusters—the occurrence of cancer cases in a given neighborhood or building or other population thought to be unusually high and
Bacteria and humans are very different from each other. Therefore, it is relatively simple to find metabolic differences between the two species that can be
A well-known 1981 analysis of the causes of cancer estimated that occupational exposures were responsible for 2-3% of cancer. Subsequent analyses have not much altered
A discussion of communication of the diagnosis of cancer and the end of life to patients is not an easy one. Maybe 40 years ago
Three old fellows are talking about what they want the rabbi to say at their funerals. Sam says, “I want the rabbi to talk about
My mother had a brief illness and died when I was 8 years old. Several months later, I had the same illness along with complications.
Part II Last week we introduced the subject of Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium in the stomach that has been found to be associated with gastritis
Part I Some stories in cancer discovery really need a movie—this is one of them. Let us start by reflecting that it is estimated that
