surgery

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Topic summary contributed by volunteer(s): Daniel

While the progress of modern medicine has brought incredible advancements in surgery, lifestyle changes may be more preferable than surgery. Many surgeries still carry a great deal of risk, making diet and other healthy habits a safer alternative. Lifestyle medicine, including the adoption of a plant-based diet, may be able to reverse the progression of heart disease prevent the need for heart surgery.

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Black Salve as an Alternative Cancer Cure

Is black salve (a paste made from bloodroot) safe and effective for the treatment of skin cancer?

Is Aloe Vera Gel the Best Treatment for Lichen Planus?

We should never swallow aloe vera, but what about topical use for a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease compared to steroids?

Viagra & Cancer

The role of erectile dysfunction drugs like Cialis and Levitra in the promotion and progression of prostate cancer and melanoma.

Should Women with Fibroids Avoid Soy?

Is soy harmful, harmless, or helpful when it comes to uterine fibroids?

Is Aloe Effective for Blood Pressure, Inflammatory Bowel, Wound Healing, and Burns?

The risks and benefits of aloe vera.

The Pros & Cons of Mammograms

Fact Boxes can quantify benefits and harms in a clear and accessible format.

Why Patients Aren’t Informed About Mammograms

If doctors don’t understand health statistics how can they possibly counsel patients properly?

Why Mammograms Don’t Appear to Save Lives

“Early” detection is actually really late. Without mammograms, breast cancer may not be caught for an average of 22.8 years, but with mammograms, breast cancer may only grow and spread for 21.4 years.

Breast Cancer and the 5-Year Survival Rate Myth

Breast Cancer & the 5-Year Survival Rate Myth

Watching this video, you’ll know more than an estimated 97% of doctors about a critical concept called lead-time bias.

Women Deserve to Know the Truth About Mammograms

What do 9 in 10 women say they were never told about mammograms, even though they thought they had the right to know?

Overtreatment of Stage 0 Breast Cancer DCIS

9 out of 10 women don’t realize that some breast cancers would never have caused any problems (or even become known in one’s lifetime). This is an issue ductal carcinoma in situ has brought to the fore.

Understanding the Mammogram Paradox

The mammogram paradox is that women who are harmed the most are the ones who claim the greatest benefit.