The 2012 Arch Intern Med red meat-mortality study: The “protective” effect of smoking anorexia, body fat, cancer, correlation does not imply causation, mortality, smoking In a previous post ( ) I used WarpPLS ( ) to analyze the model below, using data reported in a recent study looking at the relationship betw... Read More
Latitude and cancer rates in US states: Aaron Blaisdell’s intuition confirmed aging, cancer, obesity, vitamin D, warppls In the comments section of my previous post on cancer rates in the US states ( ) my friend Aaron Blaisdell noted that: …comparing states t... Read More
Body mass index and cancer deaths in various US states BMI, body fat, cancer, research, tumor necrosis factor-alpha Ancel Keys is often heavily criticized for allegedly originating the fat phobia that we see today in the US and other countries, perhaps wit... Read More
Aging and cancer: The importance of taking a hard look at the numbers aging, cancer, statistics, warppls The table below is from a study by Hayat and colleagues ( ). It illustrates one common trend regarding cancer – it increases dramatically i... Read More
A viral cure for cancer only a few years away? cancer, oncolytic virus, oncovirus, research Adopting an evolutionarily sound lifestyle may reduce the probability that one will develop cancer, but there will be those who will never... Read More
Adiponectin, inflammation, diabetes, and heart disease adiponectin, body fat, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, inflammation, research Humans, like many animals, evolved to be episodic eaters and spend most of their time fasting. Body fat is the main store of energy in the h... Read More
The China Study one more time: Are raw plant foods giving people cancer? cancer, China Study, J curve, multivariate analysis, refined carbs, research, statistics, U curve, warppls In this previous post I analyzed some data from the China Study that included counties where there were cases of schistosomiasis infection.... Read More
The China Study again: A multivariate analysis suggesting that schistosomiasis rules! cancer, China Study, multivariate analysis, research, statistics, warppls In the comments section of Denise Minger’s post on July 16, 2010 , which discusses some of the data from the China Study (as a follow up to ... Read More