Next Generation Choices Foundation

11 09, 2013

Mammography: A Limited Tool for Early Detection of Breast Cancer

By |2017-11-10T21:05:52-05:00September 11th, 2013|Bill Couzens, LessCancer.org, M.D., Mammograms, Margaret Cuomo|

Margaret I. Cuomo, M.D.Board-certified radiologist; Board member, Lesscancer.org; Author, 'A World Without Cancer' Mammography has been the gold standard for early detection of breast cancer since the 1970s but has been surrounded by controversy more recently. In 2009, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended that routine screening mammography begin at

10 09, 2013

Free Film Screening & Cancer Panel Discussion at the US Capitol September 19th

By |2017-11-10T21:05:52-05:00September 10th, 2013|Uncategorized|

Did you know that toxic chemicals can be found in our skincare, cosmetics, household products, furniture, flooring... even our food, water and air? And children's toys?! Toxins don’t belong in any of these things… but industry and government advise us that our products contain “acceptable levels” of chemicals. What happens when all of these toxins

2 09, 2013

Tips for Reducing Chemicals Associated with Cancer Risks

By |2017-11-10T21:05:52-05:00September 2nd, 2013|Uncategorized|

Jamie McConnell is director of programs and policy for Women’s Voices for the Earth. In one way or another cancer invades all of our lives—whether it’s your diagnosis, a family member’s, or a friend.  In my relatively short time on this earth (35 years) my grandfather was diagnosed with bladder cancer and a

29 08, 2013

Why Dieting Must Die

By |2017-11-10T21:05:52-05:00August 29th, 2013|Uncategorized|

by David Katz, M.D. Founding Director, Yale Prevention Research Center   Imagine a family -- or for that matter, any number of families -- in which everyone is hungry, thin as a rail, struggling to get enough to eat, and prone to starvation. Imagine the familial skin tautly stretched over protuberant ribs. Now

28 08, 2013

Toxic Chemicals and Our Health: What’s the Connection?

By |2017-11-10T21:05:52-05:00August 28th, 2013|Uncategorized|

by Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Director for Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families is a coalition of over 450 public health, environmental, community and parent organizations working to protect American families from toxic chemicals. Lindsal Dahl is the organization's Deputy Director. Agreement is growing across the political spectrum and among scientists, health

23 08, 2013

Toxic Chemicals in Our Environment and Bodies

By |2017-11-10T21:05:52-05:00August 23rd, 2013|Uncategorized|

Film Maker Ed BrownUnacceptable Levels examines the results of the chemical revolution of the 1940s through the eyes of affable filmmaker Ed Brown, a father seeking to understand the world in which he and his wife are raising their children. To create this debut documentary, one man and his camera traveled extensively to find

22 08, 2013

Cancer….. Its Personal

By |2017-11-10T21:05:53-05:00August 22nd, 2013|Uncategorized|

Cancer is a very personal thing. Seemingly, whenever the subject comes up, someone has a side, a position, an experience. Not just an experience, but a life changing  defining moment in an individual’s life. A disease that for some is not open for discussion, but for many is seemingly the “law” when dealing with or approaching

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