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...question has been around for a long time," said Brendan A. Maher, Henderson professor of the psychology of personality. "Others have shown that [success of recovery] is not closely tied to the severity of mental illness. The problem has been identifying the actual link...
...show that it can be done, Henderson in Seattle completed a three-year pilot study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, of 2,000 postmenopausal women who were painstakingly taught how to follow a 20% fat diet. "We give them a Ph.D. in fat," she explains. Her hope was that the pilot would lead to NIH funding of a 10-year effort with 24,000 women. No such luck. A competing proposal for a similar study that would cost $107 million was on the verge of being financed when an NCI advisory panel decided last month...
...total calories), their estrogen levels quickly drop by 20%. Advocates of the dietary-fat theory regard this observation as a crucial bit of supporting evidence. Given estrogen's established role in promoting breast cancer, the fact that fatty foods directly affect estrogen levels means that, as Maureen Henderson puts it, "it's biologically rational that fat can influence cancer...
...fuss over fish oil and polyunsaturates in the world of heart disease, one might wonder if the type of fat consumed makes any difference. "The data are very confusing on this," admits Rose. Some researchers believe that certain fats are more villainous than others with respect to cancer, but Henderson and others say all fat should be reduced. Drastically...
...have died of complications, mostly infections, 16 are in complete remission, seemingly disease free. "That means 1 in every 4 is a long-term survivor," he says. Others are not persuaded. "I am not convinced that we have the benefits to justify the toxicity," says Harvard oncologist I. Craig Henderson, noting that, regardless of treatment, 10% of women with advanced, metastatic disease will be alive after 10 years. Such doubts have led many insurance companies to refuse to pay for the procedure, which typically costs about...