Dr. Robert Wascher

Welcome to Weekly Health Update New research confirms that physicians frequently suffer from mental illness, and are more reluctant than non-physicians to seek help. PHYSICIANS AND MENTAL ILLNESS While physicians are less likely than the general population to die from heart disease or cancer, we doc...
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Welcome to Weekly Health Update A new clinical study has found that our level of empathy and compassion may be determined by the oxytocin receptor gene, and that even strangers can detect which version of this gene we possess. OXYTOCIN GENE VARIATIONS MAY DETERMINE KINDNESS A fascinating new study r...
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Welcome to Weekly Health Update A large new meta-analysis study indicates that a diet rich in whole grain foods significantly decreases colorectal cancer risk DIETARY FIBER AND COLON AND RECTAL CANCER PREVENTION For many years, it was widely believed that a diet rich in fiber, and rich in fresh frui...
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Welcome to Weekly Health Update A large meta-analysis suggests that aspirin may lower a womans risk of developing breast cancer. ASPIRIN MAY HELP TO PREVENT BREAST CANCER As I have discussed in my bestselling book,A Cancer Prevention Guide for the Human Race, aspirin may have an important potential ...
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Welcome to Weekly Health Update A large new public health research study from China suggests that drinking green tea at least 3 times per week may cut colorectal cancer risk in half, but only among nonsmokers. GREEN TEA MAY PREVENT COLON AND RECTAL CANCER As I have written about in my bestselling bo...
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