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(Yahoo) Interesting "In Amazon, a frustrated search for cancer cures." They should try Borders or Barnes & Noble, then   (news.yahoo.com) divider line 28
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TheAnvil 2009-11-19 02:04:02 PM  
Support your local bookstore!

 
flyingmonkeysreign 2009-11-19 02:06:30 PM  
Sure, they say they'll notify you when the product become available, but they never will.

 
zipdog 2009-11-19 02:09:45 PM  
Did they come upon the Wattgate 381 Audio Grade Duplex Socket? (new window) It's miraculous.

/Thanks, Wattgate

 
Britney Spear's Speculum [TotalFark] 2009-11-19 02:11:59 PM  
But Shaggy_C said borders are racist!

 
yarzan 2009-11-19 02:20:19 PM  
Cures what?

 
Jclark666 2009-11-19 02:27:15 PM  
farm4.static.flickr.com

/understand completely

 
flyingmonkeysreign 2009-11-19 02:30:10 PM  
zipdog: Did they come upon the Wattgate 381 Audio Grade Duplex Socket? (new window) It's miraculous.

/Thanks, Wattgate


LOL that's awesome

 
Quasar [TotalFark] 2009-11-19 02:34:18 PM  
Jclark666: /understand completely

*shakes tiny fist of rage*

 
StrikitRich 2009-11-19 02:44:55 PM  
Maybe they should try India instead of the Amazon?

 
MLWS 2009-11-19 02:48:39 PM  
flyingmonkeysreign: zipdog: Did they come upon the Wattgate 381 Audio Grade Duplex Socket? (new window) It's miraculous.

/Thanks, Wattgate

LOL that's awesome


The reviews are priceless.

 
Fano 2009-11-19 02:51:21 PM  
Jclark666: /understand completely

I've losssht it!

 
big_pth [TotalFark] 2009-11-19 03:01:24 PM  
Jclark666: /understand completely

IT'S THE DAMN ANTS!!!! Even Tony Soprano's shrink knew that.

 
Handsome B. Wonderful 2009-11-19 03:12:42 PM  
Ahh one of the bigger environmental lies of yesteryear, that there's a magical cure for cancer in the Amazon just waiting to be found.

 
Greystoke 2009-11-19 03:40:37 PM  
Customers who bought this item also bought:

World Peace
An End to Global Warming
Racial Harmony

 
2wolves [TotalFark] 2009-11-19 03:53:22 PM  
Handsome B. Wonderful: Ahh one of the bigger environmental lies of yesteryear, that there's a magical cure for cancer in the Amazon just waiting to be found.

Still waiting. Are you qualified to state some simply wonderful drugs aren't there?

 
spacermase 2009-11-19 04:43:41 PM  
Handsome B. Wonderful: Ahh one of the bigger environmental lies of yesteryear, that there's a magical cure for cancer in the Amazon just waiting to be found.

Well, strictly speaking, one could look for potential cures or other bio-applications in pretty much any ecosystem. However, the rainforests are known for having absurd levels of diversity, so statistically you're more likely to find something interesting there, as opposed to, say, a temperate forest, or a prairie.

 
Jeng 2009-11-19 04:44:46 PM  
2wolves: Handsome B. Wonderful: Ahh one of the bigger environmental lies of yesteryear, that there's a magical cure for cancer in the Amazon just waiting to be found.

Still waiting. Are you qualified to state some simply wonderful drugs aren't there?


Man, I hear there are some Awesome Drugs in the Amazon, stuff that will keep you up for days tripping balls. I fully support research into this.

Oh, and that blue permanent dye should also really be looked into, needle less tattooing would be a great moneymaker.

 
Linux_Yes [TotalFark] 2009-11-19 05:59:10 PM  
you dumbasses want to cure cancer.

give you a hint.....the U.S. and other first world coontries are the leaders in causing cancer.

follow the way they eat in Asia.


eat natural, whole foods, not processed shhitt.

reduce meat intake. meat should be a side dish,not the main course.humans have long intestines like herbivores, not short ones like meat eaters. meat putrifies quickly.

main course should be of plant origin, like rice, potatoes, etc.

get plenty of sleep. 8 hrs for most people.

stay away from drugs: yes, caffeine and alcohol are drugs. i have a cup of tea in the morning, but that is it.

avoid smoking, tobacco, etc. no brainer.

limit/reduce stress. that will kill you too as studies have shown.

exercise. aerobic and muscle strenght.

laugh alot. for example, read Fark and see the mind numbing ignorance that abounds. course, there are some smart, creative stuff too. ymmv.

that's it folks, THAT is how you avoid cancer.

PS --if you live long enough, cancer is inevitable bec. every time a cell divides, its not quite as good as the original.


cheers!

 
Linux_Yes [TotalFark] 2009-11-19 06:00:54 PM  
Linux_Yes: you dumbasses want to cure cancer.

give you a hint.....the U.S. and other first world coontries are the leaders in causing cancer.

follow the way they eat in Asia.


eat natural, whole foods, not processed shhitt.

reduce meat intake. meat should be a side dish,not the main course.humans have long intestines like herbivores, not short ones like meat eaters. meat putrifies quickly.

main course should be of plant origin, like rice, potatoes, etc.

get plenty of sleep. 8 hrs for most people.

stay away from drugs: yes, caffeine and alcohol are drugs. i have a cup of tea in the morning, but that is it.

avoid smoking, tobacco, etc. no brainer.

limit/reduce stress. that will kill you too as studies have shown.

exercise. aerobic and muscle strenght.

laugh alot. for example, read Fark and see the mind numbing ignorance that abounds. course, there are some smart, creative stuff too. ymmv.

that's it folks, THAT is how you avoid cancer.

PS --if you live long enough, cancer is inevitable bec. every time a cell divides, its not quite as good as the original.


cheers!



some people may be predisposed to cancer because of genetic makeup. this is rare. if you are one of those, you're farked.

 
Linux_Yes [TotalFark] 2009-11-19 06:05:46 PM  
i forgot. keep your weight down. fatty people are more prone to health problems, including cancer.


sorry for being long winded but i'm tire of the snake oil frkkks who are trying to sell a cancer cure in a bottle. its not in a bottle. its in what you put in your body and how you treat your body.


so stuff it, Doctor know it alls.

PS --environmental pollution/poisons will give you cancer too, but you can't do a whole lot about avoiding that, for ex. if you live in a dirty air city.

 
Olthoi 2009-11-19 07:00:22 PM  
I'm off for taking care of one's body, but claiming modern medicine in useless is laughable.

If it weren't for modern medicine, you wouldn't understand any of what you just said.

 
dopirt 2009-11-19 07:12:03 PM  
Linux_Yes: you dumbasses want to cure cancer.

give you a hint.....the U.S. and other first world coontries are the leaders in causing cancer.

follow the way they eat in Asia.


eat natural, whole foods, not processed shhitt.

Enjoy only 2 cosmetics, enough sleep & Dr. Bronner's "Magic Soap" to clean body-mind-soul-spirit instantly uniting One! All-One! Absolute cleanliness is Godliness! For facial packs, scalp & soothing body rub, add dash on bath towel in sink of hot water....

cheers!



Yeah, yeah, go sell you peppermint soap somewhere else Dr. Bronner.

/Wink

 
Nameless_One 2009-11-19 07:53:58 PM  
The Amazon cure for cancer is on the level of El Dorado, and the Fountain of Youth. Not there.

 
Thenixon 2009-11-19 08:13:48 PM  
Linux_Yes: PS --if you live long enough, cancer is inevitable bec. every time a cell divides, its not quite as good as the original.

I bet you'd have been super if you had stopped at zygote.

 
No Such Agency 2009-11-19 08:39:41 PM  
Handsome B. Wonderful:
Ahh one of the bigger environmental lies of yesteryear, that there's a magical cure for cancer in the Amazon just waiting to be found.

Well it would help if cancer was one disease, instead of a catch-all term for every time a cell goes genetically full-retard and decides that "malignant neoplasia" sounds much more fun than "physiological team-player followed by orderly apoptosis".

 
blazemongr 2009-11-19 09:44:28 PM  
Jclark666: /understand completely

Came for this, leaving satisfied.

 
Greystoke 2009-11-19 09:56:45 PM  
I suppose there's always the Amazon practice of lopping off a breast...

 
Samwise Gamgee 2009-11-19 11:26:03 PM  
graphics8.nytimes.com

 
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