The Canadian Guide to Prostate Cancer – reviewed by Ron (patron)

You can tell that the primary author on this book is a nurse. My oncologist wrote a book on prostate cancer and, in fact, it contains little that’s useful from the patient perspective. Nurses are WAY closer to the ground on that score. In addition to the things you’d expect, the book gives you good [...]

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A Second Bushel of Fresh Reads … reviewed by Jason

Everything’s coming up books! Urban farming books, that is. It seems every month there’s a new crop. Here are another four such titles for those new to the food security movement. Every movement has its manifesto and Maria Rodale, granddaughter of modern organic agriculture pioneer J. I. Rodale, outlines hers in the form of Organic [...]

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Gluten-Free Goldmine … reviewed by Katie

I have recently discovered that I am gluten-sensitive. I saw a program on public television which claimed that lots of people are gluten-sensitive and don’t know it. It said that to find out if you are gluten-sensitive, you should cut wheat out of your diet for a while. I did and I felt a lot [...]

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