{"product_id":"can-bacteria-cause-cancer-david-j-hess-9780814735619","title":"Can Bacteria Cause Cancer?: Alternative Medicine Confronts Big Science","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrowing numbers of cancer patients are exploring diet, food supplements, herbs, and nontoxic immunotherapies like bacterial vaccines as a means of therapy. Yet most cancer research organizations refuse to even evaluate these alternatives. \u003ci\u003eCan Bacteria Cause Cancer?\u003c\/i\u003e argues convincingly that unless this neglected world of alternative therapies is properly scrutinized, the medical Vietnam of the twentieth century may well affect one in two people by the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid J. Hess\u003c\/b\u003e investigates one of the great medical mysteries of the twentieth century--the relationship between bacteria and chronic disease. Recently scientists have overturned long-held beliefs by demonstrating that bacterial infections cause many ulcers; they are now reconsidering the role of bacterial infections in other chronic diseases, such as arthritis. Is it possible, Hess asks, that bacteria can contribute to the many other known causes of cancer?\u003cbr\u003e To answer this intriguing question, Hess takes us into the world of alternative cancer researchers. Maintaining that their work has been actively suppressed rather than simply dismissed, he examines their claims---that bacterial vaccines have led to some dramatic cases of long-term cancer remission--and the scientific potential of their theories. Economic interests and cultural values, he demonstrates, have influenced the rush toward radiation and chemotherapy and the current cul-de-sac of toxic treatments. \u003cbr\u003e More than a medical mystery story, \u003ci\u003eCan Bacteria Cause Cancer?\u003c\/i\u003e is a dramatic case study of the failure of the war on cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David J. Hess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814735614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814735619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 6.24w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/1997 pg. 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/02\/1997","brand":"David J. Hess","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48112971743487,"sku":"9780814735619","price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b0856701-e7ad-402d-a0f0-2a5dac87fb4c.jpg?v=1769612188","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/can-bacteria-cause-cancer-david-j-hess-9780814735619","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}