Cancer Profiteering, Or Is It Really?

See the Book

According to the most recent issue (2010) of the Cancer Statistic Report published in American Cancer Society's bimonthly publication CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, cancer is a leading cause of death among the US population, second only to heart disease (which I am currently reading about and hope to write about soon.)  The 2008 issue of this annual report informs us, that in 2005 alone, the total number of deaths in the U.S. due to cancer was upwards of 559,000 people.

An Important Movie: The Corporation

Have you watched "The Corporation"?  It is highly educational and informative, especially the long version, which includes many interviews and commentaries by the producers and also the discussion with Professor Joel Bakan, author of the book "The Corporation: Pathological pursuit of profit and power." Part of the movie can be watched online.  Here are the first among 23 parts: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4.  I think this would make for a far more important and worthy material than what is typically covered in middle and high school social studies curricula.  If you might be interested in supporting the effort of the producers of the movie, you could do so here.