User's Guide to Natural Therapies for Cancer Prevention and Control
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Book details
- Author
- Abram Hoffer
- Imprint
- Basic Health Publications, Inc., an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Health & Fitness › Diseases & Conditions › Cancer
Health & Fitness › Naturopathy - Topics
- cancer treatment · alternative medicine · naturopathy · nutritional supplements · vitamins · natural remedies · healthy diet
- ISBN-13
- 9781591201366 (Paperback)9781681626482 (Hardcover)
About the author
ABRAM HOFFER was a Canadian biochemist, physician, and psychiatrist who authored or co-authored more than 30 books and over 500 articles on orthomolecular medicine, niacin as a treatment for schizophrenia and high cholesterol, and the adrenochrome hypothesis of schizoaffective disorders.
In 2007, Hoffer was co-recipient of the first Dr. Rogers Prize for Excellence in Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He held a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Minnesota and an MD from the University of Toronto, served as Director of Psychiatric Research for the Saskatchewan Department of Public Health, and held an associate professorship at the University of Saskatchewan.
Hoffer founded the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine and, in 1994, the International Society for Orthomolecular Medicine. He lived and practiced in Victoria, British Columbia from 1976 until his death in 2009.