Extreme Healing

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Plague Time: The New Germ Theory of Disease
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05.01.2011
 (was 04.25.2010)

Paul Ewald is a cancer researcher. He says we're entering a golden era in cancer treatment based on one emerging idea: most cancers are caused by viruses. It's good news, according to Ewald, who says we'll be able to treat cancer preventively, with vaccines. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, healing stories from far off the beaten path. We'll meet one man who took his autistic son to Mongolia for shamanic healing. And, a former junkie finds a cure with help from the monkey god Hanuman.

  1. Paul Ewald on Cancer is Contagious

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    For years, Paul Ewald's been trying to convince people that cancer is caused by germs, not genes.

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  2. Rupert Isaacson and "The Horse Boy"

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    Rupert Isaacson made a journey with his family to seek out shamans in horse-centered cultures to treat his autistic son.

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  3. Cheeni Rao on Healing with Hanuman

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    Cheeni Rao came from a successful Indian family and attended an elite American college. But he ended up a junkie on Chicago's South side.

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  4. Rebecca Skloot on "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"

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    Henrietta Lacks was a poor, African American woman who died of cervical cancer at the age of 31...

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