The Power of Lifestyle

Putting my life on the line
Why I decided to treat my bladder cancer
with diet, not drugs

Learn more
New! A Memoir From Ed Dodge, MD
Family: A Family Doc’s Memoir of Life in Africa and the US

How to Be Well: Advice From Leading Experts

At least 80 percent of serious health problems such as heart disease or type 2 diabetes can be prevented. Ed Dodge, MD, has spent a lifetime treating patients, teaching students, interviewing experts and sharing the good news: There is much YOU can do to ensure a vibrant, long and healthy life!

Much of the advice here was first published in Dr. Dodge's Wellness Newsletter, which has featured books and interviews with leading experts from Johns Hopkins Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, among others.

How to Have a (Healthy) Heart

Many leading experts agree: A good plant-based diet and an exercise routine can prevent heart disease. Explore Dr. Dodge's Wellness Newsletter to learn how to keep your heart healthy.

What we eat can heal or hurt us. Discover what the experts say about the power of food to prevent disease and even reverse serious symptoms.

Paleo? Vegan? Vegetarian? What do the real experts say about what's best? In his Wellness Newsletters, Dr. Dodge explores recent research and books about diets.

High rates of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease in the Western world can be traced to our unhealthy diet. Food author and expert Michael Pollan has a seven-word solution: "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants."

The relationships between food production, human health, and a healthy environment are much more intricate than most of us realize. Discover how leading scientists are working to ensure the future of the human race and planet Earth.

The Foundation for Healthy Africa provides student scholarships and funds projects that are designed to promote healthy lifestyles in Africa. We invite your support.

Continuing Rehab

Readers, please notice the dates on all entries. Part I of My Bladder Cancer Showdown took place in 2018 and 2019. Part II, titled Long-term Recovery, took place through most of 2019. These blogs summarize my experience. In the last one, I was scheduled for out-patient surgery. April, 2019: We went to the Urology…

Home Health Care

Readers, please notice the dates on all entries. Part I of My Bladder Cancer Showdown took place in 2018 and 2019. Part II, titled Long-term Recovery, took place through most of 2019 into early 2020. These new entries in my blog include monthly summaries of my experience. Last week’s blog ended with my…

How to Be Well: Advice From Leading Experts

How to Have a (Healthy) Heart

Food, Glorious Food!

Weighty Matters (All About Diets)

Benefits of Plant-Based Diets

Sustainable Agriculture

Foundation for a Healthy Africa

Facts That May Surprise You

Continuing Rehab

Home Health Care