THE LIGHT DOCTOR 1: Edison's Cancer Epidemic

Chapter 1 explores the strong links between the misuse of electric light, circadian rhythm disruption and certain types of cancer, including breast and prostate cancer.

There is nothing more devastating to a family than when a young mother in her 30s or 40s dies of breast cancer. Young children lose their mother’s love and guidance through their teenage years, her own career is cut short, and her husband left to cope alone at the most demanding time of his career. So it was with my wife’s best friend, Teresa. I still r…