on what are you basing this? ive worked with the research arm of the Canadian Cancer Society - the National Cancer Institute of Canada - and can attest that a great deal more than 2% of its research budget goes towards studies which examine areas of cancer prevention and natural medicine. In fact, researchers at the Centre for Behavioural Research and Program Evaluation at the University of Waterloo (funded in part by the CCS) are actively involved in exploring complementary and alternative medicine in cancer prevention and treatment, as are dozen of other funded researchers across Canada. Moreover, a great deal of the CCS's public promotions programs specifically target healthy lifestyle choices, including risk reduction and healthy eating. It's not all profit-driven clinical trials as you seem to suggest. You can also thank the CCS and the Canadian Lung Association for the fact that public smoking has been largely banned across the country. No small feat, and a battle that was waged for more than 3 decades. where are you getting your information, OTJ? You are not giving fair credit to the very good work being done by these researchers. your sources seem to be not only biased but just plain wrong.