Margaret Cuomo

Whenever possible, organic produce, fish, poultry, eggs, and other products are preferred.

— Margaret Cuomo

Cancer prevention requires awareness, determination and creativity.

— Margaret Cuomo

Too many women are dying needlessly from ovarian cancer.

— Margaret Cuomo

Green tea is known to have catechins, and that has a powerful anti-cancer effect.

— Margaret Cuomo

Being an educated consumer is the best way to shop for nutritious, disease-preventing foods.

— Margaret Cuomo

Chemotherapy and radiation have side effects, and they can cause secondary cancers.

— Margaret Cuomo

Between 10 P. M. and 11 P. M. is the optimal time to begin sleeping.

— Margaret Cuomo

E-cigarettes will raise your risk for lung cancer but also other cancers, like liver cancer.

— Margaret Cuomo

Toxic chemicals present in our homes, schools, work and recreational spaces present a real threat to our health and are increasing cancer…

— Margaret Cuomo

I am a board member and the volunteer director of medical and scientific content for Less Cancer.

— Margaret Cuomo

Imagine the progress that could be made by gathering together the world's scientists, engineers, physicians, oncologists, epidemiologists and more in a super-team…

— Margaret Cuomo

How did we cure polio, smallpox and send a man to the moon? How did we decode the human genome in just…

— Margaret Cuomo

Hopefully celebrities will resist the allure of advertising e-cigarettes in magazines, and also in movies, knowing that their endorsement have a powerful…

— Margaret Cuomo

The closer food looks to the way it is in nature, the better you can tell that it's nutritious, and a good…

— Margaret Cuomo

National Cancer Prevention Day, Feb. 4, is a great opportunity to focus our attention on what should be an American priority.

— Margaret Cuomo

As adults, we realize that the real future lies in the hands of our children and grandchildren. Our first priority should be…

— Margaret Cuomo

Taking the stairs instead of an elevator, walking to an appointment rather than taking a bus, subway or taxi, and spending times…

— Margaret Cuomo

Why have we settled for a medical system that allows cancer to be recast as a chronic and tolerable disease rather than…

— Margaret Cuomo

The fall season brings Thanksgiving and the beginning of the holiday season. Sharing meals with family and friends are a key element…

— Margaret Cuomo

One good rule of thumb is to focus on those foods sold along the perimeter of a supermarket. Vegetables, fruits, fish, poultry,…

— Margaret Cuomo

Whether we are adults or children, members of the media or medical community, government, industry, academia or cancer advocacy group, we can…

— Margaret Cuomo

Learning that whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables can help prevent many cancers, including cancers of the prostate, breast, mouth, throat, esophagus,…

— Margaret Cuomo

Individuals need accurate information in cancer prevention and guidance tailored to their specific medical history. They will not get it unless our…

— Margaret Cuomo

An abnormality on a mammogram can turn a woman's life upside down, even if no cancer is ultimately found. At the very…

— Margaret Cuomo

Prevention of cancer should be a national goal.

— Margaret Cuomo

Italian language and culture are beloved throughout the U.S.A.

— Margaret Cuomo

Parents should be sure to have their children vaccinated.

— Margaret Cuomo

I love my country, but it's a very hard life, the life of a politician.

— Margaret Cuomo

Imagine being able to predict and prevent cancer before it starts. If we gather the world's talent and expertise in a committed,…

— Margaret Cuomo

We should demand the enactment of the Prevention and Public Health Trust Fund, and commit as a nation to the prevention of…

— Margaret Cuomo

Without federal standards for school lunches, candy bars, packaged snacks and soda can be offered to our children in school.

— Margaret Cuomo

When we speak of maintaining clean water supplies and a sustainable use of the environment, we should also stress the elimination of…

— Margaret Cuomo

We have come too far, and battled far too long with the tobacco industry, to make the mistake of trusting the e-cigarette…

— Margaret Cuomo

In 1992, I was a young doctor working as a diagnostic radiologist in the outpatient mammography division of a leading teaching hospital.

— Margaret Cuomo

We'd like to believe that Americans live longer than most other people in the world. Sadly, that is not the case.

— Margaret Cuomo

It is an honor and a privilege to participate in the Sinai Forum, which has graciously hosted many formidable men and women…

— Margaret Cuomo

Surprisingly, the United States lacks federal legislation to protect consumers from an abundance of harmful chemicals in everyday products.

— Margaret Cuomo

Whether we are Democrats or Republicans, all Americans can agree that our health care costs are unsustainable - and the sooner we…

— Margaret Cuomo

Because of their chemical composition e-cigarettes are at least as harmful to your health as regular tobacco cigarettes are.

— Margaret Cuomo

Daily physical exercise for children is essential. Children can walk more, and spend time after school running, jumping rope, dancing and riding…

— Margaret Cuomo