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Metabolic Syndrome
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
There is an epidemic of this condition that is the precursor of type 2 diabetes and its complications. The basis for its development and how it works is discussed.
Menopause Overview
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
There is an epidemic of menopausal syndrome today. Hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, mood swings, and osteoporosis are now common and often difficult to treat. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been shown to be dangerous because of an increase in the incidence of breast cancer, heart attacks, strokes, and thromboses. Mainstream treatment...
Medical Marijuana as Therapy for Cancer with Donald Abrams, MD
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
Medical marijuana is a valuable asset in treatment, especially in cancer and HIV, but it has legal ramifications. Research objectively documents its value. Delivery systems are discussed. Cannabis is synergistic with opoids.
Managing DCIS
submitted by: admin on 10/10/2013
DCIS accounts for 22% of breast cancers but only 2% develop into lethal cancer. The remaining 98% are overtreated with unnecessary surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. We need a better screening test.
Mammograms: A Ten Year Study Shows no Benefit Under age 50
submitted by: admin on 10/10/2013
Many studies show that mammograms in women under 50 are not useful. The US is the only country that does mammograms in this age group. The reasons are explained. Too many biopsies result and many cancers are missed that lead to stress and unnecessary costs.
Mammograms at age 50
submitted by: admin on 10/10/2013
In a recent report on mammograms published in the New York Times, they say that most women should start breast cancer screening at age 50 not 40 according to new guidelines. They also recommend mammograms be done every two years rather than every year. The new recommendations are aimed at reducing harm from over treatment. The report also suggests...
Mammogram Overview
submitted by: admin on 10/10/2013
There is considerable confusion about the role of mammograms in breast cancer detection in premenopausal women. The US is the only country in the world making the recommendation that they be done on women under the age of 50. The people standing to profit from doing mammograms in this age group are the mammogram industry, Big Pharma in the sale of chemotherapy,...
Low Vitamin D and Risk of Cancer
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
The epidemic of vitamin D deficiency has put us at risk for several types of cancer such as breast, colon, and prostate. We need UVB sunlight to make vitamin D in our skin and we don't get it much anymore.
Late Effects of Breast Cancer Therapies
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
Long term complications of conventional treatment are reviewed. Quality of life issues such as fatigue, weight gain, peripheral neuropathy, lymphedema, anxiety, and depression need to be considered.
IV Vitamin C for Cancer Treatment
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
The story on whether or not intravenous vitamin C works has been ongoing for more than 40 years, when Linus Pauling began studing this treatment. The clinical trials that have been completed are controversial and have led to arguing. Studies on oral vitamin C show it does not work. However, intravenous treatment vitamin C leads to much higher levels...
Is Sex Necessary?
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
A good sex life helps with sense of smell, boosts immunity, and reduces cancer, heart disease, and stroke, and also improves pain and depression. Oxytocin, testosterone, prostaglandins are involved.
Is it DNA or Lifestyle that Regulates our Genes?
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
The December issue of the journal Aging Cell reported that molecular changes causing cancer are related to our genes and are driven mainly by aging, but are also dictated by what we eat, how much we weigh, and levels of vitamin D, selenium, and folic acid. This study out of Newcastle University in the UK showed that aging had the biggest effect on...
Iron: How Much Do You Need?
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
Iron overload in the body leads to accelerated aging through oxidative stress. Five percent of the population has the recessive gene for this problem. The mechanisms of this process are reviewed and treatment discussed.
Iron Supplements can Reduce Fatigue
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According to a study in the July 2012 issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, iron supplementation reduced fatigue by about 50% in women with low iron but without anemia. When ferritin levels are below 50 and women with fatigue are supplemented with just 80 mg of iron per day over 12 weeks, their fatigue decreased and their iron levels increased...
Integrative Oncology, Donald Abrams, MD
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This chief of oncology at SF General Hospital trained with Dr. Andrew Weil and realized that it is wise to add whatever is needed to help people with cancer. His book puts together integrative strategies to treat cancer.
Integrative Medicine and Cancer
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It is wise to consider both the mainstream and CAM approaches to manage cancer. Lifestyle is an underrated treatment that is often far more powerful than chemotherapy or radiation. All too often we don't consider CAM approaches until mainstream treatments are no longer a consideration. Even if CAM approaches don't work, they at least offer hope and have...
Integrative Cancer Therapies
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
Dr. Len and Nurse Vicki review cancer treatments from the point of view of blending both mainstream and CAM approaches. Integrative strategies offer the best of all treatments. Cancer is very difficult to cure and we need all the help we can get no matter where it comes from.
Insulin Potentiated Therapy
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
Insulin potentiated therapy is defined and its applications discussed. Cancer cells depend on sugar to make energy, whereas normal cells rely on fat. Thus, when sugar is withheld by injection insulin into the body, cancer cell membranes open wide to take in as much sugar as possible. It is when cell membranes are wide open that low dose chemotherapy...
Infection Can Lead to Cancer
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A new MIT study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in June of 2012 showed that chronic viral and bacterial infections account for 16% of cancers of the liver, colon, and stomach. When the body's immune system detects pathogens it activates macrophages and neutrophils to engulf and kill them with hypochlorous acid. When...
Hypnosis Helps Hot Flashes
submitted by: admin on 10/09/2013
According to an article in the October issue of the journal Menopause, hypnosis can help cut hot flashes by as much as 74%. Women had five weekly sessions where they received suggestions for images of coolness, a safe place, or relaxation and received an audio recording of a hypnotic induction. The control group received all but the recording. At 12...
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