The following are excerpts from a ©GreenMedInfo article that provided the key to my surviving a terminal, stage 4, metastatic melanoma diagnosis and which are relevant to ALL types of cancer: “The most deadly cell type within a tumor or blood cancer, known as cancer stem cells (CSCs), has the ability to give rise to all the…
The Hippocratic Oath has been adopted as a guide to conduct by the medical profession throughout the ages. In the oath, a physician pledges “to prescribe only beneficial treatments, according to his abilities and judgment; to refrain from causing harm or hurt; and to live an exemplary personal and professional life.” I need some help reconciling a…
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What is immunotherapy? Before discussing what types of cancer can be treated with immunotherapy, it may be helpful to first define immunotherapy. Simply put, immunotherapy (sometimes referred to as “biological therapy”) is a form of treatment that uses the patient’s own immune system to fight the disease. So, how is immunotherapy administered? There are a…
Walnuts have been lauded as a ‘superfood’, containing a remarkable array of natural constituents that have synergistic properties that contribute to reduced cancer risk. Mediated both directly and indirectly via its actions on the microbiome, many of the beneficial properties of walnuts are related to a range of anti-inflammatory properties, including powerful effects on the…
Persistent oxidative stress is one of the major causes of the aging process and most lifestyle-related diseases, including cancer. Acute oxidative stress directly causes serious damage to tissues. Hydrogen shows not only effects against oxidative stress, but also various anti-inflammatory and antiallergic effects. In an eight-week study including 49 people receiving radiation therapy for liver…
There is nothing that illustrates the power of the mind-body connection more convincingly than the “placebo effect”, a phenomenon where real improvement is evident after taking a fake or nonexistent treatment, called a placebo. Because the placebo can’t actually cure a particular condition, any beneficial effects reported are due to a person’s belief or expectation…
How often do you think someone diagnosed with cancer has heard these words from their oncologist?…….“Fortunately, there is a combination of medicinal plant extracts that have been clinically proven to kill cancer, and they have no adverse side effects.” Wait, what?? Two botanicals, which I’d bet you’ve never heard of, have undergone extensive, successful clinical…
