Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Isn't it also the case that the time at which many cancer patients ultimately choose to turn to alternative therapies is when the traditional therapies have given up on them? When the doctor says, "We can't help you any more."
Frank: After numerous rounds of chemotherapy and radiation, everything's been cut that can be cut. The doctor says, "Well, there's nothing else we can do." Yes, that is an excellent point. Still, I would say the majority of patients who turn to alternative therapies come from that scenario. |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
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 Maitake Cancer Study
A total of 33 cancer patients in stages II, III, and IV, ages 33 to 68, participated in this trial. Data was collected under the cooperation of their medical doctors in Japan. Patients were given either MD fraction with tablets only, or MD fraction and tablets in addition to chemotherapy. Cancer regression or significant symptom improvement was observed in 11 out of 16 breast cancer patients, 7 out of 12 liver cancer patients, and 5 out of 8 lung cancer patients. |
Ron Garner
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 He points out that the blame attributed to testosterone is based on false assumptions drawn from experiences with prostate cancer patients by Dr. Charles Huggins in 1941. Also, absent from many of the early prostate cancer studies was the measurement and consideration of progesterone and estrogen levels.19 Dr. Lee successfully treated many prostate cancer patients who recovered and did not have to resort to the standard medical treatments of surgery and chemotherapy, by using diet, antioxidants, progesterone, and testosterone. |
Lynne Mctaggart
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 He tried out his machine on a series of cancer patients. In every instance, the cancer patients had lost these natural periodic rhythms and also their coherence. The lines of internal communication were scrambled. They had lost their connection with the world. In effect, their light was going out.
Just the opposite occurred with multiple sclerosis: MS was a state of too much order. Individuals with this disease were taking in too much light, and this was inhibiting the ability of cells to do their job. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 We see this all the time in western medicine where some expert on cancer dies from cancer after having treated cancer patients for 20 years. What is wrong with this picture?
Dr. Liers: He probably did not do his own therapy.
Mike: Yes, you bet he did not do his own therapy, because he knows what it does to cancer patients. I am glad to know that you live this lifestyle and you feed your pets these supplements and nutrients that you are talking about. Can you mention some of the other pet products you have available?
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Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 Two areas that receive the most attention are whether black cohosh is safe in breast cancer patients and if there are any adverse effects on liver function.
We don't know with certainty that black cohosh is safe to use in breast cancer patients, but we have compelling safety data that offers much reassurance. There are two recent excellent reviews of the literature on the safety of black cohosh.116' 117 The more comprehensive Low Dog paper addresses safety in special populations, such as breast cancer survivors. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 Of the 4 million cancer patients being treated in America today, hardly any are offered any scientifically guided nutrition therapy beyond being told to 'just eat good foods.' I believe many cancer patients would have a major improvement in their outcome if they controlled the supply of cancer's preferred fuel, glucose."
—The Alternative Research Foundation (from www.mercola.com)
"We know that tumors are glucose guzzlers. If you strangulate the supply of sugar to a tumor, it may actually trigger a form of biological suicide among the malignant cells. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Anderson Cancer Center in Houston begins studying the effects of radiation on cancer patients -- many of them members of minority groups or indigents, according to sources -- in order to determine both radiation's ability to treat cancer and the possible long-term radiation effects of pilots flying nuclear-powered planes. The study lasts until 1956, involving 263 cancer patients. Beginning in 1953, the subjects are required to sign a waiver form, but it still does not meet the informed consent guidelines established by the Wilson memo released that year. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Those cancer patients who have turned to naturopathic therapies, however -- who have declared their independence from conventional medicine -- have far better outcomes. Many are cured outright, and those who aren't are still able to live out their lives with far better quality of life than conventional cancer patients, who are essentially poisoned to death by chemotherapy. |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
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| Cancer regression or significant symptom improvement was observed in 11 out of 16 breast cancer patients, 7 out of 12 liver cancer patients, and 5 out of 8 lung cancer patients.
Super Seven Prescriptions—Cancer
Super Prescription #1 Coriolus versicolor (Trametes versicolor)
Take 1,000 mg three times daily of the PSP or PSK standardized extracts on an empty stomach. Coriolus contains polysaccharides that have been shown to enhance immune function. It is mainly used for esophageal, lung, stomach, and colon cancer. |
Elaine Magee
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 For breast cancer patients, the news on flax also sounds promising. In animal studies, flaxseed increased the effectiveness of the breast cancer drug tamoxifen, but no clinical trials on the flaxseed interaction with tamoxifen, or other breast cancer drugs, have been conducted on breast cancer patients. German research, meanwhile, has linked plant lignan intake and a reduced risk of breast cancer. Studies there have found that premenopausal women eating a high level of lignans experienced a 64 percent reduction in breast cancer risk. |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
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| Cancer regression or significant symptom improvement was observed in 11 out of 16 breast cancer patients, 7 out of 12 liver cancer patients, and 5 out of 8 lung cancer patients.
Super Seven Prescriptions—Cancer
Super Prescription #1 Coriolus versicolor (Trametes versicolor)
Take 1,000 mg three times daily of the PSP or PSK standardized extracts on an empty stomach. Coriolus contains polysaccharides that have been shown to enhance immune function. It is mainly used for esophageal, lung, stomach, and colon cancer. |
Bottom Line Health
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| Scientists have known that these treatments can improve the survival rates of breast cancer patients at the five- and 10-year marks, but they didn't know whether the treatments could extend the life of a breast cancer survivor by more than that.
A recent study published in The Lancet found that women who have nonmetastatic breast cancer (the disease has not spread to other parts of the body) who receive chemotherapy and/or hormonal therapy after surgery outlive women who don't—beyond the 10-year mark. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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 Doctors in this hospital's Department of Oncology reported that tea polyphenols boosted the immune function of cancer patients, particularly in patients undergoing surgery or chemotherapy. These doctors recounted a typical breast cancer case, involving a woman named Wang. After an operation on her right breast, she required chemotherapy. During the course of chemotherapy, her white blood cell counts dropped. (White blood cells play many crucial roles in a healthy immune system. |
Ray D. Strand
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 I have helped patients with cardiomyopathy get off the heart-transplant list. Some cancer patients have gone into remission; patients with macular degeneration have had significant visual improvement; and fibromyalgia patients have gotten their lives back. Nutritional medicine is common-sense, mainstream, preventive medicine.
In this age of biochemical research, we are now able to determine what is happening in every part of each cell, and the very essence of degenerative diseases is now coming to light. |
Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
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 Also at high risk for developing these clots are people with broken legs, those undergoing surgery (especially orthopedic, pelvic, or abdominal operations), and cancer patients. And if you've had one episode of DVT, you're at increased risk of having another.
TREMORS
If you notice someone's hands or body is trembling, you might assume that the person is nervous or has a drinking problem, and you may be right. But tremors can also signal a myriad of other maladies.
There are more than 20 different types of tremors. |
Bottom Line Health
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| Although it's uncomfortable to confront a person's outpourings of fear and grief, make the effort. cancer patients need to cry and release their pain. One of the greatest acts of love is to be with him/her, to listen as he shares his fears.
If you live far away, call or write. Let him know that he's loved.. .that he matters.. .and that your heart is with him.
If you simply can't be there, try to explain why the situation is too difficult for you.
GIVE HOPE
People often talk about their own experiences when they meet a person who has cancer. |
| It does not have the same side effects as those caused by chemotherapy and radiation, but it can cause fevers, allergic reactions and autoimmune disorders. cancer patients consider vaccines nontoxic, and that's one reason why they are so excited about the prospect of this treatment.
•How can people who have cancer find out about the availability of the vaccines?
Cancer vaccines are being tested but are not yet available as part of the standard treatment regimen offered by cancer specialists.
However, there are more than 150 ongoing clinical trials involving cancer vaccines. |
| Even when tumors do not significantly shrink, cancer patients who have an immune response to vaccines have had longer periods before the cancer worsened and they survived longer than the non-vaccine patients.
•Are cancer vaccines toxic? No, not in the way that chemotherapy can be toxic. Using a vaccine to stimulate the immune system might be thought of as a "natural" way to treat cancer. It does not have the same side effects as those caused by chemotherapy and radiation, but it can cause fevers, allergic reactions and autoimmune disorders. |
Kevin Trudeau
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 All patients enrolled in this retrospective outcome-based study were stage four cancer patients. As the study progressed and the data began to unfold, Dr. Forsythe presented interim results at the following three enrollment points: 104 patients, 160 patients, and 209 patients. The reported results are so extraordinary that we believe the word spectacular accurately conveys the great promise this protocol holds for millions of cancer patients. The most recent report is available at www. centurywellness.com.
The FDA has been trying for years to stonewall studies on LAPd. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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 BREAST CANCER: A Finnish study involving 194 breast cancer patients and 208 control subjects found that high serum levels of enterolac-tone were associated with high intake of rye products and were inversely related to the risk of breast cancer.
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: From 1989 to 2000, 3,588 elderly men and women took part in a long-term health study. Among the wealth of data were indications that consumption of rye bread, along with other dark breads, was associated with a lower risk of incident cardiovascular disease. |
| CANCER: A long-term Japanese study involving 1,988 gastric, 2,455 breast, 1,398 lung, and 1,352 colorectal cancer patients and 50,706 non-cancer outpatients showed that frequent consumption of pumpkin was associated with decreased risk for all four types of cancer.
PROSTATE CANCER: A correlation study found that those subjects who consumed pumpkin regularly had a decreased risk of developing prostate cancer.
DIABETES: A Japanese case-control study involving 133 participants with a history of diabetes mellitus found that those who ate a good amount of pumpkin had better blood glucose control. |
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| Radiation Lowers Recurrence Rates
Advanced prostate cancer patients who received radiation within 16 weeks of surgery had a 50% lower risk of recurrence for 10 years than men who did not receive radiation.
Bonus: After five years, long-term side effects, including urinary dysfunction, were the same for patients who received radiation and those who did not.
Gregory Swanson, MD, associate professor of radiation oncology and urology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. |
Byron J. Richards, CCN
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 In a study comparing 58 women who had breast cancer to 58 women who did not, it was found that the cancer patients had higher leptin levels. Furthermore, in the cancer patient group, those taking Tamoxifen had higher levels of leptin than those not taking Tamoxifen. This was true even after correcting for body fat. The researchers concluded, "high-serum leptin levels seen in breast-cancer patients are not related to the stage of the disease or to cancer itself but may be associated with the use of Tamoxifen. |
Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews
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| Another study, involving 293 bladder cancer patients and 589 healthy controls, found that drinking green tea corresponded to a significantly lower risk of bladder cancer in women.18
CANCER TREATMENTS
Cancer is no longer an automatic death sentence; in fact, most people diagnosed with cancer do not die, and the probability of a complete cure or extended survival is continually improving as scientists and physicians have a growing knowledge and understanding of cancer. For example, 89 percent of people survive skin cancer, 95 percent survive thyroid cancer, and 16 percent survive lung cancer. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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 Antiemetic action: has been reported in clinical studies involving cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
Anticonvulsive action: d-9-tetrahydrocannabinol reduces the clinical and electrographic convulsion intensity in cats.
Analgesic characteristics: d-9-tetrahydrocannabinol displays analgesic characteristics, while at the same time partially increasing sensitivity to pain.
Body temperature: In animal tests, d-9-tetrahydrocannabinol and other cannaboids reduced body temperature. The maximum reduction was relatively small. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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| I believe many cancer patients would have a major improvement in their outcome if they controlled the supply of cancer's preferred fuel, glucose."
—The Alternative Research Foundation (from www.mercola.com)
"We know that tumors are glucose guzzlers. If you strangulate the supply of sugar to a tumor, it may actually trigger a form of biological suicide among the malignant cells.
"Very few cancers can survive without a steady supply of glucose," adds Dr. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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| PROSTATE CANCER: Lignans, a fiber compound found in flax, slowed tumor growth in prostate and breast cancer patients.
BREAST CANCER: A mouse study showed that flaxseed may enhance the effectiveness of the cancer drug tamoxifen in halting the growth of breast cancer. Women with high levels of enterolactone (a weak phytoestrogen), linked to high lignan intake from foods like flax, have been shown to experience a fifty-eight percent reduction of breast cancer risk. |
| BLADDER CANCER: In a study of 130 bladder cancer patients and an equal number of control subjects, those who had consumed kale regularly had a lower risk for bladder cancer.
Tips on Using Kale
SELECTION AND STORAGE:
• Smaller leaves are milder-flavored. Choose deeply colored leaves for tenderness and optimum flavor.
• Avoid dry, wilted, and limp leaves. Tiny holes in the leaves may be an indication of insect damage.
• Keep unwashed kale in a plastic bag and store in the refrigerator crisper. Place a damp paper towel in the bag to keep moist. Cook it within a few days of purchase. |
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