No matter how much doctors push the treatment, chemotherapy might not be the best option in the fight against cancer, as a new study shows up to 50 percent of patients are killed by the drugs — not the disease, itself.
Researchers from Public Health England and Cancer Research UK performed a groundbreaking study examining for the first time the numbers of cancer patients who died within 30 days of beginning chemotherapy — indicating the treatment, not the cancer, was the cause of death.
Looking at those death rates in hospitals across the U.K., researchers found an alarming mortality rate associated with chemotherapy.
Across “England around 8.4 per cent of patients with lung cancer, and 2.4 per cent of breast cancer patients died within a month,” the Telegraph reported.
“But in some hospitals the figure was far higher. In Milton Keynes the death rate for lung cancer treatment was 50.9 per cent, although it was based on a very small number of patients.”
Alarmingly, the one-month mortality rate at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals for those undergoing palliative, rather than curative, chemotherapy for lung cancer was a full 28 percent. One in five breast cancer patients receiving palliative care at Cambridge University Hospitals died from treatment.
In certain areas — Blackpool, Coventry, Derby, South Tyneside, and Surrey and Sussex — deaths of lung cancer patients by chemotherapy were ‘far higher’ than the national average.
Dr. Jem Rashbass, Cancer Lead for Public Health England — the national health care service, which requested the study — said, as quoted by the Telegraph:
“Chemotherapy is a vital part of cancer treatment and is a large reason behind the improved survival rates over the last four decades.
“However, it is powerful medication with significant side effects and often getting the balance right on which patients to treat aggressively can be hard.
“Those hospitals whose death rates are outside the expected range have had the findings shared with them and we have asked them to review their practice and data.”
For the analysis, researchers “included all women with breast cancer and all men and women with lung cancer residing in England, who were 24 years or older and who started a cycle” of chemotherapy in 2014.
Long the mainstay for treating various cancers, chemotherapy has finally drawn criticism in recent years, as the medicine does not differentiate between healthy and cancerous cells. Now, this study — published in the Lancet — shows how that powerful cell-destroying property can mean the demise for patients as well.
Researchers have advised physicians to exercise more caution in vetting which patients should ideally receive chemotherapy. Older and more infirm patients, in particular, might be better off without receiving palliative care, which is designed to offer relief instead of curing the disease.
“The statistics don’t suggest bad practice overall but there are some outliers,” noted Professor David Dodwell of the Institute of Oncology at St. James Hospital in Leeds.
“It could be data problems, and figures skewed because of just a few deaths, but nevertheless it could also be down to problems with clinical practice,” he continued.
“I think it’s important to make patients aware that there are potentially life threatening downsides to chemotherapy. And doctors should be more careful about who they treat with chemotherapy.”
All hospitals involved said they reviewed the information and remain certain chemotherapy is safe — with the caveat patient selection for the treatment may need to be more discretionary.
Professor David Cameron of the Edinburgh Cancer Centre at West General Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, noted, “The concern is that with some of the patients dying within 30 days of being given chemo probably shouldn’t have been given the chemo. But how many? There is no easy way to answer that, but perhaps looking at those places/hospitals where the death rate was higher might help.
“Furthermore, if we give less chemo then some patients will die because they didn’t get chemo. It’s a fine balance and the more data we have the better we can be at making sure we get the balance right.”
Meanwhile, doctors in the United States should probably take note, considering the sheer number of patients forced to undergo chemotherapy at the State’s behest despite objections from those patients and their families.
In one example, a 17-year-old diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma decided to seek alternatives to chemotherapy, but her doctors — so inculcated in state and Big Pharma propaganda — contacted family services, who then kidnapped the young adult and placed her in foster care.
She was finally allowed to return home once she agreed to undergo the often debilitating treatment — but ran away once doctors informed her she’d have to endure surgery for the implantation of a chemo port. In an incredible act of Orwellian Big Government, the Supreme Court ruled the State was in the right in this case — and after being kidnapped and forced into treatment against her will, was denied contact with her own family.
As unfathomably invasive as that was, it isn’t isolated.
Alternative treatments do, in fact, exist — the most promising among them for many cancers are various formulations of CBD oil, a cannabis derivative. But, thanks to the phenomenally failed war on drugs, cancer patients in most areas of the U.S. are unable to procure much needed medicine or are forced to receive treatment on the sly — risking time behind bars simply for wanting to cure themselves.
from : Landmark
Live Longer Live Healthier -- Resveratrol
Resveratrol Supplements Are Not Created Equal
Thousands have discovered how resveratrol supplements are the top anti-aging solution. Because of high demand, there are now more products on the market than ever. The bad news is that many of them are ineffective.
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Why you need take Resveratrol?
- Resveratrol may reduce bad cholesterol
- Resveratrol may prevent blood clots
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Sunday, November 6, 2016
Lung Cancer Battled By Resveratrol and Curcumin Combo
http://www.revgenetics.com/resveratrol/resveratrol-curcumin-combo-fight-lung-cancer
Resveratrol has long been known to be studied for it’s potential in the fight against Cancer. Although many types of Cancer studies have
Resveratrol and Curcumin Combination
been done using resveratrol, we have recently come across a study that combines Resveratrol and Curcumin and finds that the improvement in the animals with lung carcinoma, where much better, than withResveratrol and Curcumin taken individually.
The study comes from the Department of Biophysics, Panjab University , Chandigarh , India (Ultrastruct Pathol. 2012 May;36(3):179-84). The study was release this month in May.
In the study animals where given treatments of curcumin and resveratrol orally in drinking water at a dose level of 60 mg/kg body weight and 5.7 µg/mL drinking water, 3 times a week for a total duration of 22 weeks.
Resveratrol and Curcumin:
The conclusions were that Resveratrol and Curcumin taken individually, showed improvement in animals with lung cancer, however the combination resulted in much greater amount of improvement and may be working synergisticly.
About Resveratrol:
The best resveratrol products available contain Micronized Resveratrol at 1.5 microns or lower, as the approach the particle size that most studies use. In most of the positive studies, resveratrol is dissolved to the micron level using a solvent such as ethanol. We recommend our best Resveratrol product called the Nitro250 if you are considering taking micronized resveratrol. It is the only one available with a patented nitrogen bubble and emulsified in tween for the best absorption available. Click on this link to purchase it: (Micronized Resveratrol with Tween)
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Friday, July 1, 2016
HOW RESVERATROL GENTLY KILLS CANCER CELLS
By Resveratrol News, Bill Sardi,
Resveratrol induces cancer cells to die off in a preferred manner so their cellular debris will be digested by white blood cells called phagocytes, a process called apoptosis.
Cancer cells are immortal. They refuse to grow up (mature) and die off in a gradual manner as do normal cells. The normal process of cell death is called apoptosis (Pronounce: ay-pa-tow-siss).
Toxic methods of killing cancer cells, such as radiation and chemotherapy, harshly destroy cancer cells by causing them to break open, release their contents and damage neighboring cells and provoke inflammation. This is why cancer treatment is fraught with side effects. The way that cancer cells are killed may determine and severity of treatment-induced side effects and the survival of the cancer patient.
The discovery, that resveratrol exerts profound ability to induce apoptic cell death was described in the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Journal in 2003 (volume 117, p 2340). Resveratrol facilitates apoptosis by converting lipids (fats) in the outer membrane of tumor cells into a molecule called ceramide. A more recent report shows that resveratrol, and some altered resveratrol-like molecules, cause aggressive breast cancer cells to die off in a preferred manner. [Journal Medicinal Chemistry 48: 6783-86, 2005] -Resveratrol News, Bill Sardi.
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Aging and Cancer Killer - Proanthocyanidins
Aging and Cancer Killer - Proanthocyanidins
Oxygen status is very important to maintain life, people lack of oxygen will die within minutes. Oxygen delivered to the body through the blood circulation to meet the cellular respiration purposes. But at this point, some oxygen is catalyzed by the enzyme to form oxygen free radicals, which can be seen everywhere in the body, around the free, active and full of aggression. A free radical is an unpaired electron containing atomic group. Must be stable electron pairs, so you need everywhere to capture a radical electron other substances to make themselves become stable, this phenomenon is oxidized. Was captured electronic material was destroyed, causing damage to the body's normal cells and tissues of many diseases like follow.
Normal body set free radical scavenging system, but the power of this system due to age and change people's constitution weakened, resulting in greatly enhanced the negative effects of free radicals. Meanwhile outside of ultraviolet rays, various radiation, smoking, drinking, work pressure, irregular life, etc., and even make a lot of free radicals generated. An excess of free radicals on the human body as oxidation corrosion of metal the same. It is not only accelerate human aging process, and may lead to DNA in normal cells oncogene, leading to cancer.
Fortunately, humans find a lot of natural antioxidants from nature, can fight an excess of free radicals. After they enter the body, can neutralize free radicals excess electrons, which scavenge free radicals, the body cells from damage. Currently found that vitamin C, vitamin E, coenzyme Q10, selenium, bioflavonoids are effective antioxidants. In many antioxidants, the proanthocyanidins are one of the strongest effective free radical scavenger found so far. It is a bioflavonoid, which is 20 times the antioxidant level of vitamin C, vitamin E, 50 times, usually rich in grape seeds.
With powerful proanthocyanidins antioxidant capacity, humans can delay aging and increase human health life. Although proanthocyanidins itself does not kill cancer cells directly, but by removing the excess free radicals that can inhibit cancer cell growth and induce apoptosis of cancer cells, and thus play a role in the fight against cancer. It has been confirmed, proanthocyanidins have anti-breast cancer, prostate cancer, skin cancer, and so on. Various studies demonstrated that proanthocyanidins in the fight against allergies, cardiovascular diseases, radiation, etc. also have a good effect. And with the mineral vitamin C proanthocyanidins, a variety of roles in the human body time will be more durable. Magical proanthocyanidins, has been concerned about the growing number of scientist and applied health care products, anti-aging and cancer become a human killer.
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Smartphones Ruin More Than Your Sleep — They May Also Be Destroying Your Vision
Stop.
If you are buying a new iPhone, don't use it in bed — and not just because nighttime smartphone use messes up your sleep cycle.
The blue light from personal electronic devices has also been linked to serious physical and mental health problems.
Blue light is part of the full light spectrum, which means we're exposed to it by the sun every day. However, nighttime exposure to that light, which is emitted at high levels by smartphones, tablets, laptops, and other LED screens, may be damaging your vision. It also suppresses production of the hormone melatonin, which throws off your body's natural sleep cues.
When your melatonin levels and sleep cycle go haywire, your risk goes up for a wide range of ailments, from depression to cancer.
Our various personal electronic devices emit blue light because it's so bright. That's the only way we can see those screens when the sun is shining. But we've started to have regular close-up nighttime exposure to this light only in the past 10 or 20 years, as a recent Gigaom story on the topic notes.
Now we're really starting to see the consequences.
Blue Light At Night
1. The damage that this habit does to our eyes alone is both significant and surprising. Direct exposure to blue light can cause damage to the retina. The American Macular Degeneration Foundation warns that retinal damage caused by blue light may lead to macular degeneration, which causes the loss of central vision — the ability to see what's in front of you.It should be noted however, that most studies show this effect with the light being held very close to the retina, which may not exactly replicate typical phone use.
2. There may also be a link between cataracts and blue light, though more research is needed. Gigaom cited an eye doctor who says he's starting to see 35-year-olds with eyes that are as cloudy with cataracts as 75-year-olds. Though a single account can't prove that blue light exposure causes cataracts — this doctor just thinks there's a link, which doesn't count as evidence — the idea is being investigated. Still, studies haven't concluded anything certain yet.
3. Exposure to blue light at night can ruin sleep. Bright blue light disrupts the brain's production of melatonin, a hormone that helps regulate the sleep cycle. That's fine in the morning, but our brains are supposed to start producing melatonin when we are ready for sleep, and blue light interferes with that process. That's why smartphones ruin sleep, and messing with your sleep has a long list of associated health consequences that range from obesity to genetic disruption and memory problems.
4. Sleep disturbance and "light at night" have been linked to higher cancer risk, particularly for breast and prostate cancers. In addition to helping us sleep, melatonin also functions as an antioxidant. And while more research is needed, researchers have pointed to "uninterrupted darkness" as potentially protective against cancer. People whose natural melatonin production is suppressed are at a higher risk for a variety of cancers, though a causal relationship has not been found.
5. Blue light may also take a toll on mental health. Research also shows that people whose melatonin levels are suppressed and whose body clocks are thrown off by light exposure are more prone to depression.
Our Weird Relationship With Blue Light
Despite the way this may sound, it doesn't mean that blue light is bad all the time. At times, it's actually beneficial to your health.Light tells us when to wake and when to sleep. When bright blue light sends a signal to the brain to stop producing melatonin, it also primes your brain to start production of the hormone again later — in theory while you are getting ready for bed.
Experts say that getting an hour of sunlight in the morning helps people regulate their melatonin production and sleep cycle. They recommend getting some morning light without wearing sunglasses, so light gets through the retina and signals the pineal gland, which is what actually controls melatonin production.
That's great in the A.M., but when nighttime screen usage convinces our brains that it's morning and they shouldn't produce melatonin, that starts to wreak havoc on our bodies.
We can't avoid smartphones, computers, and tablets all the time. But we should try to limit our exposure at night. Sometimes, wearing amber glasses that block blue light or using apps that limit the amount of blue light coming from our screens may help.
Taking breaks from screentime is a good idea too – especially right before and in bed.
Thursday, February 25, 2016
How does it effect our brain -- Cell Phone Radiation?
How does it effect our brain -- Cell Phone Radiation? |
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WHO: Cell phone use can increase possible cancer risk - CNN news -2011 |
DOES CELL PHONE RADIATION CAUSE CANCER?Source: http://everybodyshopping.com/stealth/cellharmful-e.html |
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Top 10 Causes Of Cancer That We Use Daily
These are the ten causes of cancer that are kept in secret so the pharmaceutical industry can make profit from this illness, according to the alternative web pages. They have published an intriguing list of them.
- Hormones in meat and milk:
Most of the domestic animals are fed with artificial hormones, in order to increase the production of milk and meat. The artificial hormones induce inflammations, cancer and other diseases.
- Mammography, dental X-rays, scanners at the airport:
Did the mammography technician forget to tell you to pass the protective SWITCHES across your chests before he ran out the office? Yes, we are talking about the deadly rays that cause cancer, and you came in order to prevent it or react on time..
- Aluminum in deodorants and antiperspirants
Most of the breast cancers occur in the upper quadrant, near the armpit, right where we apply deodorants filled with aluminum. Use some homemade or organic deodorants.
- Toxic cosmetics
The skin is our largest organ, and we still treat it with a PREPARATIVE or decorative cosmetics that are full with petroleum and coal tar. These toxic substances are traveling without any problem through the skin in the bloodstream and in that way make a fertile ground for cancer cells. Start using organic or homemade cosmetics and repair the damage.
- GMO soy and corn:
Most of the soy that you can buy in America is genetically modified, and if you are fan, for example, of soy milk, switch to another one because… Soy milk contains hemagglutinin, an ingredient that converts the red corpuscles into clots. The soy also increases the estrogen. Buy some organic milk, no matter what type do you prefer (cow, rice milk…).
- Artificial sweeteners
Refined sugar is a danger because not only is it typically GMO because it’s genetically modified sugar beets, but it rapidly spikes insulin levels. Fructose, the type of sugar found in soda, is a serious cancer culprit as well. It contains caramel color, a known carcinogen. Soda acidifies the body, which in turn causes cancer cells to multiply. Skip the sodas altogether limited your intake of refined sugars.
- Fluoridated water
No, this is not a mineral found in the nature or purified water passing through the pipes. The fluoride is actually polluting the water and washes the minerals from our body and it that way weakens the immune system. Drink spring water.
- Drugs, vaccines
Look for a doctor that you can trust to, who will give you advice about a lifestyle and nutrition as prevention of cancer. Stay away from “drugs” from the Big Pharma sound names with the same aim to make profit and that you disease is of great interest.
- Canned Goods
Most cans are lined with a product called bisphenol-A (BPA), which has been shown to genetically alter the brain cells of rats. Many plastic goods, thermal paper, water lines, and many dental composites also contain BPA.
- Commercial soaps, shampoos, tooth pastes, creams
Again, the things that are applied to the skin, hair or teeth end in your bloodstream. Perfumes, colors, animal by-products and the other suspicious substances can cause cancer. Do it yourself or buy organic and natural cosmetics. There is a saying “If you would not eat it, do not use it on your skin!”
Source: NutriLover.com
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