By Dave Mihalovic High-dose vitamin C has been studied as a treatment for patients with cancer since the 1970s. It can completely shut down specific types of tumors. According to a new study from Weill Cornell Medicine investigators, scientists could one day harness vitamin C…
By Dr. Marianna Pochielli Microbes are major actors in biological environments and play critical roles in both the prevention and advancement of disease. Cancer diagnosticians may soon be able to predict key genetic mutations with simple test kits which analyze specific gut bacteria linked to different…
By Heather Callaghan Imagine your 17 year old daughter gets the diagnosis of cancer. You both do research on treatment options and see that chemotherapy is toxic with potentially long standing, irreversible consequences: damage to the reproductive organs, bladder, heart, lungs, nervous system, kidneys, and more….
A compound found in green tea may trigger a cycle that kills oral cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone, according to Penn State food scientists. The research could lead to treatments for oral cancer, as well as other types of cancer. Earlier studies had…
By Melissa Melton, Truthstream Media* How can any American living here in the supposed “land of the free” honestly believe we still are? The Connecticut Supreme Court has now ruled that yes, the government has the power to force a minor to undergo chemotherapy treatments…
Bowel cancer patients with high levels of vitamin D in their blood are more likely to survive the disease, a study shows. Patients with the highest levels of vitamin D have half the risk of dying compared with those with the lowest levels, the findings…
Chinese herb thunder god vine A diagnosis of pancreatic cancer—the fourth most common cause of cancer death in the U.S.—can be devastating. Due in part to aggressive cell replication and tumor growth, pancreatic cancer progresses quickly and has a low five-year survival rate (less than…
Green tea and its extracts have been widely touted as potential treatments for cancer, as well as several other diseases. But scientists have struggled to explain how the green tea and its extracts may work to reduce the risk of cancer or to slow the…
By Alex Pietrowski Cancer rates are on the rise worldwide, which means that in coming generations more and more people will have their lives turned inside out with a diagnosis, and with having to turn their attention to battling this new plague. The psychological effects…
by Arjun Walia Today, odds are that you have had/have cancer, or know somebody who does. In Canada, approximately one million Canadians that were alive at the beginning of 2009 have had a cancer diagnosis in the previous 10 years. Two out of every five…
Breast cancer patients with high levels of vitamin D in their blood are twice as likely to survive the disease as women with low levels of this nutrient, report University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers in the March issue of Anticancer Research….
“Caffeine-Based Gold (I) N-Heterocyclic Carbenes as Possible Anticancer Agents: Synthesis and Biological Properties“ Inorganic Chemistry The side effects of ingesting too much caffeine — restlessness, increased heart rate, having trouble sleeping — are well known, but recent research has shown that the stimulant also has…
by Natural Blaze Cancer is a problem, but it’s not the problem. The real problem is malnutrition, says Chris Wark who beat cancer without chemotherapy. His blog ChrisBeatCancer.com details some of the natural ways he built up his immune system to defeat cancer. Below Wark…
Grape Seed Oil University of Adelaide research has shown for the first time that grape seed can aid the effectiveness of chemotherapy in killing colon cancer cells as well as reducing the chemotherapy’s side effects. Published in the prestigious journal PLOS ONE, the researchers say…
Fruits raised levels of hormone involved in regulating blood sugar, fat A tomato-rich diet may help protect at-risk postmenopausal women from breast cancer, according to new research accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Breast cancer risk rises in…
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published online ahead of print in the journal Nutrition and Cancer describes the laboratory synthesis of the most active component of grape seed extract, B2G2, and shows this synthesized compound induces the cell death known as apoptosis in prostate…
Extract taken from an Asian vegetable may have therapeutic qualities to treat head and neck cancer, a Saint Louis University researcher has found. Preliminary findings of the research were published in the Public Library of Science One Journal by Ratna Ray, Ph.D. associate professor of…
By Heather Callaghan Cancer is a word…not a sentence. It’s been said that a good book lets us know about the author, but a truly good book knows you. A reader of Catherine Frompovich’s book A Cancer Answer will understand why. Hers is a real-time…
By Heather Callaghan Have you been following the story of 10-year-old Sarah Hershberger? She is the fully recovered Amish girl who is willing to (physically) fight if forced back back onto experimental chemotherapy. The threat of court-ordered chemotherapy still looms over the family as sheriffs…
By Dr. Victor Marchione Cabbage is one of those healthy vegetables that doesn’t get promoted as much as other superstars like broccoli or kale, but that’s a shame! Cabbage is full of a number of healthful ingredients that could help protect you. First of all,…
