High-Dose Vitamin C Cancer Therapy
Questions and Answers About High-Dose Vitamin C High-dose vitamin C has been studied as a treatment for patients with cancer since the 1970s. A Scottish surgeon named Ewan Cameron worked with Nobel Prize-winning chemist Linus Pauling to study the possible benefits of...
Poly-MVA – An integrative approach to the treatment of cancer
What does Poly-MVA mean for the cancer patient? Poly-MVA is a liquid supplement, taken orally. The good news is, it is backed by good research data. Reputable physicians are using it with good result. It is not a drug, but a dietary supplement, so it is safe,...
Recent Advances in the Use of Metformin in Cancer Treatment
Diabetes drug Metformin holds promise for cancer treatment and prevention Use of Metformin -- commonly used as the front-line treatment for type 2 diabetes -- improves survival for some breast cancer patients, and shows promise as a treatment for patients diagnosed...
The Integral Role of Nutrition in Cancer Treatment
- Following up on last week's "The future of cancer treatment" series, this week we take a look at some of the best current treatment options... Nutrition in Cancer Care Healthy eating habits are important during cancer treatment. Nutrition therapy is used to help...
Promising new treatments in the fight against cancer
- The future of cancer treatment, part two The Promise of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) are engineered molecules that can be introduced into T cells to enable them to target specific tumor antigens. CAR T cells targeting...
Cancer treatment – looking towards the future
- The future of cancer treatment, part one. This week we take a look at some promising new cancer treatments... We have something like 14 million cells in our body, but only one in three of us, and over many years, gets cancer (defined by the uncontrolled division of...
Vitamin C and Cancer Treatment – Fact or Fiction?
Why high-dose vitamin C kills cancer cells Vitamin C has a patchy history as a cancer therapy, but researchers at the University of Iowa believe that is because it has often been used in a way that guarantees failure. Most vitamin C therapies involve taking the...
GMO – What you need to know
A GMO, or genetically modified organism, is a plant, animal, microorganism or other organism whose genetic makeup has been modified using recombinant DNA methods (also called gene splicing), gene modification or transgenic technology. This relatively new science...
Reading Behind the Lines – Food Label Lies
9 Food Label Lies Reading food labels isn't as easy as you think. Here's how to decipher nutrition labels so you can separate fact from marketing. It's a fact of the grocery store that the most healthy food often has the least marketing muscle behind it. The best...
Did you make a new year’s resolution to get healthy, lose weight, or eat better?
New year, new chance to eat clean this year. What exactly does this buzzy phrase mean? YOUR ULTIMATE GUIDE FOR EATING CLEAN “Although no clinical definition exists, clean eating generally refers to how a food is produced. It’s about the path from where it originates...
Does Obesity Increase Cancer Risk?
How being overweight causes cancer Research has shown that many types of cancer are more common in people who are overweight or obese, including cancers of the breast (in women after the menopause), bowel, womb, oesophageal (food pipe), pancreatic, kidney, liver,...
What’s in a word? The language of food labels
11 common words with very specific meanings on food labels One of the responsibilities of the Food and Drug Administration is to assure that foods are labeled properly. It provides regulations on what, where, and how prominently information should be placed on...
Biomarkers – The Future of Medicine
Cancer biomarkers: Written in blood In 2012, Charles Swanton was forced to confront one of cancer's dirtiest tricks. When he and his team at the Cancer Research UK London Research Institute sequenced DNA from a handful of kidney tumours, they expected to find a lot of...
Cancer signs and early detection
15 Cancer Symptoms Women Shouldn't Ignore Women's bodies are always changing. Sometimes changes that seem normal can be signs of cancer, though. The key is to pay attention to your body so you can notice when something's different, says Robyn Andersen, PhD, of the...
Natural Cancer Treatments and Therapies
A search for Natural Cancer Treatment on Google returns over 132 Million results. In this article, we select three treatments, provide reference research, and then get Dr. Stegall's comments on each treatment therapy. Proteolytic Enzyme Therapy The Role of Systemic...
Lymph nodes and the Spread of Cancer
Lymph Nodes and Cancer - What is the lymph system? Our bodies have a network of lymph vessels and lymph nodes. (Lymph is pronounced limf.) This network is a part of the body’s immune system. It collects fluid, waste material, and other things (like viruses and...
Food and Cancer – Additives, GMO, and Healthy Choices
Do preservatives, nitrates, food additives, and other food chemicals cause cancer? We hear a lot of news stories linking various additives and chemicals and food colorings with cancer risk. It’s certainly possible. But at this point, the evidence hasn’t shown any real...
Your Body’s PH Level and How it Relates to Cancer
Why An Alkaline Approach Can Successfully Treat Cancer In the 1930's, an interesting natural cancer treatment was proposed as a simple, effective answer to cancer – almost any cancer. This treatment approach is not well known because it is considered alternative or...