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50 years into era of cancer genetics, how to widen hunt for targeted therapies

50 years into era of cancer genetics, how to widen hunt for targeted therapies
WASHINGTON – Cancer is a tale of two sets of genetic code, your own and your tumour’s — and tracing the unique areas of damage makes for a way to target treatment.

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Natural Health Therapies and Cancer – Part II

This article is part of a series on Natural Health Therapies and Cancer. The material presented is meant to inform you of complementary cancer therapies that are available in the medical community. These therapies are to be used in cooperation with other cancer treatment methods. They are not meant to be done in place of your physician’s care. In the last article, we covered the basics of cancer – what it is, what causes it, what are its various types and stages. This article will focus on the aspect of Dietary Changes and Nutritional Supplements as a form of cancer therapy.

Aside from tobacco and smoking, there is no greater factor for triggering and promoting cancer than diet and nutrition. When used correctly, diet and nutrition are also the factors that have the highest ability to reverse cancer. According to the National Academy of Sciences, 40% of all cancer in men may be directly related to diet. The statistics are even worse for women; 60% of all cancers in women may be linked to nutritional factors.

As I’ve pointed out in other articles, what we eat is important to our health. Equally important is what we don’t eat. Our society has turned from a natural, raw food diet to a highly processed and refined diet. The average American meal consists of high-fat, high-protein, low-fiber foods in oversized portions. Our fast-paced society even calls some of them a ‘Value Meal.’ Where’s the value? The nationwide increase in cancer has been parallel to the decline in our eating habits.

Several areas of our society’s diet are excessive. In clinical studies, these excesses have been found to significantly increase cancer risks. The key sections of the American diet that contribute to cancer are:

· Excessive intake of animal protein (meat, cheese, dairy) – can increase the risk for cancer in the breast, colon, pancreas, kidney, prostate, and endometrium; certain preparation and cooking techniques (such as pickling, smoking, frying) add to the cancer risks; fatty meats contain higher levels of carcinogenic pesticides

· Intake of contaminated fish – mercury, nickel, oil, and PCBs found in many marketplace fish; 1/10 of a teaspoon of PCBs is enough to cause illness or cancer

· Excessive fat intake – can increase risk for cancer of the breast, colon, rectum, uterus, prostate, and kidney; partially hydrogenated vegetable oils are considered major problems along with insufficient intake of healthy Omega-3 fats

· Excessive intake of refined carbohydrates and table sugar – lowers immune system function; elevates insulin levels (which can promote breast cancer); tumors thrive in a high-glucose environment

· Excessive intake of iron – associated with red meat, fortified breads and pastas; cooking in iron pots and skillets can add to your iron exposure

· Excessive intake of alcohol – can increase risk for cancer in the breast, mouth, throat, pancreas, liver, head and neck; alcohol suppresses Natural Killer cells that help repel cancer

· Excessive intake of caffeine – cancer rates are higher for those who drink more than 3 cups of coffee a day; caffeine can cause DNA damage, adding to cancer risk

Although it looks like our diets doom us to destruction, there are steps we can take to reduce the cancer risk. Here are some ways to combat and prevent cancer through some simple changes in your diet –

· Eat more fruits and vegetables

· Drink green tea, fresh juices

· Eat nuts, seeds, legumes

· Avoid all red meats, dairy products, eggs and shellfish

· Avoid refined, sugary foods

· Avoid caffeine and alcohol

· Avoid all vegetable oils especially hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils

· Use olive, pumpkin seed, flaxseed, walnut, and sesame oils

· Avoid margarine, fried foods, creamy sauces and dressings

· Eat salmon, halibut, red snapper, and flounder for healthy Omega-3 fats

· Avoid cooking in iron or aluminum cookware

· Use stainless steel or glass cookware

· Avoid microwave use, particularly with plastic containers

· Eat organically-grown foods when possible

More advanced nutritional therapies include Vegan and Macrobiotic diets. These nutritional

regimens consist of raw, natural foods and specific food preparation techniques. These diets are used to help cleanse the digestive system, allowing the elimination of excessive toxins.

Nutritional supplements can play a major role in cancer prevention and cancer therapy. There are many different approaches being practiced successfully. For example, antioxidants, such as Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and Alpha-Lipoic-Acid combat the free radical damage associated with cancer. Sea vegetables such as kombu are linked to a lower breast cancer rate in Japanese women. Garlic appears to boost the Natural Killer cell function and block cancer cells in the bloodstream. Certain types of digestive enzymes can be used to break down the protective coating on certain cancer cells. Minerals such as selenium, magnesium, calcium, and zinc are also used in varying dosages for certain cancer therapies.

As you may know, my PhD research is on the connection between nutrition and health. I’m concentrating on the importance of 8 basic carbohydrates called glyconutrients that help the cells communicate properly. ‘Glyco’ means sugar and these 8 simple sugars are involved in every cell interaction. The relatively new scientific field of glycobiology is making amazing discoveries on the impact of these simple sugars on our health. The studies show that many of these glyconutritional sugars, such as fucose, inhibit growth and/or tumor cell metastasis in certain cancers. The inhibition of cancer growth by glyconutritional sugars, such as mannose, appears to be partially related to immune system activation of Natural Killer cells, the white blood cell that destroys cancer cells. Research also demonstrates that glyconutritional sugars appear to inhibit tumor cell metastasis by preventing the attachment of tumor cells to normal cells. They do this by competing for glyconutritional sugar binding sites on the cell surfaces.

I personally know individuals that have had outstanding results against cancer with the use of these nutrients. Various glyconutrients are traditionally found in mother’s breast milk, pectin from apples and oranges, specific types of mushrooms, and limu. However, most of these glyconutrients are not in our diets. Luckily, our bodies can manufacture many of these nutrients through a lengthy metabolic process. Unfortunately, the effects of stress, medications, and other environmental factors make this process difficult and prone to errors. For that reason as well as the nutrition lost from the over-processing of our foods, the only way to insure that you get all 8 glyconutrients is through nutritional supplements. For additional information on glyconutritional supplements, you may also refer to material posted at www.glycoscience.com or at www.glycoinformation.com. You can also research these nutrients on PubMed under glycobiology or by name of the sugar such as fucose, mannose, etc.

A couple of good books for Cancer and Nutrition that I recommend are:

Beating Cancer with Nutrition by Patrick Quillin, Ph.D., and Director of the Cancer Treatment Centers of America.

Options: The Alternative Cancer Therapy Book by R. Walters

Alternatives in Cancer Therapy by R. Pelton and L. Overholser

Sugars that Heal by Dr. Emil Mendoa, MD

“Education is the best provision for the journey to old age” – Aristotle

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Natural Health Therapies and Cancer ? Part One

Cancer. The word itself is alarming. It sounds like a death sentence. In many cases, it is. But it doesn’t necessarily have to be that way. The topic of cancer is so large that we will take at least three or four articles to even begin to touch on the main points. Like any other illness, the more you know about it, the better you’ll be able to deal with it. For example, how much did you know about your own health issues before they touched your life personally? What would you have done differently in your life if you knew that it would prevent the problem from happening? Would you have been willing to make the changes? I imagine that you would. You have that opportunity with cancer. In a series of articles, we’ll cover not only the natural health therapies for cancer but the lifestyle changes that help prevent cancer as well.

The increase in the rate of cancer is amazing. A hundred years ago, 1 in 33 people had cancer; today, 1 in 3 people either have cancer or will develop it. Statistics show that one American life is lost to cancer every 45 seconds. There is no other topic in medicine that has such urgency. So, exactly what is cancer? Basically, it is nature gone overboard. Healthy cells stop functioning properly for a variety of reasons and then begin to reproduce damaged copies of themselves. The natural process of cells multiplying becomes accelerated because these new mutant cells are not regulated by the body’s normal controls. In addition, the life span of these cells is not controlled any longer, meaning that cancer cells become virtually immortal.

There are types and stages of cancer. Of the 150 different types of cancer, there are 5 major groups:

• Carcinomas – solid tumors from cells in the surface of the mouth, nose, throat, lung airways, skin, GI tract, GU tract, breast, and thyroid. Lung, prostate, stomach, skin, colon, and breast cancers are in this type.

• Sarcomas – solid tumor from bones, fat, and other soft tissues such as muscles, tendons, abdomen, heart, central nervous system, and blood vessels. These are the most rare and most deadly of solid tumors.

• Leukemias – a blood-borne cancer type characterized by an abnormal production of white blood cells.

• Lymphomas – solid masses of abnormal white blood cells concentrated in the lymph system. Examples of this type of cancer include Hodgkin’s disease and non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas.

• Myelomas – rare tumors from antibody-producing or blood cell-producing areas in the bone marrow.

Cancer is often described by what stage it is in. Staging in cancer refers to a scale used to determine amount of cancer, its location, size, and degree of containment. The four different levels listed below describe the stages of cancer.

• Stage I – earliest, most curable stage. Local tumor only.

• Stage II – some spreading of cancer to surrounding tissue and maybe nearby lymph nodes.

• Stage III – involves spreading to distant lymph nodes

• Stage IV – most advanced, least easily cured. Cancer has spread to distant organs.

Why do some people get cancer and others don’t? What is the trigger that turns these healthy cells into mutants? What causes cancer? There are at least 33 contributing causes, according to various researchers. Each of these factors could be an article in itself so I’ll just provide you with the list for now. With this information, you can easily research these contributing items to increase your cancer knowledge. The factors that can contribute to cancer are:

1. Sunlight

2. Nuclear Radiation

3. Pesticide/Herbicide Residues

4. Industrial Toxins

5. Polluted Water

6. Tobacco and Smoking

7. Chronic Electromagnetic Field Exposure

8. Hormone Therapies

9. Immune-Suppressive Drugs

10. Irradiated Foods

11. Food Additives

12. Mercury Toxicity

13. Dental Factors

14. Chronic Stress

15. Depressed Thyroid Action

16. Intestinal Toxicity and Digestive Impairment

17. Parasites

18. Viruses

19. Diet and Nutritional Deficiencies

20. Nerve Interference Fields

21. Toxic Emotions

22. Blocked Detoxification Pathways

23. Chlorinated Water

24. Fluoridated Water

25. Ionizing Radiation

26. Geopathic Stress

27. Sick Building Syndrome

28. Free Radicals

29. Cellular Oxygen Deficiency

30. Cellular Terrain

31. Oncogenes

32. Genetic Predisposition

33. Miasm

Now that we have a little background knowledge on cancer, we will begin to cover a wide range of clinically proven natural health therapies that can be helpful for people with various forms of cancer. Each of these types of complementary medicine has a wealth of scientific research available for review, thanks to the ongoing research of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In addition, each of the therapies is currently available through physicians with outstanding medical backgrounds. The bottom line is that all of the cancer therapies that I will discuss in the next few articles are valid and have been documented in scientific literature.

In upcoming articles, we will explore the use of the following methods for cancer therapy supported by scientific evidence:

• Nutrition – Dietary changes and Anti-Cancer Nutritional Supplements

• Anti-Cancer Herbal Supplements

• Innovative Anti-Cancer Substances

• Physical Support Therapies – Detoxification, Biological Dentistry, Water Therapy, Heat Therapy, Bodywork/Therapeutic Massage/Exercise, Qi Gong

• Energy Support Therapies – Electrodermal Screening, Magnetic Therapy, Light Therapy

In closing, please remember that early detection and prevention is the key to beating cancer. Here are the 8 Early Warning Signs for Cancer. If you experience any of these signs or symptoms, contact your physician immediately.

1. A Lump in the Breast or Testicles.

2. A Change in a Wart or Mole.

3. A Skin Sore or Sore Throat that Does Not Heal.

4. A Change in Bowel or Bladder Habits.

5. A Persistent Cough or Coughing Blood.

6. Constant Indigestion or Trouble Swallowing

7. Unusual Bleeding or Vaginal Discharge

8. Chronic Fatigue

If you would like more information on any topic discussed in this article, you can contact me through my website at www.JerryRyanPhD.com or email me at DoctorRyan@JerryRyanPhD.com.

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Beat Cancer Naturally – Natural Therapies to Conquer Cancer Today

Cancer is a reaction to something that the body finds foreign. It is a RESULT of something, usually a chemical, toxin or even a viral invader that secretes toxins that your body eventually becomes overwhelmed by. There are may instances where we can point to an event and identify it as a cause of the cancer. If you look at Chernobyl or Hiroshima you can clearly see how the occurrences of cancer went through the roof as a result of an EXPOSURE to a toxic substance.

What I find fascinating though is that some people living in those areas didn’t get cancer.

Consider all of the people world wide who smoke tobacco. We know that inhaling toxins and tars from cigarettes, cigars and pipes causes an increase in lung, throat, mouth and tongue cancers, as well as some other internal cancers. It is also true, however, that many people who smoke do not succumb to cancer.

There are people in the world who, as a result of exposure to asbestos, have been overtaken by a rare form of lung cancer called mesothelioma, and yet we know without a doubt that exposure only increases your chances, and that some people who have the same exposure NEVER get mesothelioma at all.

I could list numerous examples where some people develop cancer and others do not. While we don’t know exactly why, we do know that some of us have the ability to fight off diseases including cancer.

If we can agree that cancers, at least some if not all of them, are caused by an exposure to toxins (chemicals, metals, or other substances that are not normal for our body’s immune system) then it would follow that by eliminating exposure to that toxin you could prevent the cancer. The problem is, most people who find “Cancer Can Be Beaten” already have breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer, bowel cancer or some other cancer in their body. It’s too late for prevention. You want to BEAT CANCER NOW.

What if I told you I’ve found a way to….

Eliminate The Toxins That Caused the Cancer.

It’s not a pill, a capsule, a powder or a cream. It’s not a patch, a soak or a juice. It’s something you can put in your water and drink 4 times a day, and it will virtually eliminate ALL heavy metals, chemicals, nitrosamines, viral particles and a lot more, with no side effects. When you remove all the toxic waste that is bogging your body down, and clogging your system, all of a sudden your body starts working better. You have more energy, you sleep better, and your immune system gets to work beating those tumor cells back attacking your cancer.

In fact, the evidence regarding this natural cancer fighter is so strong (and so requested) that the famous Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center now has a page regarding this supplement… here is an excerpt from their page.

A few in vitro studies indicate that XXXXX inhibited protein kinase B; and induced expression of tumor suppressor proteins. In animal studies, XXXXX product was shown to reduce metastasis and increase the effect of doxorubicin due to its antioxidant property

You will be able to read more about this important supplement in the ebook “Cancer Can Be Beaten”.

Once you have the toxins removed with the important supplement mentioned above, the next step is to boost your immune function. Your body is very capable of fighting off this attack on it’s own. Your immune system was designed to do this job, and in fact cancer cells begin every day and are hastily removed by your natural killer cells. The fact that the cancer has been allowed to grow large enough to be detected means that your immune system has been a bit overwhelmed lately. Sometimes it is enough to just remove the chemicals and let the immune system recover, but sometimes the tumor cells have been gaining strength and speed. It’s time for you to help your immune system out if you want to beat cancer for good.

A general immune system booster is not necessarily the answer for you in this case. You need to boost the Natural Killer Cells.

Natural Killer (NK) cells are yet another type of lethal lymphocyte. Like cytotoxic T cells, they contain granules filled with potent chemicals. They are called “natural” killers because they, unlike cytotoxic T cells, do not need to recognize a specific antigen before swinging into action. They target tumor cells and protect against a wide variety of infectious microbes. In several immunodeficiency diseases, including AIDS, natural killer cell function is abnormal. Natural killer cells may also contribute to immunoregulation by secreting high levels of influential lymphokines.

Both cytotoxic T cells and natural killer cells kill on contact. The killer binds to its target, aims its weapons, and then delivers a lethal burst of chemicals that produces holes in the target cell’s membrane. Fluids seep in and leak out, and the cell bursts. source- Immune Central

What if I told you I have found an all natural organic and pure product that will….

Increase the Numbers and Aggressiveness of the Natural Killer Cells

Is that something that you could get excited about? These natural killer cells are a part of your own body’s defense system, that attach themselves to cancer cells, inject a potent toxic chemical mix into the invading cancer cell and cause it to burst. You need a product that is will give these cells the strength they need and you need more of them.

I’ve found something that is 10 times stronger than anything you may be able to find to beat cancer, and I am going to tell you more about it. You will be able to read more about this important Natural Killer Cell Boosting supplement in the ebook “Cancer Can Be Beaten”.

To beat cancer effectively though, you need all of the help you can get. Much of that help is found in a cancer diet rich in foods that kill cancer cells, and proper drinking water to adequately hydrate your body. A cancer diet that is rich in cancer fighting compounds and nutrients is crucial. Would you be excited if I told you that I know…

That’s right. Nature has provided us with everything we need to stay healthy including foods that have the ability to kill cancer cells. Many people, when they get sick, are looking for a cancer diet that they can eat every day that will increase their odds of beating cancer, but also provide them with the nourishment and energy they need for this battle of their lives. I have outlined such a “Cancer Diet” for you in the ebook “Cancer Can Be Beaten”.

Aside from a general diet though, did you know that there are certain foods that have cancer fighting compounds in them naturally? These foods have been demonstrated in the lab, in animals and in humans to actually kill cancer or stop tumor growth. These foods are common enough that you can buy them inexpensively at your local grocery store year round. There is a strong possibility that you even have a few of them right in your refrigerator right now.

My next question is …

Are You Drinking REAL Water?

Now most people know by now how important alkalinity of the body is for health. Did you know, however, that cancer cells can not thrive in an alkaline environment? In the ebook “Cancer Can Be Beaten”, I will share with you how to increase the pH of your body fluids ever so slightly. This will give you the added boost that you need to Beat Cancer. This strategy will involve Drinking A SPECIAL water that will help to change your pH to a bit more alkaline. This special water costs pennies a day ( a month’s supply costs less than a meal for one at a good restaurant) This particular supplement is one almost no one even knows about yet. You’ll be one of the first.

The message in the ebook www.cancercanbebeaten.com is clear. There are no miracle cures, but you absolutely CAN BEAT CANCER/a> with these ‘based on science’ cancer beating strategies.

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Five Typical Breast Cancer Therapies

Breast cancer treatment is evolving with every single passing day. Each and every new invention in this field commonly represents a ray of hope for the millions of ladies and some guys who need to undergo the pain of loosing a breast or both for the condition. Occasionally, this quantities to loss of lives. Today, you can find 5 common breast cancer therapies adopted by medics. They consist of surgery, radio remedy, chemotherapy, hormone treatment and specific treatment. Nevertheless, you can find other types of treatments in clinical trial stages. Such include things like sentinel lymph-node biopsy and stem-cell transplant, which has to become preceded by higher doses of chemotherapy treatment method.

Surgery is the most prevalent breast cancer treatment method. Surgeons conduct a lumpectomy to remove the lump or tumor and adjacent structure or partial mastectomy whereby, component of the infected breast and standard muscle surrounding it’s removed. Lymph nodes are also used in the underarm for reasons of checking if they’ve cancer tissue. Total mastectomy requires the removal on the complete breast, whilst modified radical mastectomy requires the removal with the breast, lymph nodes and some chest-wall muscles where by the cancer might have distribute. Radical mastectomy is a lot more like modified radical mastectomy except that all lymph nodes and additional chest -wall muscles are eliminated. Normally, surgery is followed with radiotherapy, hormone therapy of chemotherapy in order to kill any cancer tissue left inside the entire body.

Radiation remedy is an additional common cancer cure that kills cancer cells or reduces their growth rate employing high energy x-rays. Radiation treatment is either administered externally using a machine that sends radiations in the direction of the cancer, or internally through radioactive substances passed by means of catheters, seeds, wires or needles. This kind of are put near or straight to the cancer. The selection of cure that a physician chooses depends on the severity and development stage of every cancer.

Breast cancer treatment via chemotherapy refers for the use of medicines to stop the cancer from building possibly by killing the cancerous cells or via inhibiting them from dividing. In systemic chemotherapy, the drugs can possibly be injected to the blood stream or used orally. In regional chemotherapy nevertheless, the medicines are positioned directly for the body cavity, spinal column or the affected organ. Just like in radiotherapy, the cure approaches in chemotherapy mainly depend on severity of the cancer, the kind and development stage on the illness.

Hormone therapy-based breast cancer therapy removes particular hormones in the entire body or blocks their action for requirements of stopping the cancer cells from growing. Ovarian ablation is one particular this kind of therapy that stops ovaries from making estrogen. Other hormone treatment treatment options have tamoxifen and aromatose inhibitors.

Specific treatment treats cancer employing drugs that identify and attack cancer cells with out causing harm to standard cells. Tyrosine-Kinase inhibitors and monoclonal antibodies are the two typical forms of specific remedy breast cancer therapies. Regardless of the kind of breast cancer treatment which is used on a individual, frequent medical checkups will be needed in long term to be able to gauge when the remedy managed to arrest the spread from the disease completely.

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Alternative therapies don’t help kids’ cancer stress

Alternative therapies don’t help kids’ cancer stress
Massage, humour therapy and relaxation don’t seem to make life much easier for children with cancer who go through stressful bone marrow transplants, disappointed researchers said Monday.

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Study highlights importance of individualized, patient-centered therapies

Study highlights importance of individualized, patient-centered therapies
In an analysis from the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial, one of the largest studies of its kind to determine whether intensive blood glucose (sugar) control worked better than standard blood sugar control among diabetics, results show that the benefits of intensive therapy need to be balanced against the increase in total and cardiovascular disease-related death …

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Natural Cures For Cancer – Alternative Therapies In Health and Medicine

Simple concepts are often the most powerful ones — and yet typically the most overlooked. This is particularly the case in the health care industry. For the past 700 years, society has been taught to think of the curing of cancer and other disease as a perplexing and complicated science that is best left in the hands of medical professionals. As a result, people have come to rely heavily on the information that is given to us by doctors and health care providers who are themselves usually unenlightened about alternative healing options that may be better for treating diseases than the normal medical treatments consisting of prescription drugs, surgery, radiation or other expensive, dangerous therapies.

 

There is, however, a simple, low-cost therapy that can be self-administered at home in less than a minute — and costs about one and a half cents per day. Over the past 70 years, approximately 15,000 European medical doctors have administered this powerful therapy to over 10 million people to treat over 50 different diseases. Natural cures for cancer, alternative liver cancer treatment, lung cancer cures, alternative breast cancer treatment, alternative prostate cancer treatment and many other diseases are among those successes. However, in the U.S., it has been essentially unknown because of reasons that will become clear as you read the One-Minute Cure.

 

To start with though, a few key details about the history of medicine and how it evolved into the overcomplicated, difficult technique of healing that is practiced today. From this abbreviated explanation of events, one can conclude that the process of curing disease does not have to be the expensive and often invasive procedure it is at this time. There is an easier, more natural and far more successful method to curing disease and maintaining quality health — one that has been concealed by the highly complex science and business of medicine and pharmaceutical drugs.

 

Think about all of the drugs being administered every day. Go to the popular pharmacies and take a look at how busy they are every day, all day. There are actually natural cures for arthritis, natural cures for asthma, cures for gingivitis, a natural cure for migraine headaches, and even natural cures for herpes and natural cures for yeast infections. The One-Minute Cure can take care of all that and more.

 

All along, misinformation about healing has been distributed to the public through various methods. The earliest method used, in the 14th and 15th centuries, was the ‘traditional authority’ approach to science and medicine. This is the idea that if a prominent person declared something to be true, then it must be true — and anything to the contrary was thought of to be an anomaly. Alternative therapies in health and medicine, and really all types of alternative medicine are seen as abnormal, but have been effective natural health remedies for centuries. If someone told you they knew a way to cure liver cancer, and you or someone you know has liver cancer, would you not give it a shot if it were a natural cure for cancer?

 

Centuries later, physicians, physiologists, and anatomists replaced earlier doctrines and discredited many of the theories of traditional authorities with doctrines derived from their explorations in physiology and anatomy.

 

Now, back to the 20th century — evidence-based medicine began to come forth, where the most effective ways of doing things were identified through scientific methods and worldwide information science. The evidence was gathered and organized; standard protocols were developed, and then dispersed to doctors and healthcare providers. The drawback with the ‘best practice’ method is that it served to inhibit all other alternative approaches to medical treatment, including simple natural cures for cancer that can truly change the world. Additionally, the scientific methods used in drawing conclusions were definitely biased.

 

All scientific experimentation is subject to confirmation bias to a certain extent, which is an unfair influence found in scientific research when researchers expect a given result, and subconsciously manipulate an experiment in order to find that result. A researchers own ideology can cause him or her to support some data over other data. The human brain has a propensity to fill in the gaps of what it perceives, and sometimes, a researcher may also be stubborn and unwilling to admit a mistake about a certain belief they have. Thus, any conclusions created from “scientific or clinical studies” are usually biased and cannot always be thought of as reliable.

 

Today, there are a confusing number of so-called ‘best practices’ for every part of the anatomy, all clouded with bias to one degree or another. This has made the question of how to cure cancer and other diseases seem like a difficult and mystifying science with its own language that is beyond the comprehension of the nonmedical population.

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What You Need To Know About Alternative Therapies

What You Need To Know About Alternative Therapies
It’s not a radical concept to use alternative therapies to assist in a patient’s fight against cancer.

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Reportlinker Adds Commercial Insight: Top 20 Oncology Therapy Brands in Australia Revenues of targeted therapies soar …

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