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Prevent Premature Aging – Pediatric, Adolescent Young Adult Cancer Survivors
“…an estimated 16 million cancer survivors who are alive in the United States today…Emerging evidence suggests that these cancer survivors are at risk for premature aging…” I
Continue readingDoes Sleep Apnea Make Myeloma More Aggressive?
“It’s potentially a very potent driver of cancer aggression (sleep apnea),” she says. “It’s so simple. It had such a profound impact, but it’s potentially so treatable.” Sleep apnea is yet
Continue readingTraditional Chinese Herbal Medicine for My Heart Failure
Beneficial effects of Shengmai in treating heart failure (HF) were also observed in other outcomes, including exercise test, ejection fraction and cardiac output. I was diagnosed with chemotherapy-induced
Continue readingCurcumin vs. cancer: The scientific evidence continues to pile up
Dr. Saraswati Sukumar, from Johns Hopkins, has been studying curcumin for many years. The primary active ingredient in the spice turmeric, says Dr. Sukumar, is arguably the most potent anti-cancer nutrient
Continue readingEvidence-based Integrative Therapies to Enhance Multiple Myeloma Chemotherapy
“In the present study, we report that combination of forskolin with the common MM therapeutic agents melphalan, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, bortezomib, and dexamethasone signicantly increased
Continue readingSorafenib for Heptocellular/Liver Cancer- Less is More
Patients with the most common type of liver cancer who are taking the chemotherapy drug sorafenib can begin their treatment with a lower dose than is currently considered standard, and it will not affect
Continue readingGinsenosides/Ginseng as Cancer Therapy
“Based on our review, we found good evidence from in vitro and in vivo animal studies showing enhanced antitumor effect when ginseng is used in combination with some anticancer drugs…” A
Continue readingBrain Cancer- Evidence-Based, Non-toxic, Non-Conventional Therapies
Evidence-based Non-Conventional Brain Cancer Therapy- Curcumin, Bromalain, Cat’s Claw, Infrasound and a little Conventional Chemo Thrown in for good luck… Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is
Continue readingIntegrative Therapy for Breast, Colon, Ovarian, Pancreatic and Head/Neck Cancer
Evidence-based, Integrative Therapy to Promote Apoptosis, Enhance the Efficacy of Chemo while Reducing Multi-Drug Resistance Bitter Melon extract (BME) kills breast, colon, ovarian, pancreatic, liver,
Continue readingIntegrative, Evidence-based Non-Conventional Mesothelioma Therapy
Evidence-Based, Non-toxic Therapy that Research Shows Can Kill Mesothelioma as well as Enhance the Efficacy of Chemotherapy There are two important things for meso survivors and caregivers to keep in mind.
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