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Category Archives for non-conventional therapies

Metformin- Treatment for Endometrial Cancer?

Metformin, traditionally used to treat diabetes, may be an important part of adjuvant therapy for endometrial cancer:  

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Heart Failure? Brain Training, Exercise, Supplements, Diet

The cognitive impact is often serious, with an estimated 25 to 50 percent of stable chronic heart failure patients experiencing pre-dementia conditions of mild to moderate cognitive impairment. The study

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Non-Toxic Ulcerative Colitis Therapy

 “Treatment of patients with mild to moderate Ulcerative Colitis, not responding to conventional therapy, with VSL#3 resulted in a combined induction of remission/response rate of 77% with no adverse

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Dry Eye Syndrome, Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca- Omega 3 Fatty Acids

 There is a growing body of research supporting the use of omega 3 fatty acids supplements to treat dry eye, an uncomfortable condition that arises when the eye produces fewer tears.  The New

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Brain Cancer- Glioma- The BRI

We report a 44-year-old female with a recurrent, multicentric, malignant glioma who experienced a durable remission lasting more than four years… The study linked below documents a case of “44-year-old

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Endometrial Cancer, Sugar, Curcumin, Green Tea

Eating a sugary diet may increase the risk of developing endometrial cancer by upwards of 33%:  

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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, N-Acetylcysteine-

N-Acetylcysteine was found to have a significant effect only on decreases in percentage of predicted vital capacity and 6 minutes walking test distance for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis  I read the article

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My Multiple Myeloma Doctors Have Lost Hope…

Multiple Myeloma Patients and Survivors Must Pursue the Best of both Conventional and Non-Conventional Therapies to Manage Their Cancer- Hi David- I read your story and wonder if you are still in remission

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Curcumin vs. Multiple Myeloma: The scientific evidence continues to pile up

“We observed that curcumin cell death induction was heterogeneous, of note 16 Human Myeloma Cell Lines were highly sensitive to curcumin…” Curcumin (Cu) is one of the best examples I

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Fenben (fenbendazole)- Non-conventional Multiple Myeloma Therapy?

“Benzimidazoles, including albendazole, fenbendazole, mebendazole, and nocodazole, have been used as anthelmintics and fungicides…fenbendazole, and nocodazole significantly inhibited multiple

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Multiple Myeloma – Alternative Therapy

Gerson, Poly MVA, CHIPSA, Insulin Potentiation Therapy, Laetrile, etc. etc.- I have studied alternative therapies for multiple myeloma for years and never found credible evidence of success- The first

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Myeloma – Nutritional Supplementation

Nutritional Supplementation – as myeloma therapy, as a complementary therapy or as an integrative therapy is, in my opinion, the key to long-term myeloma treatment.  Living with multiple myeloma

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