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Good Day Sunshine: As the man said 65 years ago, it prevents cancer

Commercial pressures and influences in medicine are so great that it can never be considered a true science. As a result, major discoveries that don’t earn a pharmaceutical billions of dollars usuall... more »

Cancer: Vitamin E can stop it (in mice, anyway)

A form of vitamin E kills cancer in mice, researchers have found. more »

Chemotherapy: I’ve started so I’ll finish

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the first report of a trial for chemotherapy to treat cancer. And, on such an auspicious occasion, it’s good that we remind ourselves of chemotherapy’s impress... more »

Vitamins: Campaigner faces court battle

Health campaigner Dr Matthias Rath is in court in Hamburg to face charges that he falsely advertised his vitamin pills as a cure for cancer. more »

Good nutrition cured my breast cancer

I am a 51-year-old woman diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) 10 months ago. I was told that some cells had become invasive and that - worst of all - there was no treatment option other than... more »

Keeping active reduces death risk

Physical activity can improve survival in breast cancer patients. Women with the disease who regularly engaged in physical activity reduced their risk of death. The greatest benefit was seen in those... more »

Prostate cancer - When doing nothing may be best

When doing nothing may be best Men diagnosed with high-grade prostate cancer could live up to 10 years with no intervention, according to new research. Patients diagnosed with these aggressive cancer... more »

I found a non-invasive cure for my cancer

It is difficult to believe that I was diagnosed with advanced invasive breast cancer - and given a poor prognosis - back in April 2000. Eight months later, having followed a different treatment path,... more »

Cancer: A sunshine cure?

The sun can fight malignant melanoma and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), according to two separate studies. more »

My granddaughter’s cancer is due to MMR

My granddaughter Jasmine was diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukaemia in 2003. more »

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3 Nov 2009 | Lynne McTaggart - Wh... (jowddty)

The poisoned generation

Perhaps the most underappreciated health scandal in modern times is the fact that, every day, we are all subjected to some 80,000 drugs—virtually all of which have not undergone a single regulat... more »

23 Oct 2009 | Health from your Gar... (bshubbard)

Your good health is down to yo...

One thing is sure in this world:  only you can establish total wellness and health. Unless you want it, and are sufficiently motivated to gain it and keep it, no amount of outside support will su... more »

1 Oct 2009 | Lynne McTaggart - Wh... (jowddty)

DNA: it's not destiny

When we become ill, most of us lay the blame at the feet of our ancestors: my heart problem is like dad’s, who had a dicky ticker; I’m likely to get breast cancer because it’s what m... more »

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21:35 | Health Conditions (blobby)

Re: Lung Cancer

Can we please stop all this childish bickering amongst ourselves. Everybody is entitled to express their own opinions on this site and everybody can agree or disagree with those opinions but let's... more »

19:53 | Health Conditions (ajmcglynn)

Re: glioblastoma multiforme

Dear Jenny, The New York Times published an article about a week ago describing a promising experimental treatment.  The physician is Dr. Howard Riina at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell &... more »

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Re: Small Intestine Bacterial ...

Karen, I note your comment that Xifaxin has been helpful.  The wisdom in the alternative medical community is that infestation in the gut can be a side effect of antibiotic treatment:  The a... more »

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