Alternative medicine for cancer: The hype and the truth – Part 5


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While there are many unfounded claims that state they have the newest cure for various forms of cancer, the reality is that none of them have shown reputed scientific studies to support their claims.

There are, however, some herbal combinations that can be combined with traditional medicine that have shown promise. A prime example is bloodroot and skin cancer. The Native Americans along Lake Superior were the first reported ones to use the sap of the herb on skin cancerous growths with documented success. In “Medical botany” they state their have been successful cases using the herb in treating both breast cancer and superficial cancerous growths.

A traditional beverage known to nearly every man is coffee. coffee enemas have been prescribed for cancer in Continue Reading

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Is magnetic therapy beneficial to maintaining health? – Part 2

Alternative practitioners always use plenty of techno-speak, one example of this is is in the field of magnetic therapy, estimated to have an annual global turnover of $1billion. Magnets are sold in various forms such as bracelets,mattress pads, knee bands and insoles.Often promoted as cures for pain, supporters say they can treat everything from HIV to cancer.

The idea is that magnets have some “positive power” on the body, in particular the blood. We all know that blood contains iron so it sounds feasible when we read in an advert for say, Green Foam Magnetic Insoles that the clinical benefits of magnetic therapy being researched include pain reduction, healing of bone,tissue,muscle and nerves; chronic disease prevention and reversal, and more.Note the words Continue Reading

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Research And Discuss Breast Cancer Treatment Options

Once the first sign of breast cancer is detected and confirmed, it’s important for women to research and discuss with their partners and health-care providers what their options are as far as treatment is concerned as soon as possible. It can be more than a little overwhelming, however, as it seems the possibilities are endless for women nowadays when it comes to breast cancer treatment—of both the disease, the symptoms associated with breast cancer and the side-effects of medication.

Personal research into the options available is recommended, as well as thorough discussion with a doctor or health practitioner. A woman’s age, whether she is a first-time breast cancer patient or it is recurring, the specific type, stage, grade and locality of the breast Continue Reading

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Alternative medicine for cancer: The hype and the truth – Part 2

The Truth:

Today large alternative hospitals are springing up every where other than in Europe where natural cancer therapies have been studied and practiced for the last fifty years or more.

Now in Canada and the United States people with cancer have many choices of therapies to treat even aggressive cancers than ever before. Some medical centers combine both cutting edge conventional medicines and alternative medicine in working together to find a cure for cancer.

Alternative medicine has been utilized for thousands of years as compared to modern day drugs and treatment for cancer patients.

Chemotherapy has its entrance in the 1940’s when first derived from nitrogen gas or mustard gas used by the Department of Defense in chemical warfare. Studies Continue Reading

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The basics of radiation therapy – Part 4

As the science of medical imaging continues to advance it is becoming easier all the time to find abnormalities in the human body, especially small tumors and carcinomas which only a few years ago might have been overlooked, using the standard imaging techniques of the day. This makes radiation treatment for those abnormalities a more viable option, and provides for the ability to deliver a positive prognosis for a disease free outcome and a productive future for the patient.

The intent of radiation therapy is to damage the nuclear material, namely the DNA, inside the cancerous cell. Early detection of a cancerous tumor makes it more possible to directly and selectively target the diseased cells using gamma rays or x-rays. Damaging the cancer cells using radiation does not Continue Reading

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