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Acid reflux pills cause up to 8 times the gastric cancer risk
Acid reflux pills cause up to 8 times the gastric cancer risk
Proton pump inhibitors such as omeprazole are known to damage the gut microbiome, but two studies show they can increase your risk of stomach cancer (gastric cancer) by up ...
Common chemo drugs and immunotherapies improved by good bacteria
Common chemo drugs and immunotherapies improved by good bacteria
Yet again, probiotics and a healthy gut microbiome have been shown to make chemotherapy and other anti-cancer drugs such as immunotherapy, work much better and help in eliminat ...
Glutathione - the most powerful antioxidant in your body
Glutathione - the most powerful antioxidant in your body
Glutathione or GSH is an antioxidant, naturally produced in your body from three amino acids, glycine, cysteine and glutamine (glutamic acid). It is produced by your liver and by your nerve cells. ...
Low oxygen and cancer
Low oxygen and cancer
It is imperative that you have good blood levels of oxygen, with a saturation level of 99 or 100 both to prevent and fight cancer. Here we tell you why, and how? Oxygenating your blood Your ...
A coffee a day keeps cancer at bay
A coffee a day keeps cancer at bay
Drinking real coffee, rather than instant, has been shown in multiple studies to reduce the risk of cancer; it seems caffeine may be a benefit but far more so are the two polyphenol diterpenes, ca ...
Cancer drivers are NOT found in DNA
Cancer drivers are NOT found in DNA
Two new studies have revealed that not only are there no newly-developed 'mutations' in DNA causing cancer formation; but also where there is an inherited mutation, it does& ...
IP-6 can starve brain tumours
IP-6 can starve brain tumours
IP-6, inositol hexaphosphate, a natural compound from fibre has been shown to both restrict iron in brain cancer cells and reactivate essential cancer-blocking messages, in effect starving the can ...
Off-label drugs shown to increase colorectal cancer survival
Off-label drugs shown to increase colorectal cancer survival
After reviewing survival outcomes of almost 14,000 patients with colorectal cancer, those who were taking blood pressure drugs, ACE inhibitors, beta blockers and thiazide diuretics all had increas ...
Berberine as a cancer treatment
Berberine as a cancer treatment
Berberine has been shown in research to work along a number of quite separate pathways against cancer; it reduces blood sugar levels, it reduces inflammation, boosts immune response and attacks ce ...
Pesticides and their links to cancer
Pesticides and their links to cancer
Pesticide use has been linked to two thirds of all cancers; in both farmers and consumers, with breast cancer, prostate cancer, lymphoma, thyroid cancers and multiple myeloma leading the ...
Cancer risk in the workplace
Cancer risk in the workplace
Exposure to carcinogens in the workplace has been shown in multiple studies to be a serious concern with a wide spread of cancers across industries from firefighting to farming and petrochemi ...
How a bacterium can make immunotherapy work
How a bacterium can make immunotherapy work
A strain of Enterococcus breaks down the gut mucosal lining to produce glycoproteins which boost the immune system and make checkpoint inhibitor drugs work better. Research by Professor Howard ...
Transarterial chemoperfusion give some hope to mesothelioma patients
Transarterial chemoperfusion give some hope to mesothelioma patients
Researchers at the specialist mesothelioma unit in the Moffitt Cancer Center have been using ‘Transarterial chemoperfusion’ to deliver high dose chemo straight to the cancer with minim ...
Colorectal polyps turn cancerous with certain bacteria present
Colorectal polyps turn cancerous with certain bacteria present
Only 5 per cent of colorectal polyps lead to colorectal cancer but it would seem that localised bacteria may be the reason for the increased inflammation when they do. Research from William De ...
Enhertu significantly outperforms Kadcyla for HER2 cancers
Enhertu significantly outperforms Kadcyla for HER2 cancers
Enhertu, an HER2-targeting antibody drug, was reported to have strong benefits in metastatic HER2+ breast cancer, advanced gastric cancer, and non-small cell lung cancer during a presentation at t ...
Abiraterone plus Prednisolone - new standard of care for prostate cancer
Abiraterone plus Prednisolone - new standard of care for prostate cancer
The use of Abiraterone with Prednisolone seems a potent combination for extending prostate cancer survival in men with non-metastatic prostate cancer but high risk of metastases. Research, as p ...
Statin-aspirin double act or lycopene against prostate cancer
Statin-aspirin double act or lycopene against prostate cancer
Studies have shown that taking a statin alongside a small aspirin may reduce aggressive and fatal prostate cancer risk by reducing levels of inflammation; research has shown natural lycopene ...
The Healthy Body and Vibrational Energy
The Healthy Body and Vibrational Energy
Your body has a vibrational energy of approx 5Hz; this can charge depending on whether you are standing or seated, on the vibrational frequencies in your environment, or on emotions and sounds. Th ...
Can eating peanuts spread cancer?
Can eating peanuts spread cancer?
Eating peanuts raises peanut agglutinin in the bloodstream and this may mimic the action of Galectin-3 promoting cytokine formation and the increased adhesion of cancer cells to the vascular epith ...
Moderate exercise a radiosensitiser and improves radiotherapy
Moderate exercise a radiosensitiser and improves radiotherapy
Moderate exercise is a radiosensitiser - it improves radiotherapy results - and reduces side-effects because it increases oxygen in the bloodstream, damaging the hypoxic pocket of cancer ...
Is IP-6 a cure for cancer?
Is IP-6 a cure for cancer?
IP-6, or inositol hexaphosphate, an antioxidant found in high fibre foods, may slow down the production of cancer cells, inhibiting cancers such as prostate cancer, brain cancer and brea ...
Chinese herb bioactive ingredient shows real anti-cancer benefits
Chinese herb bioactive ingredient shows real anti-cancer benefits
The Thunder god vine, or Lei Gong Teng, is an important member of Traditional Chinese medicine being known to have strong anti-inflammatory benefits and over a hundred bioactive ingredients, ...
Berberine presensitises cancer cells to radio, chemo.
Berberine presensitises cancer cells to radio, chemo.
Berberine, the herbal isoquinoline derivative alkaloid in Berberis and Goldenseal, has an important role of orthodox cancer treatment - it presensitises cancer cells to radiotherapy and chemothera ...
How Berberine helps fight TNBC
How Berberine helps fight TNBC
Berberine shows multiple anti-cancer effects both in vitro and in vivo against hard-to-treat Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) not just by cutting blood glucose or being cytoxic or causing apop ...
Wang identifies stem cells in gastric cancer - a new theory of cancer
Wang identifies stem cells in gastric cancer - a new theory of cancer
Mutations in stem cells originating in the bone marrow give rise to gastric cancer, according to Professor Timothy Wang of the University of British Columbia Medical School, Canada back in 2004; t ...
NHS rolls out cancer-detecting blood test
NHS rolls out cancer-detecting blood test
A new and simple blood test that can identify 50 different cancers and their location, seems to have started well in its pilot test involving 165,000 people, and is now being rolled out Nationally ...
Artificial Sweeteners severely damage the gut microbiome
Artificial Sweeteners severely damage the gut microbiome
Common sweeteners like sucralose, aspartame and saccharin have again been shown to damage this gut microbiome, this time causing commensal bacteria to change characteristics, damage the gut wall a ...
A single gut bacterium could revolutionise cancer treatment
A single gut bacterium could revolutionise cancer treatment
Researchers from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary have identified a unique gut micro-organism that can reduce the size of cancer tumours. The biotech company 4D, a spinoff from Aberdeen University’s ...
Chemotherapy disrupts the microbiome
Chemotherapy disrupts the microbiome
Conventional myelosuppressive chemotherapy for solid tumours disrupts the intestinal microbiome, causing a loss of helpful and good bacteria needed for survival but an increase in pathogens, that ...
How to eradicate Liver Fluke parasite
How to eradicate Liver Fluke parasite
Parasites - worms or fluke - that are common in South East Asia, China, India and which live and rapidly breed in the bile ducts are an important factor in the increasing levels of Cholangiocarcin ...
Milk Thistle can help protect your liver and improve chemo
Milk Thistle can help protect your liver and improve chemo
Milk thistle is a traditional herb used for liver and bile duct disorders, dyspepsia and detoxification; there is accumulating evidence that it can prevent toxicity in both healthy cells and the l ...
Sulforaphane, epigenetics and cancer
Sulforaphane, epigenetics and cancer
Sulforaphane is a chemical found in green cruciferous vegetables and sprouting seeds; it has proven epigenetic benefits and has been found capable of preventing and treating various cancers such a ...
Fasting plus vitamin C inhibits KRAS cancer progression
Fasting plus vitamin C inhibits KRAS cancer progression
A fasting-mimicking diet used alongside supplemental vitamin C increases the anti-cancer effect of vitamin C against different KRAS-mutant cancer models both in vitro and in mice; KRAS-mutation is ...
Lisavanbulin, the first targeted brain cancer drug
Lisavanbulin, the first targeted brain cancer drug
Lisavanbulin, a tumour checkpoint inhibitor from Basilea Pharmaceuticals targets End-Binding protein 1, (EB1), preventing tubulin polymerisation in Glioblastoma (GBM) brain cancer; it is proceedin ...
Same prevalence of breast cancer mutations in black and white women
Same prevalence of breast cancer mutations in black and white women
Black women and (non-hispanic) white women have no significant differences in the levels of breast cancer genetic mutations, although black women tend to develop breast cancer younger and&nbs ...
Human cells can write foreign RNA into genetic DNA code
Human cells can write foreign RNA into genetic DNA code
Polymerase theta, present in human cells, has been found capable of copying foreign messenger-RNA in your cells and incorporating it into your personal DNA; it is highly expressed in cancer cells ...
PARP Inhibitors Increase the risk of pneumonitis
PARP Inhibitors Increase the risk of pneumonitis
PARP inhibitor drugs, now used for breast, ovarian, prostate and pancreatic cancer, are associated with an increased risk of pneumonitis, most usually a non-infectious inflammation of the lungs. ...
Toxoplasma gondii parasite linked to cancer cause
Toxoplasma gondii parasite linked to cancer cause
T. gondii, a parasite found in domestic cats, has now been linked to an increased risk of glioma, a brain cancer. It is possibly linked with other cancers such as lung, cervical and endometrial ca ...
Emodin, a TCM, anti-coronavirus, anti-cancer agent?
Emodin, a TCM, anti-coronavirus, anti-cancer agent?
Emodin exhibits antibacterial, anti-viral and anti-inflammatory strengths; but the real interest comes in its activities against the spike protein of coronavirus and against cancer metastasis and ...
How Covid-19 vaccines can mess with cancer detection
How Covid-19 vaccines can mess with cancer detection
While there is little or no solid research information on the survival benefits of having a Covid-19 vaccine for cancer patients, unique side-effects to do with swollen lymph nodes are emergi ...
Cancer changes your heart health
Cancer changes your heart health
Never mind the drugs, cancer itself seems to increase inflammation in a patient’s heart, while reducing the volume of the left ventricle, meaning less oxygenated blood is pumped around the b ...
Using infection to fight cancer
Using infection to fight cancer
For more than a hundred years, scientists have been using pathogens, live or inactivated, injected directly into tumours to kill the cancer, and also finding that this boosted the immune system to ...
How your mind can help you fight cancer
How your mind can help you fight cancer
Your mind plays a crucial role in your health via the Hypothalamus. Fear and stress damage the immune system and the gut microbiome, they cause inflammation and promote the enzyme C ...
Gut bacterium reduces lymphoma risk
Gut bacterium reduces lymphoma risk
A single strain of gut bacteria, Lactobacillus johnsonii, taken orally is capable of reducing risk of Lymphoma in genetically predisposed high-risk people. Ataxia-telangiectasia is a genetic di ...
How sugar dumbs our young adults
How sugar dumbs our young adults
A University of Southern California research group has shown that consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages during adolescence impairs performance on a learning andmemory task during adulthood. ...
Review: Parasites, viruses, bacteria, yeasts and cancer
Review: Parasites, viruses, bacteria, yeasts and cancer
20 per cent of cancers have been officially linked to infection but the figure could well be much higher as research shows that any of viruses, parasites, fungi, bacteria, ...
Existing drug could extend HER2 drug effectiveness
Existing drug could extend HER2 drug effectiveness
Researchers in Singapore have discovered how cancer gradually blocks the effectiveness of HER2 drugs, and have found an existing, clinically approved drug, that can stop this. Approximately 20- ...
How cancer blocks attacking T-cells
How cancer blocks attacking T-cells
An immune blocking system involving a compound IDO1, which inhibits T-Cells, is being explored by the Max Plank Institute. The first immunotherapy drugs were PD-1 drugs (such as Nivolumab and P ...
Invasive weed ingredients kill cancer cells
Invasive weed ingredients kill cancer cells
An ‘unkillable’ weed Andropogon virginicus that has spread slowly up North America and into Canada, even now appearing in Australia and Japan, seems to possess properties that may help ...
Successful Immunotherapy may be the result of one bacterium
Successful Immunotherapy may be the result of one bacterium
Research suggests that Akkermansia muciniphila, a bacterium that promotes the gut lining, maybe responsible for the success of PD-1 immunotherapy drugs with melanoma, NSCLC and renal cell car ...
Vitamin D makes melanoma less aggressive
Vitamin D makes melanoma less aggressive
Vitamin D influences the behaviour of a signalling pathway in melanoma cells, slowing down their growth and ability to spread; increases in vitamin D receptor signalling were shown to stop melanom ...
Stem Cell transplants more successful with a healthy microbiome
Stem Cell transplants more successful with a healthy microbiome
A single bacterium, Bacteroides fragilis, has been found by researchers at MUSC to significantly reduce the risk of GVHD in Stem Cell Transplants for blood and lymph cancers, where ...
Grape compounds suppress colon cancer
Grape compounds suppress colon cancer
Two well known grape compounds, resveratrol (from the skins) and grape seed extract, when used in combination, reduced the size of colon tumours in mice by 50% and killed cancer stem cel ...
The Truth about Bisphosphonates (and Aromatase Inhibitors)
The Truth about Bisphosphonates (and Aromatase Inhibitors)
Bisphosphonates are widely touted as bone strengthening drugs, used in osteoporosis and oncology, but research shows they can actually worsen the brittle bone effects; as do Aromatase iInhibitors ...
Lomustine with TMZ increases survival in GBM
Lomustine with TMZ increases survival in GBM
German researchers have shown that a combination therapy of Lomustine with Temozolomide plus radiotherapy delivers significantly increased survival times in patients with methylating GBM. The r ...
Vitamin D activates immune T-cells
Vitamin D activates immune T-cells
Vitamin D plays a major role in keeping the body healthy by allowing the immune system's T-cells to start doing their jobs.  T-cells are the ‘attack’ cells in the Innate part ...
Soy food intake aids breast cancer survival
Soy food intake aids breast cancer survival
Soy protein or soy isoflavones have a protective effect in women with breast cancer reducing recurrence and increasing survival. Researchers from the Epidemiology Center at the V ...
Microbiome affects brain astrocytes
Microbiome affects brain astrocytes
Researchers have shown that interferon-gamma, produced by gut bacteria can regulate proteins made by astrocytes, causing them to be anti-inflammatory or inflammatory in their relationship wit ...
Cancer cells hibernate’ to beat chemo
Cancer cells hibernate’ to beat chemo
Cancer cells enter a ‘diapause’ state when attacked by chemo, producing a compound that blocks autophagy, allowing them to reawaken when the danger has passed and they have developed g ...
Inosine arms T cells, which attack cancer cells
Inosine arms T cells, which attack cancer cells
A compound called inosine, made by three gut bacterial species in particular, can help the immune system T-cells directly attack cancer tumours and improve LD-1 immunotherapy, according to researc ...
Common diarrhoea drug can kill GBM cells
Common diarrhoea drug can kill GBM cells
The common drug, Loperamide, that is usually prescribed to treat diarrhoea, (brand name immodium) may be a powerful weapon against glioblastoma brain cancer. In the study, researchers sought to ...
Vitamin B3 increases survival in GBM
Vitamin B3 increases survival in GBM
A B vitamin, niacin or vitamin B3, has been shown to improve the immune response to prevent cancer stem cells growing in Glioblastoma patients, increasing survival significantly, especially when u ...
Resveratrol inhibits cancer stem cell renewal
Resveratrol inhibits cancer stem cell renewal
Resveratrol is a stilbene, a natural polyphenol compound produced when, for example, grape skins are under attack from moulds or fungi. It has been shown to have an anti-tumour and anti-cancer ste ...
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