New Knowledge, Changing Recommendations
Chemo May Have Negative Effect on Survival of Cancer Patients
"As the 5-year relative survival rate for cancer in Australia is now over 60%, it is clear that cytotoxic chemotherapy only makes a minor contribution to cancer survival. To justify the continued funding and availability of drugs used in cytotoxic chemotherapy, a rigorous evaluation of the cost-effectiveness and impact on quality of life is urgently required."
Click here to read the study from 2004, published in the journal, "Clinical Oncology."
"Their meticulous study was based on an analysis of the results of all the randomized, controlled clinical trials (RCTs) performed in Australia and the US that reported a statistically significant increase in 5-year survival due to the use of chemotherapy in adult malignancies."
Click here to read about the study.
If they ignored all the neutral and negative findings and still only found a 2% increase in survival times, what would we find if we included all the results?
Click here to read the study from 2004, published in the journal, "Clinical Oncology."
"Their meticulous study was based on an analysis of the results of all the randomized, controlled clinical trials (RCTs) performed in Australia and the US that reported a statistically significant increase in 5-year survival due to the use of chemotherapy in adult malignancies."
Click here to read about the study.
If they ignored all the neutral and negative findings and still only found a 2% increase in survival times, what would we find if we included all the results?
Chemo Cuts Quality of Life by 2/3 in Terminal Cancer Patients, No Positive Effect
"Chemotherapy use was not associated with patient survival controlling for clinical setting and patients’ performance status.
Chemotherapy use compared with non use was associated with worse quality of life near death (OR 0.35)."
Click here to read the study from 2015 published in the "Journal of the American Medical Association: Oncology."
"In reality, only 2 major reasons exist for administering chemotherapy to most patients with metastatic cancer: to help them live longer and/or to help them live better.
In this issue of JAMA Oncology, Prigerson and colleagues1 report some troubling trial results: chemotherapy administered to patients with cancer near the end of life achieved neither goal."
Click here to read the abstract of another study from same issue of the same journal.
Chemotherapy use compared with non use was associated with worse quality of life near death (OR 0.35)."
Click here to read the study from 2015 published in the "Journal of the American Medical Association: Oncology."
"In reality, only 2 major reasons exist for administering chemotherapy to most patients with metastatic cancer: to help them live longer and/or to help them live better.
In this issue of JAMA Oncology, Prigerson and colleagues1 report some troubling trial results: chemotherapy administered to patients with cancer near the end of life achieved neither goal."
Click here to read the abstract of another study from same issue of the same journal.
Ketogenic Diet Found to Have Positive Impact on Cancer Patients
"Tumor patients exhibit an increased peripheral demand of fatty acids and protein. Contrarily, tumors utilize glucose as their main source of energy supply. Thus, a diet supplying the cancer patient with sufficient fat and protein for his demands while restricting the carbohydrates (CHO) tumors thrive on, could be a helpful strategy in improving the patients' situation.
These pilot data suggest that a ketogenic diet is suitable for even advanced cancer patients. It has no severe side effects and might improve aspects of quality of life and blood parameters in some patients with advanced metastatic tumors."
Click here to read the study by researchers in the University Hospital of Wuerzburg in Germany. It was published in 2011.
These pilot data suggest that a ketogenic diet is suitable for even advanced cancer patients. It has no severe side effects and might improve aspects of quality of life and blood parameters in some patients with advanced metastatic tumors."
Click here to read the study by researchers in the University Hospital of Wuerzburg in Germany. It was published in 2011.
Scientists Claim FDA Vitamin D Recommendations Too Low By A Factor of Ten
"Researchers at UC San Diego and Creighton University have challenged the intake of vitamin D recommended by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Institute of Medicine (IOM), stating that their Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for vitamin D underestimates the need by a factor of ten."
Click here for the entire article from March, 2015 on the website, Science Daily.
Click here for the entire article from March, 2015 on the website, Science Daily.
Massive Increase in Toxic Load Leading to Neurological Damage in Children
"We’ve been studying the impact of toxins on children for the past 30 years and reached the inescapable conclusion: little things matter. We’ve discovered that extremely low levels of toxins can impact brain development. We have also discovered that subtle shifts in the intellectual abilities of children have a big impact on the number of children in a population that are challenged or gifted."
Bruce P. Lanphear, Child and Family Research Institute, BC Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia and
Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Click here to watch his short video discussion with useful infographics.
Bruce P. Lanphear, Child and Family Research Institute, BC Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia and
Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Click here to watch his short video discussion with useful infographics.
USGS Finds Pharmaceutical Contamination in All Streams
"Metformin, a medicine used to treat Type II diabetes, was found in 89 percent of all sample taken, while acetaminophen, the active ingredient in pains killers such as Tylenol was detected in 36 percent of all samples. Nicotine-related compounds were found in 71 percent of samples, while caffeine-related compounds were found in 49 percent.
None of the chemicals was detected in amounts that exceeded human health benchmarks, but they can cause “toxicity, endocrine disruption, immunomodulation, antimicrobial activity, antibiotic resistance selection, cytotoxicity and mutagenesis, and transgenerational effects throughout aquatic foodwebs,” the study says."
Click here to read the entire article from the website of the Weather Channel, from June, 2016.
None of the chemicals was detected in amounts that exceeded human health benchmarks, but they can cause “toxicity, endocrine disruption, immunomodulation, antimicrobial activity, antibiotic resistance selection, cytotoxicity and mutagenesis, and transgenerational effects throughout aquatic foodwebs,” the study says."
Click here to read the entire article from the website of the Weather Channel, from June, 2016.